Riesco, Alfredo Thiermann
Radio-Activities: Architecture and Broadcasting in Cold War Berlin
- ISBN 13:
- 9780262048705
- author:
- Riesco, Alfredo Thiermann
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- MIT Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 19 x 26.3 x 3.3 centimetres (0.7
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Technology & Engineering, Radio,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Berlin's Radio Landscape: A Study of Architecture and Media in Cold War Era. The city of Berlin was at the centre of a pivotal moment in history when Soviet troops dismantled key radio transmission towers and seized iconic buildings, sparking a "radio war" between East and West during the Cold War. In this book, Alfredo Thiermann Riesco examines the complex relationships between architecture, media, politics, technology, and environment in 1940s Berlin. Through a transscalar analysis of buildings, walls, transmission towers, factories, research institutions, and territorial organisations, Thiermann Riesco reveals how these structures interacted with the production, reproduction, and transmission of sonic-based content across the Iron Curtain. This study reframes our understanding of national and transnational boundaries, highlighting underresearched continuities between politics, technology, media, and architecture. By exploring this fascinating period, Radio-Activities offers a timely and insightful analysis of how buildings shaped the city's relationship with information and communication in the 1940s.
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