Liora Bigon,Edna Langenthal
Splintering Towers of Babel: Paradoxical Architectures and Urban Infrastructures
Splintering Towers of Babel: Paradoxical Architectures and Urban Infrastructures
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Splintering Towers of Babel explores soft infrastructures and critical infrastructure projects, combining transdisciplinary perspectives to understand urban experiences, built forms, and infrastructure networks. It connects the past and present, Western and global South geographies, and focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, broadening readers' understanding of infrastructure through the humanities and engaging with political, poetical, and ethical perspectives.
Format: Hardback
Length: 198 pages
Publication date: 21 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Splintering Towers of Babel delves into and reimagines the realm of soft infrastructures and critical infrastructure projects, shedding light on the intricate tapestry of urban studies. It delves into a multitude of key issues, encompassing town planning histories, architectural marvels, heritage preservation, colonialism, and postcolonialism, as well as philosophy and ethics. This comprehensive work seamlessly blends transdisciplinary perspectives, exploring the historical, philosophical, and political dimensions that shape urban experiences, built forms, and infrastructure networks. It uncovers the uneven contours of contemporary urbanism and fosters spatial phenomenological thinking, drawing upon insights from both the northern and southern hemispheres. Moreover, this book weaves together threads of the past, present, Western geographies, and global South, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Its paramount contribution lies in expanding readers' understanding of infrastructure through the lens of the humanities, encouraging engagement with political, poetic, and ethical perspectives. Designed specifically for scholars engaged in the fields of urban planning, urban geography, architectural history, urban design, infrastructure studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, African studies, and philosophy, Splintering Towers of Babel offers a rich and thought-provoking exploration of the urban landscape.
Weight: 560g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032527970
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