The Resource Indispensable eyesores : an anthropology of undesired buildings, Mélanie van der Hoorn
Indispensable eyesores : an anthropology of undesired buildings, Mélanie van der Hoorn
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- Summary
- "The author presents a rich variety of undesired edifices in germany, Hungary, Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina and investigates the different methods used ot dispose of them ... This analysis continues with a feflection on the afterlife of unwanted buildings, and concludes with a discussion on the life expectancy of buildings, their multi-sensory materiality and 'thing-ly' agency."--Page 4 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
- Contents
-
- Title page-Indispensable Eyesores; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Chapter 1-Dragons, Tunnels, Gold and Russians; Chapter 2-Between Pragmatic Clearance and Pure Iconoclasm; Chpater 3-13 May 2001, 8.01 A.M.
- 1 Building, 20,000 People and 450 Kilograms of Explosives; Chapter 4-Witnessing Urbicide; Chapter 5-From Nuclear Waste to a Temple of Consumerism; Chapter 6-Consuming the 'Platte' in East Berlin; Chapter 7-If Not Clearing, Then At Least Thinking Them Away; Chapter 8-'L' like 'Left to Its Own Devices'; Chapter 9-Exorcizing Remains; Chapter 10-In Fond Memory of a Rejected Edifice
- Isbn
- 9781845459215
- Label
- Indispensable eyesores : an anthropology of undesired buildings
- Title
- Indispensable eyesores
- Title remainder
- an anthropology of undesired buildings
- Statement of responsibility
- Mélanie van der Hoorn
- Subject
-
- Abandoned buildings
- Abandoned buildings
- Architecture -- Human factors
- Architecture -- Human factors
- Architecture and anthropology
- Architecture and anthropology
- Architecture and society
- Architecture and society
- Bauruine
- Bauruine
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Sozialanthropologie
- Sozialanthropologie
- Verlassenes Haus
- Verlassenes Haus
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The author presents a rich variety of undesired edifices in germany, Hungary, Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina and investigates the different methods used ot dispose of them ... This analysis continues with a feflection on the afterlife of unwanted buildings, and concludes with a discussion on the life expectancy of buildings, their multi-sensory materiality and 'thing-ly' agency."--Page 4 of cover
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hoorn, Mélanie van der
- Dewey number
- 306.4/6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NA2543.A58
- LC item number
- H66 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Remapping cultural history
- Series volume
- v. 10
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Architecture and anthropology
- Architecture
- Abandoned buildings
- Architecture and society
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Abandoned buildings
- Architecture and anthropology
- Architecture and society
- Architecture
- Sozialanthropologie
- Bauruine
- Verlassenes Haus
- Sozialanthropologie
- Bauruine
- Verlassenes Haus
- Label
- Indispensable eyesores : an anthropology of undesired buildings, Mélanie van der Hoorn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Title page-Indispensable Eyesores; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Chapter 1-Dragons, Tunnels, Gold and Russians; Chapter 2-Between Pragmatic Clearance and Pure Iconoclasm; Chpater 3-13 May 2001, 8.01 A.M. -- 1 Building, 20,000 People and 450 Kilograms of Explosives; Chapter 4-Witnessing Urbicide; Chapter 5-From Nuclear Waste to a Temple of Consumerism; Chapter 6-Consuming the 'Platte' in East Berlin; Chapter 7-If Not Clearing, Then At Least Thinking Them Away; Chapter 8-'L' like 'Left to Its Own Devices'; Chapter 9-Exorcizing Remains; Chapter 10-In Fond Memory of a Rejected Edifice
- Control code
- 647933072
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781845459215
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt7j20jz
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)647933072
- Label
- Indispensable eyesores : an anthropology of undesired buildings, Mélanie van der Hoorn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-253) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Title page-Indispensable Eyesores; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Chapter 1-Dragons, Tunnels, Gold and Russians; Chapter 2-Between Pragmatic Clearance and Pure Iconoclasm; Chpater 3-13 May 2001, 8.01 A.M. -- 1 Building, 20,000 People and 450 Kilograms of Explosives; Chapter 4-Witnessing Urbicide; Chapter 5-From Nuclear Waste to a Temple of Consumerism; Chapter 6-Consuming the 'Platte' in East Berlin; Chapter 7-If Not Clearing, Then At Least Thinking Them Away; Chapter 8-'L' like 'Left to Its Own Devices'; Chapter 9-Exorcizing Remains; Chapter 10-In Fond Memory of a Rejected Edifice
- Control code
- 647933072
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781845459215
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt7j20jz
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)647933072
Subject
- Abandoned buildings
- Abandoned buildings
- Architecture -- Human factors
- Architecture -- Human factors
- Architecture and anthropology
- Architecture and anthropology
- Architecture and society
- Architecture and society
- Bauruine
- Bauruine
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Sozialanthropologie
- Sozialanthropologie
- Verlassenes Haus
- Verlassenes Haus
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