Urban humanities :
Cuff, Dana, 1953-
Urban humanities : new practices for reimagining the city / Dana Cuff, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Todd Presner, Maite Zubiaurre, and Jonathan Jae-an Crisman. - xix, 336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm. - Urban and industrial environments . - Urban and Industrial Environments .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- 1: Introducing Urban Humanities -- Interlude 1: Mexico City -- 2: The Lineages of Urban Humanities -- Project A: Shanghai -- Project B: Los Angeles -- Interlude 2: Tokyo -- 3: Fused Scholarship: Practices of Urban Humanities -- Project C: Tokyo -- Project D: Shanghai -- Project E: Tokyo -- Interlude 3: Fukushima -- 4: The Practical Future -- Project F: Mexico City -- Interlude 4: Shanghai -- 5: Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy -- Coda: A Year in the Life of Urban Humanities at UCLA -- Project G: Los Angeles -- Project H: Mexico City Interlude 5: Los Angeles -- 6: Conclusion: Assessing Urban Humanities -- Notes -- References -- Index
Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies. Urban humanities is an emerging field at the intersection of the humanities, urban planning, and design. It offers a new approach not only for understanding cities in a global context but for intervening in them, interpreting their histories, engaging with them in the present, and speculating about their futures. This book introduces both the theory and practice of urban humanities, tracing the evolution of the concept, presenting methods and practices with a wide range of research applications, describing changes in teaching and curricula, and offering case studies of urban humanities practices in the field. Urban humanities views the city through a lens of spatial justice, and its inquiries are centered on the microsettings of everyday life. The book's case studies report on real-world projects in mega-cities in the Pacific Rim--Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, and Los Angeles--with several projects described in detail, including playful spaces for children in car-oriented Mexico City, a commons in a Tokyo neighborhood, and a rolling story-telling box to promote "literary justice" in Los Angeles.
9780262538220 (paperback)
2019017368
Cities and towns.
Architecture and society.
Architecture--Study and teaching--Case studies.
HT153 / .C84 2020
306.76 CUF / 015539
Urban humanities : new practices for reimagining the city / Dana Cuff, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Todd Presner, Maite Zubiaurre, and Jonathan Jae-an Crisman. - xix, 336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm. - Urban and industrial environments . - Urban and Industrial Environments .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- 1: Introducing Urban Humanities -- Interlude 1: Mexico City -- 2: The Lineages of Urban Humanities -- Project A: Shanghai -- Project B: Los Angeles -- Interlude 2: Tokyo -- 3: Fused Scholarship: Practices of Urban Humanities -- Project C: Tokyo -- Project D: Shanghai -- Project E: Tokyo -- Interlude 3: Fukushima -- 4: The Practical Future -- Project F: Mexico City -- Interlude 4: Shanghai -- 5: Engaged Scholarship and Pedagogy -- Coda: A Year in the Life of Urban Humanities at UCLA -- Project G: Los Angeles -- Project H: Mexico City Interlude 5: Los Angeles -- 6: Conclusion: Assessing Urban Humanities -- Notes -- References -- Index
Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies. Urban humanities is an emerging field at the intersection of the humanities, urban planning, and design. It offers a new approach not only for understanding cities in a global context but for intervening in them, interpreting their histories, engaging with them in the present, and speculating about their futures. This book introduces both the theory and practice of urban humanities, tracing the evolution of the concept, presenting methods and practices with a wide range of research applications, describing changes in teaching and curricula, and offering case studies of urban humanities practices in the field. Urban humanities views the city through a lens of spatial justice, and its inquiries are centered on the microsettings of everyday life. The book's case studies report on real-world projects in mega-cities in the Pacific Rim--Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, and Los Angeles--with several projects described in detail, including playful spaces for children in car-oriented Mexico City, a commons in a Tokyo neighborhood, and a rolling story-telling box to promote "literary justice" in Los Angeles.
9780262538220 (paperback)
2019017368
Cities and towns.
Architecture and society.
Architecture--Study and teaching--Case studies.
HT153 / .C84 2020
306.76 CUF / 015539