http://hdl.handle.net/10453/79 2013-06-19T02:40:15Z 2013-06-19T02:40:15Z Hamilton Paula http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17895 2012-10-12T03:32:36Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Proust Effect: Oral History and the Senses Hamilton Paula Donald A. Ritchie Chapter on new field of utilising the sensory landscape in oral history interviews, especially in relaiton to urban sites.

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Marinelli Maurizio http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17894 2012-10-12T03:32:36Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Italian 'Neighbourhood' in Tianjin: Little Italy or colonial space Marinelli Maurizio Bryna Goodman and David S G Goodman The only Italian concession in China was located in the Hebei district of the modern municipality of Tianjin from 1901 until 194 7. It was also the only example of Italian colonialism in Asia. Through the historical investigation of the former Italian concession, from its acquisition to its socio-spatial reorganisation as a 'laboratory of modernity' (Stoler 1995: 13-26), this chapter emphasises the imposed notion of the concession as an Italian-style 'neighbourhood': a miniature Disneyland-style venue of'Italianness' or 'Italian spirit' (Italianita). Focusing on the conceptualisation of the concession as a 'neighbourhood' and not a colony, Italy tried to give shape to a short-lived, although in colonial terms glorious, project: the 'neighbourhood' was meant to establish Italy's status and prestige among the other colonial powers operating in China at the time.

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Marinelli Maurizio http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17327 2012-02-23T00:37:23Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Negotiating Beijing's Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Marinelli Maurizio Melissa Butcher & Selvaraj Velayutham Old Beij ing was a cultural space characterized and confined by walls (Wang, 2003; Lu, 2005). In the last few years increasing attention has been focused on the sociospatial transformation of Beijing, and a common denominator identified by many scholars is the vanish ing of the city walls. This pivotal element is immediately associated with material loss. However, some scholars have taken this analysis a step further addressing the city without walls as a 'microcosm of what has happened to Chinese culture." (Wang, 1990' quoted by Zha, 1996: 67). This chapter concentrates on the work of Zhang Dali, an artist who has chosen the Beijing walls as his canvas. The focus is on the significance of his work and the relevant reaction. The analysis of the association between wounded walls, urban culture, and history re-writing will demonstrate that the pJlysical loss of the walls has deep implications for Beijing's identity at the turn of the twenty-first century. Zhang Dati's work is indicative of a counter-discourse of intellectual resistance both to the homogenizing transformative dynamics of the city and to the accompanying dominant narrative of progress, forwardness, and globalizing "newness.' Traditionally, walls were the pillars of Beijing's construction as a space of order. Their disruption offers Zhang Dali the opportunity to create a "dialogue" on the city and denounce, looking tllrough the walls the emergence of spaces of exception.

2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Marinelli Maurizio http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14463 2012-02-02T03:53:59Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Italy and/in China: Remaking the Urban form and Rewriting History in Tianjin Marinelli Maurizio Jacqueline Andall and Derek Duncan NA

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