Chattopadhyay, Swati
Unlearning the City
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816679324
- author:
- Chattopadhyay, Swati
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 17.78 x 1.78 centimetres
- Genre:
- Architecture, General
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Swati Chattopadhyay challenges conventional urban theory with a nuanced argument for a new vocabulary of the city. Her book proposes a way of analyzing the materiality of urban life that captures its ever-changing nature.
Unlearning the City explores the everyday and unstructured aspects of urban life in India, incorporating popular cultural forms such as vehicular art, street cricket, and political wall writing. Chattopadhyay examines how these practices shape our understanding of public space and the political potential of city dwellers.
The book questions the dominant conception of urban infrastructure, encouraging a conceptual realignment in how cities are seen, discussed, and experienced. By examining the intersection of culture and urban life, Unlearning the City offers a fresh perspective on the complexities of modern urban living.
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