The Streets Echoed with Chants; The Urban Experience of Post-War West Berlin

ISBN-13: 9781789975819 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 302 str.

Laura Bowie

Opis

How did the post-war context of West Berlin in the 1960s impact the student protest movement in the city? This book seeks to understand how the world was viewed by the students and how the urban space they were living in influenced their political viewpoint.

Recenzje

«The 1968 student uprising in West Berlin challenged the Nazi past of the parents' generation and the materialist values of the postwar «economic miracle». In this first account in English, Laura Bowie vividly illuminates the key debate on the future politics of architecture and urbanism.» (Iain Boyd Whyte, Professor of Architectural History, University of Edinburgh)

«This book, based on new archival research, provides detailed insights into one expression of the widespread reaction to established architectural and city planning practices in the 1960s. The use of film by activists to engage politically in the Märkisches Viertel is a distinctive feature of the group surrounding the Diagnose journal.» (Professor Caroline Maniaque, editor of Les années 68 et la formation des architects)

Spis treści

Contents: The Present - Urban Planning and the Formulation of Society - Colour in the City - Functionalism under Attack - The Past - Entangled Politics in Post- War Germany - The Post- War Psyche and Politics Aestheticized - Reclaim the City! - The Future - A Contested City Vision - Sociology Provides a Solution - From Theory to Praxis - Post- mortem. The Aftermath: Reform or Revolution?.

O autorze

Laura Bowie is a Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. She has previously taught architectural history and theory at the University of Edinburgh's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, where she also completed her doctoral thesis. Her research interests include the city and protest, the radicalization of urban space, the relationship between urban planning and the psyche, and the use of memory and cultural outputs as exploratory tools.