This important book traces the impact of the movement of people, ideas and capital across the globe.

Das australische Architekturburo Denton Corker Marshall, 1972 in Melbourne gegrundet, zahlt zu den wichtigsten Akteuren im pazifischen Raum. Zu den bedeutendsten neueren Projekten, die der Band vorstellt, gehoren das Civil Justice Center in Manchester, UK, die Webb Bridge in Melbourne und das Dongqianhu International Educational Forum in Ningbo, China.

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Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers.

This book examines how the images of the terrorist and the refugee, by being dispersed across almost all aspects of social life, have resulted in the production of 'ambient fears', and it explores the role of artists in reclaiming the conditions of hospitality. Since 9/11...

Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers.

This book examines how the images of the terrorist and the refugee, by being dispersed across almost all aspects of social life, have resulted in the production of 'ambient fears', and it explores the role of artists in reclaiming the conditions of hospitality. Since 9/11...