Back to the Postindustrial Future
Author | : Felix Ringel |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2018-03-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781785337994 |
ISBN-13 | : 1785337998 |
Rating | : 4/5 (998 Downloads) |
Download or read book Back to the Postindustrial Future written by Felix Ringel and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is an extreme case of a declining postindustrial city. Built to serve the GDR coal industry, it lost over half its population to outmigration after German reunification and the coal industry crisis, leading to the large-scale deconstruction of its cityscape. This book tells the story of its inhabitants, now forced to reconsider their futures. Building on recent theoretical work, it advances a new anthropological approach to time, allowing us to investigate the postindustrial era and the futures it has supposedly lost.