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Conclusion:What next? Future Directions for Aesthetics and the City
No full textDrawing upon the preceding chapters, this chapter proposes new directions for aesthetic thought on the city within urban studies. It highlights how the various approaches to aesthetics adopted within the book might allow scholars to critically consider what the city means whilst avoiding the alleged traps of epistemological city-centrism. It makes the argument that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to aesthetics, but rather, that the diversity of approaches, their neighbouring concepts, and various underpinning theoretical persuasions, enables a fruitful and critically reflexive discussion of the city and how we make sense of it within urban studies. In doing so, we argue that aesthetics, as a concept, can unite otherwise disparate, and occasionally oppositional, parts of urban scholarship around the city. The chapter closes the book by considering possible future directions for aesthetics and the city
Introduction:Making Sense of the City
No full textThis introductory chapter explores how to make sense of ‘the city’, acknowledging its complex and often contested nature in contemporary urban studies. It proposes aesthetics as a lens through which the city’s role in shaping collective imaginations and individual lives can be evaluated. For urban scholars, the concept of the city has been increasingly decentred in favour of more process-oriented understandings, whilst the concept of aesthetics has simultaneously gained traction as a means to study urban experiences and processes. Through an overview of debates around the city and a genealogy of aesthetics in relation to urban thought, the chapter sets the stage for the volume's contributions, which collectively argue for an aesthetic approach for evaluating the enduring relevance of the city in urban scholarship. The chapter also points to a range of tangential concepts that operate within or alongside the broad remit of aesthetics. It concludes by outlining the subsequent chapters, which together emphasise the importance of aesthetics in understanding and reimagining the city
FIT Authors Talks: "The Miracles" with Amy Lemmon
No full textProfessor and Chair of English and Communication Studies Amy Lemmon reads from and talks about her book The Miracles.With lyricism and grace, Amy Lemmon gives us a worldview to live by. The all-too-familiar “wear of sorrow’s rub” is presented alongside the world’s miracles, including the author’s two children. Fearlessly bridging the gap between tradition and artistic innovation, the author moves us forward with her into the unknown, to entertain new relationships with herself, her children, and the world
American Women Writers: Amy M. Clark
No full textA 2011 conversation with the author Amy M. Clark about her life and the inspiration for her work
Collage as Method
No full textThe Collage method involves creating a visual representation of a topic through the assembling of materials on to a backing. These materials (which might include paper, printed images, words, textile pieces stitched onto a fabric, photographs, found materials, or a combination of all of these) are arranged in a way that is meaningful to whoever is creating the collage: this can be the participant or researcher. This guide provides guidance on 'how to' use collage as method
Dr. Amy Howard – Faculty Author Interview
No full textAmy Howard, executive director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement and associated faculty in American studies, discusses her new book, More Than Shelter: Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing, published recently by the University of Minnesota Press. Her research and book looks closely at three public housing projects in San Francisco and brings to light the dramatic measures tenants have taken to create communities that mattered to them
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