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| Genre/Form: | Electronic resource |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: (DLC) 2011005821 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: | Hornstein, Shelley |
| ISBN: | 1409408728 9781409408727 9781409408710 140940871X 1283158035 9781283158039 |
| OCLC Number: | 743204156 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (182) |
| Contents: | Introduction : losing site -- Marking site : Walter Benjamin was here -- Memorializing site : on the grounds of history -- Transporting site : postcards of Israel and nation-building -- Destroying site : houses and objects, inside out -- Curating site : museums, itineraries and networks beyond borders -- Erasing site : spies on the other side of the full moon -- Conclusion : finding site. |
| Series Title: | Ashgate studies in architecture |
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'In Losing Site Hornstein takes us on a dizzying pilgrimage from the Guggenheim to Google Earth, from Toronto to Tel Aviv, showing along the way how architecture, place, and memory work together in dynamic interplay. Hornstein's themes are as wide-ranging as the places she explores: nationhood and nationalism, war and demolition, starchitecture and everyday life. The book offers a unique look at how our fast-paced, technology-driven lives have re-shaped travel and tourism.'Annmarie Adams, McGill University, Canada'Losing Site is an erudite and extremely thoughtful meditation on the nexus of architecture, memory, and place. Shelley Hornstein brings a theoretically-grounded sensibility together with an amazingly astute eye in her discussions of site-specific art and architecture - ranging from Karavan's Benjamin memorial at Portbou, to synagogue ruins at Capernaum, to the contemporary explosion of striking new memorials and museums in Berlin, and beyond.'James E. Young, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA'Losing Site: Architecture, Memory and Place is an extended meditation on how architecture sutures, unravels, and transforms the human experience of place and identity... Hornstein's intriguing interdisciplinary odyssey reminds social theorists, visual artists, and architects alike, why we need to pay close attention to both the architecture of imagination and our imagination of architecture.' Historical Justice and Memory Research Network'Losing Site: Architecture, Memory and Place is an inspiring work of ample intellectual breadth. Hornstein has skilfully interwoven a wide variety of case studies, to suggest that the material and non-material worlds are seamlessly interconnected in everyday life and we often can't easily know where one ends and the other starts. She most aptly reminds us that architecture that shapes and is shaped by us remains open and unfinished.' Emotion, Space and Society Read more...