Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
02 January 2008 repeat 06 January
CITIES AND MEMORY Last week Laurie Taylor visited Berlin to discover how the city is dealing with the ghosts of its past.
But other cities around the world have also carved the memories of their citizens into their buildings and infrastructure. As communities change, new memories become layered over old ones, and decisions about what is commemorated and what is forgotten come to reflect the prevailing political climate of the day. Laurie is joined by the writer and filmmaker Iain Sinclair, Professor Richard Sennett and Professor Sophie Watson to discuss how cities come to reflect the pride, and the shame, of what has gone before.
BERLIN EXTRA: You can debate the issues raised in this week’s programme on our discussion forum, hosted by the Open University.
London Orbital Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-10: 0141014741 ISBN-13: 978-0141014746
Rodinsky's Room Publisher: Granta Books; New Ed edition ISBN-10: 1862073295 ISBN-13: 978-1862073296
Professor Richard Sennett Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Social Science; Chair of the Cities Programme and Bemis Professor of Social Sciences at MIT in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Cities Programme, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE – tel: 020 7955 6828
Cities Programme
The Culture of the New Capitalism Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN-10: 0300119925 ISBN-13: 978-0300119923
Professor Sophie Watson Professor of Sociology at the Open University Sociology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Tel: 01908 654431
City Publics: The (dis) enchantments of Urban Encounters Publisher: Routledge; New Ed edition ISBN-10: 0415312280 ISBN-13: 978-0415312288
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