Heterotopia and the City : Public Space in a Postcivil Society

Heterotopia and the City offers new explorations of Foucault's concept of 'heterotopia'. The book brings together a new translation of Foucault's seminal essay with case studies from academics across the globe, investigating how heterotopia has influenced our contemporary urban spaces.

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Heterotopia in a Postcivil Society Part 1. Heterotopology: 'a science in the making' Of Other Spaces Michel Foucault Heterotopia: an Ecology James D. Faubion Heterotopia: Anamnesis of a Medical Term Heidi Sohn Part 2. Heterotopia Revisited The Many Mirrors of Foucault and their Architectural Reflections M. Christine Boyer Heterotopias of Difference Marco Cenzatti Hippodamus' Third Sphere. Elements of a General Theory of Heterotopia Lieven De Cauter & Michiel Dehaene Part 3. The Mall as Agora - the Agora as Mall Heterotopia of the Theme Park Street Kathleen Kern Between Shopping Malls and Agoras. A French History of 'Protected Public Space' Clèment Orillard 'A Kind of Instinct' - The Cinematic Mall as Heterotopia Douglas Muzzio & Jessica Muzzio Part 4. Dwelling in a Postcivil Society The Gated Community as Heterotopia Setha Low A Master-Planned Community as Heterotopia: The Villages, Florida Hugh Bartling The 'Institutionalization' of Heterotopias in Singapore Xavier Guillot Part 5. Terrains Vagues: Transgression and Urban Activism Public-Space Heterotopias: Heterotopias of Masculinity along the Tel-Aviv Shoreline Yael Allweil & Rachel Kallus '... those marvellous empty zones on the edge of our cities'. Heterotopia and the 'Dead Zone' Gil Doron Stalker Unbounded. Urban Activism and the Terrain Vague as Heterotopia by Default Peter Lang Part 6. Heterotopia in the Splintering Metropolis 'Rubbing the Magic Lamp'. Heterotopian Strategies in London's Eastern City Fringe Maureen Heyns Flow Urbanism: the Heterotopia of Flows Lee Stickells Heterotopias of Illusion: From Beaubourg to Bilbao and Beyond David Grahame Shane Part 7. Heterotopia after the Polis The Heterotopian Divide in Jakarta: from Discourse to Space Robert Cowherd Dubai Offshore Urbanism Alessandro Petti 'Dead Society' in a 'Cemetery City'. The Transformation of Burial Rites in Kinshasa Filip De Boeck Wrapping up Heterotopia / Heterotopia Unfolded? Hilde Heynen