The Art of Remembering: Urban Memories, Architecture and Agencies in Contemporary China

Author:   Yat Ming Loo (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) ,  Hua Li (Southeast University, People's Republic of China) ,  Jing Xie (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) ,  Eugenio Mangi (University of Nottingham Ningbo China)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   302
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
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Author:   Yat Ming Loo (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) ,  Hua Li (Southeast University, People's Republic of China) ,  Jing Xie (University of Nottingham Ningbo China) ,  Eugenio Mangi (University of Nottingham Ningbo China)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032745305


ISBN 10:   1032745304
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction (by editors) Part 1 Theories and Methods of Remembering Chapter 1: Urban Memory by Heart: A Cultural Question Xing Ruan ­Chapter 2: Townscapes of Virtue: Urban Memory of Suzhou from Imperial China Jing Xie Chapter 3: Presencing Absence: History Memory Rewriting: Liu Kecheng’s Interpretative Architecture Laura Anna Pezzetti Chapter 4: Memory, City, Language Shiqiao Li Part 2 Practices and Agencies of Remembering I: City-image and Urban Memory Chapter 5: Remembering the Red Memories in Shanghai: Urban Memory Reconstructed for Shaping the Future of the City and the Nation Yongyi Lu Chapter 6: Exhibition, Institution, and the Urban Memory: The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre and the Story of Making the City Shih-Yao Lai Chapter 7: Where the Dream Started: Branding Sea World and Shekou’s Urban Memories in China Fong Yi Khoo, Yat Ming Loo and Jonathan Hale Part 3 Practices and Agencies of Remembering II: Architecture and Memory Chapter 8: How Do We Forget Through Architecture?: A Case Study on the Reconstructed Jiming Monastery in Nanjing Zhuge Jing and Chen Ting Chapter 9: Decoding Urban Memory and Affect: Utopian and Anti-Utopian Narratives in Jiakun Liu’s Novel and Architectural Works Jiawen Han Chapter 10: Invented Ruin, Concrete Memory: The Taizhou Contemporary Art Museum by Atelier Deshaus and the Shamen Grain Depot Cultural and Creative Park Giaime Botti, Eugenio Mangi and Weixuan Chen Part 4 Practices and Agencies of Remembering III: Everyday Life Chapter 11: Subaltern Memories of the “Ghost” Street Market: Mapping the Vanishing Guishi in Tianjin Yat Ming Loo and Yanning Xiang Chapter 12: Revisiting Custom Bike Urbanism in China: An Opportunity to Revive Faded Urban Memories Hiroyuki Shinohara Chapter 13: From People’s Park to Parks by the People Jason Ho Chapter 14: The Rise of “Individual Memories” in the Chinese City: The Refabrication of 29 Madao Street in Nanjing Xiuxiu Li, Hua Li and Yipeng Wang

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Yat Ming Loo is Associate Professor in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests include intercultural architecture/city, postcolonial urbanism, urban memory, minority spaces and decolonising architecture. He is the author of Architecture and Urban Form in Kuala Lumpur: Race and Chinese Spaces in a Postcolonial City. Hua Li is Professor and Deputy Director of Architectural History and Theory Research Institute, School of Architecture, at Southeast University, China. She has been interested in the relation between modernity and formation of architectural knowledge, history of modern Chinese architecture and cross-cultural practice of architecture. Jing Xie is Associate Professor in Architecture and Built Environment, at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. With research interests in Chinese architecture and urbanism, he is the author of The Origin and Development of Dougong and Zaojing in Early China (2022), Chinese Urbanism: Urban Form and Life in the Tang-Song Dynasties (2020), Heritage-led Urban Regeneration in China (2017). Eugenio Mangi is Assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research interests are sustainable and resilient urban and rural transformations, local community engagement and participation and urban policy impact.

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