Architecture, Urban Space and War: The Destruction and Reconstruction of Sarajevo

ISBN-13: 9783319767703 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 260 str.

Mirjana Ristic

Opis

Based on a multi-disciplinary methodological approach grounded in architectural and urban theory, spatial turn in critical social theory, and assemblage thinking, the book provides an innovative spatial framework for analyzing the political role of contemporary cities.

Spis treści

1. Sarajevo Warscapes: Introduction

2. Cities, Nationalism and Conflict

3. Topography of Terror: Sniping and Shelling of Urban Space

4. Landscape of Ruins: Targeting Architecture

5. Resistance

6. Re-Bordering Sarajevo

7. Specter of War

8. Painful Memories and Parallel Histories

9. Lessons from Sarajevo

O autorze

Mirjana Ristic is Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Sociology, TU Darmstadt, Germany. Her research is focused on political issues in architecture and urban design, including the role of buildings and public spaces in mediating nationalism, conflict, power, violence and resistance. She holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia.