Engaging Comparative Urbanism

Art Spaces in Beijing and Berlin

Engaging Comparative Urbanism
Julie Ren
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h234 x 156mm - 160pg
9 Dec 2020 UK
9781529207057
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An empirical exploration of art spaces as a way to operate comparative urbanism, delving into the motivations and practices of making art spaces in urban areas. Julie Ren investigates the motivations and practices of making art spaces in Beijing and Berlin to engage with comparative urbanism as a framework for doing research, beyond its significance as a critical intervention. Across vastly different contexts, where universal theories of modernity or development seem increasingly misplaced, she innovatively explores the ways that art spaces employ creative capital to sustain themselves in a competitive urban landscape. She shows how these art spaces are embedded within a politics of aspiration and demonstrates that aspiration is an important lens through which to understand the nature of, and possibilities for, urban change.
Julie Ren is Senior Scientist of Social and Cultural Geography at the University of Zurich.
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ISBN-13: 9781529207057
Published: 9 Dec 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 160

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