| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm.) |
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text file |
| Series |
Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought
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Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Counterpreservation as a concept -- Living projects : collective housing, alternative culture, and spaces of resistance -- Cultural centers : history, architecture, and public space -- Decrepitude and memory in the landscape -- Counterpreservation in reverse -- Destruction and disappearance : East German ruins -- Conclusion : toward an architecture of change. |
| Summary |
"In Berlin, decrepit structures do not always denote urban blight. Decayed buildings are incorporated into everyday life as residences, exhibition spaces, shops, offices, and as leisure space. As nodes of public dialogue, they serve as platforms for dissenting views about the future and past of Berlin. In this book, Daniela Sandler introduces the concept of counterpreservation as a way to understand this intentional appropriation of decrepitude. The embrace of decay is a sign of Berlin's iconoclastic rebelliousness, but it has also been incorporated into the mainstream economy of tourism and development as part of the city's countercultural cachet. Sandler presents the possibilities and shortcomings of counterpreservation as a dynamic force in Berlin and as a potential concept for other cities"-- Publisher's Web site. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Ruins, Modern -- Germany -- Berlin.
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Ruins, Modern. |
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Germany -- Berlin. |
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Ruined buildings -- Germany -- Berlin.
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Ruined buildings. |
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Historic preservation -- Germany -- History -- 21st century.
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Historic preservation. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Historic preservation -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 21st century.
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Architecture. |
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Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century.
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Berlin (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781501706271 |
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9781501703164 |
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9781501703171 |
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