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"The cosmopolitan motif" - Peter L. Berger
When discussing the motifs that make up a sociological consciousness, Peter L. Berger gives us four motifs; debunking, unrespectability, relativizing and a fourth “less far-reaching in its impli… more →
City Stories: The Company We Keep
"The cosmopolitan motif" - Peter L. Berger
geertvdm wrote 5 months ago: When discussing the motifs that make up a sociological consciousness, Peter L. Berger gives us four … more →
Titlepage.tv - Episode 1: All over the map
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: Een nieuw internet-boekenprogramma over globalisatie-literatuur. Titlepage’s first episode: Al … more →
Saul Bellow - Paris Review Interview (Issue 36, 1966)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: INTERVIEWER Your context is essentially that of the modern city, isn’t it? Is there a reason f … more →
Dupont: ''Vlaanderen kampt met grote stedelijke problemen'' (De Morgen, 15 maart 2008)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: Minister van Grootstedenbeleid Christian Dupont vindt dat Vlaanderen kampt met “grote stedelij … more →
Rik Pinxten over steden & cultuur
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: Cultuurfilosoof Rik Pinxten merkt op dat het falen van democraten t.a.z. van het opkomende extreem-r … more →
Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979) - Nostalgie
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: De openingsequentie van Woody Allen’s Manhattan; een nostalgische ode. Interessant - de herhaa … more →
Half Nelson (Humo, 24 feb 2008)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: Als in een Amerikaanse film een idealistische leraar wordt opgevoerd, weet je het meestal wel: de le … more →
City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai (The New York Times, 3 maart 2008)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: It has been 12 years since the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas unleashed his concept of “the generi … more →
Cijfers over verstedelijking (2004)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: De wereld raakt steeds meer verstedelijkt - De cijfers uit 2004 …. Aan het begin van de 20st … more →
The Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: “There are eight million stories in the naked city.” De eind-sequentie van deze revoluti … more →
The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: Bekijk de hele film in 11 delen via Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+crowd+ … more →
Cyberpunk cities - Science fiction meets urban theory (Carl Abbott)
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: A reading of important cyberpunk novels shows the way in which the ideas of formal urban theory, suc … more →
Lewis Mumford - "What is a city?"
geertvdm wrote 7 months ago: The city, as one finds it in history, is the point of maximum concentration for the power and cultur … more →
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