Remembering the ‘Murdered City’ Berlin 1957–1974
This chapter traces the tentative emergence of post-war urban memory from the late 1950s through to the mid-1970s. The chapter begins in 1957, the year of the Hauptstadt Berlin International Building Exhibition, an event that illustrates how the synchronic urban gaze of the planners was displayed in...
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| Published in | Urban Memory and Visual Culture in Berlin pp. 45 - 72 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
13.06.2016
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | This chapter traces the tentative emergence of post-war urban memory from the late 1950s through to the mid-1970s. The chapter begins in 1957, the year of the Hauptstadt Berlin International Building Exhibition, an event that illustrates how the synchronic urban gaze of the planners was displayed in constructing a form of civic perception adapted to the new urban infrastructure. At this moment, in local resistance to the planned demolition of the Kaiser William Memorial Church, for example, we can begin to see the production of spatial images of resistance. Other technologies examined include the musealization of vernacular ‘islands of tradition’, |
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| ISBN: | 9089648534 9789089648532 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9789048527045-003 |