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Memory culture and the contemporary city, building sites, edited by Uta Staiger, Henriette Steiner, Andrew Webber

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Memory culture and the contemporary city

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edited by Uta Staiger, Henriette Steiner, Andrew Webber

building sites

These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York