Asian Alterity : With Special Reference to Architecture and Urbanism Through the Lens of Cultural Studies.
Title:
Asian Alterity : With Special Reference to Architecture and Urbanism Through the Lens of Cultural Studies.
Author:
Lim, William S. W.
ISBN:
9789812708809
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1 online resource (327 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- OUTLINE OF BOOK -- PART I ASIAN ALTERITY -- NOTE ON FOREWORD WRITERS AND REVIEWERS -- FOREWORDS -- Andrew Lee and Leong Teng Wui -- Linda Lim -- Lim Teck Ghee -- Selected Quotes from Reviewers -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND THE RISE OF ASIA -- Introductory Notes -- The Relevance of Cultural Studies -- The Rise of Asia -- CHAPTER 2 MODERNITIES -- Multiple Modernities and Contemporariness -- Democracy, Human Rights and Social Justice -- CHAPTER 3 SELECTED CULTURAL STUDIES -- Cultural Identities, Diasporas and Memories -- Globalization and Inequalities -- Sustainability and Affordability -- Popular Culture and the Contemporary -- CHAPTER 4 ASIAN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM -- Creativity of the Contemporary -- Asian Urbanism -- Challenges Ahead -- Examples of Asian Creative Urbanism -- (1) The Historic Present -- (a) The Bund (Shanghai) -- (b) Cheonggyecheon (Seoul) -- (2) Chaotic Order -- (a) The Sukhumvit Sky Train Junction (Bangkok) -- (b) Yan'an Elevated Expressway (Shanghai) -- (3) Cutting-edge Urban Instruments -- (a) The Area Licensing Scheme (Singapore) -- (b) Second-level Pedestrian Connectors (Hong Kong) -- (c) The Central Mid-levels Escalator (Hong Kong) -- (4) Kinetic Cities -- Asian Architecture -- Challenges Ahead -- Examples of Asian Creative Architecture -- (1) Cultural Rootedness -- HOUSE U3 -- Design Brief for Camborne House -- (2) Contemporary Vernacular -- Statement from "a book of Heartfelt architecture/ Psychology / Design Process / Collage" -- Contemporary Vernacular -- Cluny Hill House -- (3) Contending Contemporary Challenges -- Statement on Dalki Theme Park -- Architect's Statement -- Design Statement for Bishan Community Library -- WHAT OTHERS SAY -- Ryan Bishop -- Iain Borden -- Chua Beng Huat -- Cui Kai -- Randolf S David -- Hsia Chu-Joe -- Kenneth Frampton -- Sumet Jumsai -- Rahul Mehrotra.
John W P Philips -- Saskia Sassen -- Sharon Siddique -- Edward W Soja -- Michael Sorkin -- Zhu Jianfei -- ENDNOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- IMAGE CREDITS -- PART II CASE STUDIES OF ASIAN CITIES -- INTRODUCTION William S W Lim -- COMMENTS ON WORKSHOP Chua Beng Huat -- BANGKOK: A CITY IN FLUX Kanika R'kul (Ratanapridakul) -- HO CHI MINH CITY (SAIGON): BEFORE THE DOORSTEP OF GLOBAL ASSIMILATION Tran Khang -- HONG KONG: CITY OF MAXIMUM QUANTITIES Li Shiqiao -- ISTANBUL: OBSERVATIONS Tan Kay Ngee -- THE MELBOURNE CASE STUDY: THE CONSULTANT ARRIVES (AND SEES) Leon van Schaik -- SEOUL: GANGNAM ALTERNATIVE NATURE -- THE EXPERIENCE OF NATURE WITHOUT PARKS Yoon-Jin Park and Jungyoon Kim -- SHANGHAI ASSESSED: SIX ARCHITECTURAL NODES OF THE CITY Eunice Seng, Wee H Koon, Soh E Keat -- SINGAPORE: IN SEARCH OF TRANSPARENCY Kaw Jon Kher -- TOKYO: AN URBAN COLLAGE OF CHAOS AMIDST ORDER Takeo Muraji.
Abstract:
Asian Alterity is an interdisciplinary theoretical analysis that vigorously contests the homogeneity of the mainstream Eurocentric values. Part I argues for the need for an alternate perspective to be introduced so as to understand the diversity of Asia's cultural differences at their varied development stages and to meet the complex challenges of the explosive urban expansion and disruptive changes in traditional cultures and lifestyles. Part II of the book consists of nine case studies of Asian major urban cities by well-established academic writers and urban theorists. Each author presents diverse aspects of urban dynamism. The case studies will collectively demonstrate a broad framework to understand the essentiality of the interdisciplinary mode of Cultural Studies as an important lens towards meeting the challenges in Asian Architecture and Urbanism. Highlights of the book: -->: Forewords and comments written by an international panel of multidisciplinary academics and urban theorists including Linda Lim, Lim Teck Ghee, John Philips, Saskia Sassen, Iain Borden, Edward Soja and Chua Beng Huat.; Innovative graphic design and page layout by an internationally established designer, Jackson Tan of Singapore.; Elegant limited edition box set includes five additional posters of images from the book. -->. Contents:.: Part I: Asian Alterity:Introduction and The Rise of Asia: The Relevance of Cultural Studies; The Rise of Asia; Modernities: Multiple Modernities and Contemporariness; Democracy, Human Rights and Social Justice; Selected Cultural Studies: Cultural Identities, Diaspora and Memories; Globalization and Inequalities; Sustainability and Affordability; Popular Culture and the Contemporary; Asian Architecture and Urbanism: Creativity of the Contemporary; Asian Urbanism - Challenges Ahead; Asian Architecture - Challenges Ahead; Part II: Case
Studies of Asian Cities: Bangkok: A City in Flux (K Ratanapridakul); Ho Chi Minh City [Saigon]: Before the Doorstep of Global Assimilation (Khang T); Hong Kong: City of Maximum Quantities (S Li); Istanbul: Observations (K N Tan); The Melbourne Case Study: The Consultant Arrives [and sees] ... (L van Schaik); Seoul: Gangnam Alternative Nature - The Experience of Nature Without Parks (Y-J Park & J Kim); Shanghai Assessed: Six Architectural Nodes of the City (E Seng et al.); Singapore: In Search of Transparency (J K Kaw); Tokyo: An Urban Collage of Chaos Amidst Order (T Muraji). Readership: Academics, intellectuals and professionals interested in Asia, cultural studies, architecture and urbanism as well as social, environmental and spatial justice.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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