'City of the Future'
Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban, Anthropology
| Author: | Mateusz Laszczkowski | ISBN: | 9781785332579 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books | Publication: | August 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mateusz Laszczkowski |
| ISBN: | 9781785332579 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Publication: | August 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Language: | English |
Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.
Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.
