The Distinctiveness of Cities | Modes of Re-Production | 15th – 17th of June 2011, Darmstadt

The LOEWE Research Area “Intrinsic Logic of Cities” at Technische Universität Darmstadt organizes another very interesting international conference. Venice London Mumbai Paris – the simple mentioning of city names calls up mental images in us, positive or negative, exotic or banal. Cities appear to be dynamic or progressive, cosmopolitan or sentimental, but what is the origin of such images and associations? The question of the international conference “The Distinctiveness of Cities | Modes of Re-Production” is the intrinsic logic of...