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Summary
Summary
A unique collection of contemporary writings, this book explores the politics involved in the making and experiencing of architecture and cities from a cross-cultural and global perspective
Taking a broad view of the word 'politics',nbsp;the essays address a range of questions, including:
What is the relationship between politics and the making of space? What role has theory played in reinforcing or resisting political power? What are the political difficulties associated with working relationships? Do the products of our making construct our identity or liberate us?A timely volume, focusing on an interdisciplinary debate on the politics of making, this is valuable reading for all students, professionals and academics interested or working in architectural theory.
Author Notes
Mark Swenarton isnbsp;Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Igea Troiani isnbsp;Senior Lecturer in Architecturenbsp;at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Helena Webster isnbsp;Deputy Head of the Department of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Table of Contents
| IntroductionMark Swenarton |
| Part 1 Politics of Cities |
| 1 The freedom of the cityDavid Harvey |
| 2 The politics of the West Bank Wall: symbolic violence and spaciocideBrigitte Piquard |
| 3 Politics and housing in 1950s French AlgiersKahina Amal Djiar |
| 4 A space of the state: Beijing 1949-59Jianfei Zhu |
| 5 Representing the state: symbolism and ideology in Doxiadis's plan of IslamabadAhmed Zaib K. Mahsud |
| 6 The pleasures of driving: experiencing cities from the automobileIain Borden |
| 7 Campagna Romana: the formation of the Oltrecitt_Lorenzo Romito |
| Part 2 Politics of Makers |
| 8 Architectural theory in the service of the crown: the foundation of the AcadFmie royale d'architectureAnthony Gerbino |
| 9 The flute and the house: doing the architecture of makingLeonidas Koutsoumpos |
| 10 Ethical dilemmas and difficult collaborations: an architect's view inside an award-winning but troubling projectJason Alread |
| 11 Unsettling design: working between cultures in remote Western AustraliaFiona Harrisson |
| 12 The Beehive: a difficult collaborationRobin Skinner |
| 13 Edited by Alison Smithson: the censored history of the 'Team 10 family'Igea Troiani |
| 14 Towards a new understanding of architecture of addition: the unrealised extensions of Whitney Museum of American ArtAlbena Yaneva |
| Part 3 Politics of seeing |
| 15 Watching palaces: Ruskin and the representation of VeniceStephen Kite |
| 16 Ambiguous objects: modernism, brutalism and the politics of the picturesqueJonathan Hill |
| 17 Souvenirs of the architectural tourst: Ahmedabad framedJane McAllister and Ben Stringer |
| 18 Auschwitz State Museum: collective memory and the contested landscapeHelena Webster |
| 19 Displacing topographies: making and reading Istanbul guidebooksAslihan Senel |
| 20 Down and out in London: photography and the politics of representing life in the Elephant, 1948-2005Ben Campkin |
| 21 The early American maps of Iowa and their politicsMarwan Ghandour |
| 22 Making by stealing: the politics of Helen Chadwick's 'creative and manipulative theft'Stephen Walker |
| 23 The art of the plausible: some characteristics of architectural designTony Fretton |
