Focusing on the material of stone in Melbourne, this book offers a systematic analysis that intertwines various theories related to materiality, networks, and place identity. It explores themes such as phenomenology, resource extraction, and the non-human's vitalism, providing an engaging narrative that appeals to both general readers and academics. Rich with historical and contemporary stories, the work presents evocative examples of how stone shapes urban experiences and identities in Melbourne.
Tim Edensor Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Tim Edensor esplora le geografie del turismo, dell'identità nazionale, delle rovine industriali e della materialità urbana, insieme alle geografie del ritmo e agli spazi di illuminazione e oscurità. Il suo lavoro approfondisce come le persone percepiscono e sperimentano i luoghi, e come questi spazi plasmano la nostra cultura e identità. Indaga l'interazione tra l'attività umana e l'ambiente fisico, concentrandosi spesso su temi come la memoria, la modernità e la percezione sensoriale.
In Rhythmanalysis, Henri Lefebvre put forward his ideas on the relationship between time and space, particularly how rhythms characterize space. Here, leading geographers advance and expand on Lefebvre's theories, examining how they intersect with current theoretical and political concerns within the social sciences. In terms of geography, rhythmanalysis highlights tensions between repetition and innovation, between the need for consistency and the need for disruption. These tensions reveal the ways in which social time is managed to ensure a measure of stability through the instantiation of temporal norms, whilst at the same time showing how this is often challenged. In looking at the rhythms of geographies, and drawing upon a wide range of geographical contexts, this book explores the ordering of different rhythms according to four main themes: rhythms of nature, rhythms of everyday life, rhythms of mobility, and the official and routine rhythms which superimpose themselves on the multiple rhythms of the body.