Urban memory and visual culture in Berlin

Download or read book Urban memory and visual culture in Berlin written by Simon Ward and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As sites of continual change and transformation, cities are fundamentally forgetful places. Yet at the same time, urban areas are also homes to museums and archives that collect and exhibit the past-a key cultural, political, and economic activity. This book looks at that paradox through the example of Berlin to see how the city has responded to challenges to memory created by rapid changes in politics, economics, society, and the built environment, ultimately arguing that the recovery of the experience of time is central to the practices of an emergent memory culture in the contemporary city.