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'City of the Future': Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana [Integra
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- ISBN
- 9781785332562
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Series
- Integration and Conflict Studies
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- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- 'city of the Future' : Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana
- Item Length
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- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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- 6in
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- Number of Pages
- 220 Pages
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Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city's longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form. "
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1785332562
ISBN-13
9781785332562
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219198715
Product Key Features
Publication Name
'city of the Future' : Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Series
Integration and Conflict Studies
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
220 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
14
Lc Classification Number
Hn670.23.A95 L33 201
Volume Number
Vol. 14
Edition Number
1
Reviews
"In many ways, Laszczkowski's observations affirm existing work, and indeed his book does a marvelous job engaging some rather complex theories in accessible terms. Yet, his ideas on spatiality are also highly original, and deserve a wide readership... Coupled with its excellent theoretical framing and wide-ranging fieldwork, [this book] is set to become a must-read not only for anthropologists, but also for any social scientist or humanities scholar concerned with how the contested notion of modernity can reach into the very pores of the urban metropolis." International Social Science Review "'City of the Future' is the first of its kind. As a long-awaited comprehensive account of the rise of Astana... it is a remarkably thoughtful and thought-provoking book. Laszczkowski is a skilled ethnographer and he recounts his rich and insightful research in a style that captivates and challenges readers to think outside the box." Natalie Koch, University of Syracuse, "City of the Future represents a particularly remarkable achievement not only in its sophisticated consideration of [its] sources and the fascinating dialogues into which it brings them, but equally in how Laszczkowski skillfully grounds them within the open-ended ambivalences that his sharp ethnographic eye brings to light with impressive lucidity... the book could come in handy as a clear, concise, and critical ethnographic exposition of crucial theoretical debates and indispensable literature that would no doubt serve well in advanced undergraduate as well as graduate courses in urban anthropology." * Slavic Review "Drawing upon the case of Astana, which remains unfamiliar to many scholars, this book makes a valuable contribution to the study of urban transformation and power in the post-Soviet countries and beyond. Despite the city representing an example of phenomena often too broad in scale to be empirically analysed, having numerous inter-subjective and experiential qualities, the book skilfully carves out the multiplicity and complexity of time- and space-making relationships. Furthermore, it introduces numerous new perspectives that should be elaborated upon by future research." * Europe-Asia Studies "In many ways, Laszczkowski's observations affirm existing work, and indeed his book does a marvelous job engaging some rather complex theories in accessible terms. Yet, his ideas on spatiality are also highly original, and deserve a wide readership... Coupled with its excellent theoretical framing and wide-ranging fieldwork, [this book] is set to become a must-read not only for anthropologists, but also for any social scientist or humanities scholar concerned with how the contested notion of modernity can reach into the very pores of the urban metropolis." * International Social Science Review "'City of the Future' is the first of its kind. As a long-awaited comprehensive account of the rise of Astana... it is a remarkably thoughtful and thought-provoking book. Laszczkowski is a skilled ethnographer and he recounts his rich and insightful research in a style that captivates and challenges readers to think outside the box." * Natalie Koch, University of Syracuse, "'City of the Future' is the first of its kind. As a long-awaited comprehensive account of the rise of Astana... it is a remarkably thoughtful and thought-provoking book. Laszczkowski is a skilled ethnographer and he recounts his rich and insightful research in a style that captivates and challenges readers to think outside the box." Natalie Koch, University of Syracuse, "'City of the Future' is the first of its kind. As a long-awaited comprehensive account of the rise of Astana... it is a remarkably thoughtful and thought-provoking book. Laszczkowski is a skilled ethnographer and he recounts his rich and insightful research in a style that captivates and challenges readers to think outside the box." · Natalie Koch, University of Syracuse
Table of Content
List of Maps, Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Translation Introduction: Pathways into the 'City of the Future' Astana, Kazakhstan and the Global Lives of Modernist Urbanism Anthropology's Space Space and Time Theorizing the City Anthropologically Fieldwork in the 'City of the Future' Chapter 1. Materializing the Future: Images and Practices Deconstruction, Reconstruction The Cityscape of the Future Becoming 'Contemporary' The Roots of Disenchantment, and Its Limits Chapter 2. Performing Urbanity: Migrants, the City and Collective Identification Identities beyond Representation Urbanity and Rurality in Kazakhstan Migration to Astana Migrants' Stories Kumano: A Pioneer Settles Down Kirill and Gisele: Love on the Move Bakytgul: Caught Up in Deferrals Aynura: The Girl Who Played the Accordion Madiyar: The Struggling Southerner Embodying Identity Chapter 3. Tselinograd: The Past in the 'City of the Future' Building Tselinograd Nostalgia and Spatial Intimacy Walking in Tselinograd Tselinograd's Glory Chapter 4. Celebration and the City: Belonging in Public Space What Is Public Space? The Setting: City Squares Public Holiday Celebrations ...in Late-Soviet Tselinograd ...in Astana Whose Celebration, Whose City? Public Space Reopened Chapter 5. Fixing the Courtyard: Mundane Place-Making Shifting Frameworks Material Place-Making in the Dvor Digression: Things Make a Difference The KSK Takeover Chapter 6. Playing with the City: 'Encounter' in Astana What is 'Encounter'? Game Types 'Encounter' as Play Play or Politics: Carnival, Stiob and 'Encounter' 'Encounter's Creativity' Creasing Space Conclusion References Index
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Anthropology / General, Sociology / Urban
Lccn
2016-024955
Dewey Decimal
307.3416095845
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
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