Category: CITY2016
Trieste/Crossroads of Cultures in Central Eastern Europe: Transformations/Contradictions and Continuities at the Italian Eastern Border
This paper aims to highlight some peculiarities of this border region contested between Italy and Yugoslavia where the ethnic differences, …
Up and Down the City Road: London in the Other’s Eyes
This paper probes into two facets of the life of Indian immigrants in post-war London portrayed in Anita Desai's Bye-Bye, …
Talking Like a (Foreign) Man: Diaspora Teenage Languages Shaping Urban Spaces in Gautam Malkani’s Londonstani
This paper aims to investigate the role of language for the British Indian diasporic community teenagers of London, for whom …
South Korea Gimhae City Color Palette of Representative Colours and Symbolic Colour Development
City colors analysis and guidelines development is a way to assist the city to become more sustainable and be developed …
The Dimensions of Childhood in Modern Architecture: From Urban Scales to Domestic Spaces
According to many authors, architecture is more than meets the eye: it is the image of a certain historical, cultural, …
The Impacts of Globalization on Urban Peripheral Villages of Iran
Globalization as an ongoing economic, social, political and technological process has various impacts around the world, which its quantity and …
Urban Aspirations: A Field View from the Margins of the City
Indian cities are transforming rapidly. Though there is a huge variation between the transformation of various cities but metropolises like …
Public Images/Private Lives: Blurring Truth and Fantasy in the World of Professional Bondage and Discipline
Public images and private lives often do not match up. Indeed, social life is premised as much on what is …
Rugao and Water Garden in Seventeenth Century China
My paper focuses on Rugao, a city on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, during the period of the …
The Soundscape East of The River: Sonic Icons in Nagai Kafū’s Writings
By focusing on the auditory dimension of Nagai Kafū’s (1879-1959) representation of Tokyo in his most renown – and admittedly …
The Specificities of Lisbon As an International (City) Actor
States have been, traditionally, the key analytical category to reason on International Relations (IR) with different renounced authors explicitly or …
A Journey Through La Barceloneta: Neighbours and the Changing Cultural Identity of Barcelona’s Beach Suburb
This paper explores the shifting urban and cultural transformation of one of Barcelona’s most iconic suburbs: la Barceloneta. Targeted by …
The Significance of Social Components in Urban Transformation in the Context of Sustainability: A Romany Neighbourhood Example/Istanbul
Cities are like living organisms like every single living creature that is born, grows up and dies. Just as when …