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Imaginations / Cancellations
by Ani Nazari
In Imaginations/ Cancellations, prof. dr. Frans-Willem Korsten and student Ani Nazari look at cities in different ways than we are used to. A city can be imagined as something very unexpected like a labyrinth or a jungle. What if we see the city as a poem or a documentary? What if the city is a media like cinema or a newspaper?This podcast is based on the book Imaginations/Cancellations, written by dr. Frans-Willem Korsten. Each episode covers a chapter of the book by explaining the concepts and going into more depth.
Episodes
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A humanities approach for all cities
One last question: "What is the best way to look to a city?"
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Jerusalem & Hiroshima: Generic Forms of Meaning and the Inexpressible
Jerusalem is a city with many meanings and symbols. It is often expressed in allegories as it has deeper meanings and feelings to people than a "regular" city. The bombing of Hiroshima is on the other hand very inexpressible. The events were so catastrophic that nothing can come close to…
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Isfahan & Jakarta: Forms of Address and Rhythm
Forms of address and rhythm could be lyric and poem. In Isfahan, the Naqsh-E Jahan Sqaure and the Sheikh Loftollah Mosque both try to address something by the way they are built. The daily life of Jakarta (and many other places) has a certain rhythm to it, almost like a metre in a poem. We talk...
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Lagos & Barcelona: Generic Forms of Fragments and Improvisation
Forms and fragments of improvisation can be a collage or a play. Collages and plays are ways through which a city can be experienced. In this episode we see that sensing Lagos as a collage depicts a fuller picture of the city and viewing and playing around in a highly organised city like…
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Rio de Janeiro and Seattle: Generic Forms of Logico-Chronical Organisation
Forms of logico-chronical organisation are the narrative and the documentary. A narrative can influence or frame a story a lot, since a narrator can leave out or add aspects of the story. The documentary aims to tell a realistic story, but like we discuss, even this way of storytelling can not...
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Mumbai & Nairobi: Media Connecting Dividuals and Spheres
Social media and the digital world is what is connecting the dividuals and spheres. The cities of this episode are Nairobi and Mumbai and we wonder whether it is fair to have one identity or sphere as a city or even a person. We talk about the points being made by Arjun Appadurai on this matter,...
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Beijing & Bangkok: Media Connecting Reality and Illusion
Television and cinema are the media that make it possible to connect the spheres "reality" and "illusion". This connection can be done in various ways: advertisements, realityshows, movies or arthouse films. We talk about how this connection plays out in the contemporary world and especially...
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Chicago & Cairo: Media Connecting Private and Masses
The newspaper and the radio are two media that allow a connection between the private spheres and the masses. The Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum allowed this connection between the private and the masses to happen in, among other cities as well, Cairo. In Chicago, the newspaper played a role in...
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Amsterdam & Naples: Media Connecting Self and World
The theatre and the spectacle are media that can connect the self and the world in the cities Amsterdam and Naples. The theatre and spectacle allow us to show and show off the relation between the self and the world. They do not only show us things to watch -the world or ourselves-, but we may...
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Paris & Brasília: Tropes of Expectation
Utopias, dystopias and non-places are vectorizing sensibilities, because they imply certain expectations to our imaginations. Utopias imply a good expectation, dystopias imply a bad expectation and non-places in that sense imply no expectation. Paris and Brasília are cities where the utopia,...
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Istanbul & Moscow: Tropes of Accessibility
Palimpsests, labyrinths and zones are tropes of accessibility. The palimpsest gives us access to the hidden, the labyrinth to the secret and the zone to the taboo. With the examples of Istanbul and Moscow, we will see how tropes of accessibility can be applied to cities.
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Mexico City & Canberra: Tropes of Naturalisation
A jungle, a desert and a garden are tropes of naturalisation. These tropes originate from nature and can be applied to cities as well. In this episode, Mexico City and Canberra will be looked at as tropes of naturalisation.
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Hong Kong & Atlanta: Tropes of Connection
Hong Kong and Atlanta are both part of a connection. We can see these cities as a body, a network or a belt: tropes of connection. This particular tropes has the ability to view cities as things can be connected by or are already connected.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In Imaginations/ Cancellations, prof. dr. Frans-Willem Korsten and student Ani Nazari look at cities in different ways than we are used to. A city can be imagined as something very unexpected like a labyrinth or a jungle. What if we see the city as a poem or a documentary? What if the city is a media like cinema or a newspaper?This podcast is based on the book Imaginations/Cancellations, written by dr. Frans-Willem Korsten. Each episode covers a chapter of the book by explaining the concepts and going into more depth.
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Ani Nazari
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In Imaginations/ Cancellations, prof. dr. Frans-Willem Korsten and student Ani Nazari look at cities in different ways than we are used to. A city can be imagined as something very unexpected like a labyrinth or a jungle. What if we see the city as a poem or a documentary? What if the city is a...
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