شهر آینده: فضای ساخته‌شده، مدرنیته و تغییرات شهری در آستانه

Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form. Contents Maps, Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Note on Translation and Transliteration Introduction: Pathways into the ‘City of the Future’ Chapter 1 Materializing the Future: Images and Practices Chapter 2 Performing Urbanity: Migrants, the City and Collective Identification Chapter 3 Tselinograd: The Past in the ‘City of the Future’ Chapter 4 Celebration and the City: Belonging in Public Space Chapter 5 Fixing the Courtyard: Mundane Place-Making Chapter 6 Playing with the City ‘Encounter’ in Astana Conclusion Bibliography Index The long-awaited comprehensive account of the rise of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, this book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic - allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form. Mateusz Laszczkowski. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.