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Le présent travail porte sur la traduction des registres de langue dans le roman Central Park de Guillaume Musso. Il vise à mettre en évidence les difficultés que pose la traduction des registres de langue dans un texte narratif et... more
The industrialization of New York and its rise to economic dominance brought about a major restructuring of street life and unleashed an array of contradictory everyday urban cultures. In a still under-regulated environment, the commoning... more
Gramsci’s and Foucault’s readings of power provide critical illuminations for understanding the linkage of state formations to urbanization and the spatial production of subjectivity. This article uses Central Park to illustrate how a... more
Los debates contemporáneos sobre el eclipse del espacio público suelen ofrecer una visión idealizada de su pasado, impidiendo una correcta reconsideración del papel que las técnicas urbanísticas han tenido en la producción y evolución del... more
An Obelisk for New York City Cassandra Vivian In 1820 England received a fallen obelisk lying at Alexandria as a gift from Mohammad Ali. A few years later France received one of the two obelisks standing in front of Luxor Temple. Within... more
The present paper attempts to grasp the class-consciousness and meaning inherent in parks in the mid-to-late nineteenth century and contemporary New York City by studying the examples of early Central Park and the High Line. It... more
An essay on the profound transformation of New York City that began in the 1960s under Mayor John V. Lindsay — the reinvention of the modern city from a workaday zone to a scenic setting for urban play, an "adventure playground."
Sanayileşme sonrası kentlerde ortaya çıkan sorunlara birçok çözüm arayışında bulunulmuştur. XIX. yüzyılda bu arayış sonuçlarından biri olarak kentte yaşayanların açık alan ihtiyacını karşılamak ve kent içerisinde... more
presentation at workshop: Cultural Dimensions of the Anthropocene. Leibniz Universität Hannover. 18. Juni 2016.
presentation at workshop on The American City: Joint Workshop of the Seminars “Progressivism and the American City“ (Ruth Mayer, Hannover) and “Urban Landscapes of Modernity“ (Svenja Fehlhaber, Osnabrück). Leibniz Universität Hannover.... more
Between 1817 and 1898, New York City evolved from a vital Atlantic port of trade to the center of American commerce and culture. With this rapid commercial growth and cultural development, New York came to epitomize a nineteenth-century... more