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[Nettime-nl] Taming urban monsters: Mexico City |
Spaces of Uncertainty Closing Event Taming urban monsters: Xochimilco<<Zocalo>> Tlateloco, the re-emergence of three spaces of uncertainty in Mexico City A lecture/presentation by Heidi Sohn at 66 East Saturday 19-02-2005 20:30 This short ‘talk’ will introduce the process of systematic [spatial] classification as a way of ‘taming’ [urban] monstrosity. It will do so by analysing three ‘spaces’ in Mexico City, which despite of their enormous differences, could be related to ‘uncertainty’ in various ways. Until relatively recently, the conventional approach for urban spaces that in one way or another defied the established conception of ‘order’, was to treat them as spatial abnormalities: as a form of monstrosity. Nowadays, there seems to be a growing interest to comprehend –and include- these spaces into our systems of [urban] classification. This process, however, is not without its problems. It not only evidences the lack of vocabulary available to name these spaces, highlighting the growing complexity and proliferation of these spaces “without name”. It also indicates the ‘reversal’ of [spatial] strategies as a form of ‘de-monstration’: liberating the monster of its monstrosity by means of display [or visualization]. Heidi Sohn is an Amsterdam based architect from Mexico City, who received her Masters in Science in architecture and urban studies from the TU Delft. Currently, she is a Research Fellow in theory at the Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft. Her PhD research, “The Emergence of Urban Monsters”, under the supervision of Prof. Graafland, explores the different processes involved in the formation of urban identity, taking the contemporary situation of Mexico City as her main object of study. In this, the role of various forms of representation is analysed in order to determine the relationships that exist between ‘reality’ and the ‘imaginary’ of the urban. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 66 East: Centre for Urban Culture <http://www.66east.org>www.66east.org <mailto:mail@66east.org>mail@66east.org -31-[0]6-447 54 773 Sumatrastraat 66 1094 NH Amsterdam The Netherlands Opening times: Fridays 14:00 - 20:00, Saturdays 12:00 - 18:00 ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (rabotnik@xs4all.nl).