Tuesday may 15?

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On 8 May 2014, at 13:35, Blake Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Here is a lecture that might be of interest to the network (via Dr. David Pinder):

Retro-Walking the Global City: Perambulatory Modernism to Slow Urbanism

Christoph Linder

Tuesday, May 15th, 5:30p

Geography Building Queen Mary University, London

'This lecture examines spatial and cultural practices of the street at two pivotal moments in the urban history of New York City: the rise of the modern sidewalk in the 1890s and the later reconfiguring of that urban form under current conditions of globalization. Focusing on streetwalking, the discussion moves between analysis of the ‘perambulatory modernism’ of writers and artists like John Dos Passos and Mark Rothko, to consideration of 21st-century experiments with ‘slow urbanism’, such as the High Line elevated park on Manhattan’s West side.'

The purpose of moving between the streetscapes of modern and global New York is to understand more fully how urban memory and nostalgia, as well as industrial heritage and transport technology, are used in the High Line and its various spin-off projects (like the Queensway and the Lowline) to enable a practice that will be called ‘retro-walking’. To make this argument, Christoph Lindner traces connections between New York and urban renewal initiatives in Paris and Detroit, while also rethinking theories of the flâneur in relation to the aesthetics of mobility and discourses of the smart and sustainable city.

All are welcome and there is no need to book. The lecture will be followed by a wine reception.

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