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oa Klaske Havik, Kris Pint, Svava Riesto and Henriette Steiner (eds.). Vademecum – 77 Minor Terms For Writing Urban Places. Nai010 Publishers, 224p.
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Journal of European Landscapes, Volume 2, Issue 2, Feb 2021, p. 1 - 3
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- 01 Feb 2021
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Abstract
Abstract
This review discusses the recently published book Vademecum: 77 Minor Terms for Writing Urban places, edited by Klaske Havik, Kris Pint, Svava Riesto and Henriette Steiner. The book is the product of an interdisciplinary collaboration of 38 authors, and consists of a collection of terms that offer alternative understandings of urban space and places. In the review, I discuss the topic, structure, and relevance of the book, I suggest different ways of reading it, and I connect it with related genealogies in cultural and spatial studies. Overall, the wide geographical and disciplinary spectrum of Vademecum makes it a good read for anyone engaged with the complex object of landscape.
© Marilena Mela. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Keyword(s):
interdisciplinarity;
knowledge networks;
landscape studies;
narrative methods;
Urban complexity