Cities Interrupted-Shirley Jordan, Christoph Lindner

Cities InterruptedVisual Culture and Urban Space\nAuthor(s): Shirley Jordan, Christoph Lindner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781474224413, 978-1474224413\nSynopsis\nCities Interrupted explores the potential of visual culture in the form of photography, film, performance, architecture, urban design, and mixed media to strategically interrupt processes of globalization in contemporary urban spaces.\n\nLooking at cities such as Amsterdam, Beijing, Doha, London, New York, and Paris, the book brings together original essays to reveal how the concept of interruption in global cities enables new understanding of the forms of space, experience, and community that are emerging in todays rapidly transforming urban environments.\n\nThe idea of interruption addressed in this book refers to deliberate interventions in the spaces and communities of contemporary cities interventions that seek to disrupt or destab.