UID:
kobvindex_INT0002634
Format:
286 pages
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illustrations (colour and black and white), maps (colour)
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24 x 17 cm
ISBN:
9783037783481
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3037783486
Content:
"Don't Brand My Public Space! is a critical investigation of the visual strategies employed to identify and brand political spaces. Isn't it about time to look at their often banal images as part of a crisis of political representation? In the context of a revival of xenophobic propaganda on the one hand and the degradation of places into pure marketing products on the other, it is possible to recognize an increasingly theatrical, unquestioned production of public signs and symbols. Essays on the theme by political scientists, designers, and sociologists make reference to the three visual essays that are at the heart of the book: 'The Noticeable Absence of a Flag of the Earth' by Ruedi Baur, 'Depictions of Federalism and Nationalism: Comparing the Former Yugoslavia, Switzerland, and Belgium' by Irena Bockaj, and 'European Capitals in Competition' by Maria Roskowska. The publication is released in collaboration with Civic City (HEAD Geneve) and the research program 'Ecrire la ville' (EnsadLab, Paris)."
Content:
"Don't Brand My Public Space! offers a critical reading of how branding strategies are being introduced into contemporary political communications. With three visual essays on the representational systems of public collectivities in Europe serving as a point of departure, a political scientist, a semiologist, a philosopher, an art historian, and a geographer offer their own interpretations of these new official images. Do they form a system and are they introducing a new type of government? How should we deal with them, and what form should our resistance take, particularly with the arms of graphic design at our disposal? These are some of the questions framing this collective study and manifesto."
Note:
Ruedi Baur and Sébastien Thiéry : Introduction -- Maria Roszkowska : Marketplace -- Ruedi Baur : The conspicious absence of a planetary flag -- Great Nation : Sugar dictatorship -- Sébastien Thiéry : Everything must go! : an approach to contemporary ceremonial writings -- Jean-Pierre Grunfeld : The logotomized city (or Patrick Le Lay's victory) -- Annick Lantenois : There are cracks in the walls... -- Pierre-Damien Huyghe : "Branding," faith, and experience -- Luc Gwiazdzinski : Against disposable territories : a preliminary critical approach to systems of territorial identification
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LANGUAGE NOTE: also published in a French version as: Face au brand territorial : sur la misère symbolique des systèmes de représentation des collectivités territoriales
Language:
English
Keywords:
Edited volumes
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