Imagineering Cultural Vienna: On the Semiotic Regulation of Vienna's Culture-led Urban Transformation

Johannes Suitner

Published by transcript Verlag 2015

Imagineering Cultural Vienna

On the Semiotic Regulation of Vienna's Culture-led Urban Transformation

Johannes Suitner

In the series Urban Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839429785

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About this book

Media discourses always consider Vienna as a »cultural city«. This study shows how such a perception is skilfully shaped by political constructions of cultural imaginaries in and of the city. The book unveils how simplistic cognitive interpretations of culture not only define an unquestioned, reductionist idea of the city's cultural character - it also explains how these imaginaries influence the recent urban development practice in one of Europe's globalizing cities.

Author / Editor information

Johannes Suitner (Dipl.-Ing. Dr.) holds a PostDoc position at the Department of Spatial Planning, TU Wien. He engages in research and teaching activities along Planning History and Planning Cultures, Cultural Planning and the Politics and Policies of Urban Development.

Reviews

»Johannes Suitner hat mit seinem Buch eine detaillierte Beschreibung der unterschiedlichen soziokulturellen Stadtplanungsprozesse in Wien geliefert, die er anschaulich anhand dreier, auf den ersten Blick konträr wirkender städtischer Orte empirisch analysiert.«
Stephan Platt, Raumforschung Raumordnung, 74 (2016)

Besprochen in:
Geographie aktuell & Schule, 222 (2016) Neue Politische Literatur, 61 (2016)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Cultural Imagineering A first encounter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Planning with culture between materiality and meaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Research approach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Contextualizing urban development Cities between materiality and meaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
The contested politics of planning Ideology and power, accumulation and representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Linking culture, city, and planning Entering a cultural era in urban development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Theorizing Cultural Imagineering Conceptualizing the discursive regulation of culture-led place transformation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Empirical research design De- and reconstructing Cultural Imagineering in practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Contextualizing “Cultural Vienna” Retracing the cultural development trajectory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Karlsplatz A cultural economy for global tourism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Seestadt Aspern Cultural symbolism for entrepreneurial urbanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Brunnenviertel Capitalizing on cultural diversity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Cultural Vienna revisited Rationales, imaginaries, and hegemonic practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Towards a culturized planning practice Conclusions on Cultural Imagineering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
List of Figures & Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 268
Keywords: Imaginaries; Cultural Political Economy; Vienna; Planning; City; Urban Studies; Cultural Studies; Sociology

eBook

Published: May 27, 2015
ISBN: 9783839429785