Lecture 5- Cities
Film
The lecture will look at the following…
-The city in Modernism
-The beginnings of an urban sociology
-The city as public and private space
-The city in Postmodernism
-The relation of the individual to the crowd in the city
-The beginnings of an urban sociology
-The city as public and private space
-The city in Postmodernism
-The relation of the individual to the crowd in the city
Georg Simmel (1858-
1918)
-German sociologist
-Writes Metropolis and Mental Life in 1903
-Influences critical theory of the Frankfurt School thinkers eg: Walter Benjamin, Kracauer, Adorno and Horkheimer
-Writes Metropolis and Mental Life in 1903
-Influences critical theory of the Frankfurt School thinkers eg: Walter Benjamin, Kracauer, Adorno and Horkheimer
Urban sociology
-the resistance of the individual to being
levelled, swallowed up in the social-technological mechanism.
-Georg Simmel The Metropolis and Mental Life 1903
-Georg Simmel The Metropolis and Mental Life 1903
Fordism: mechanised labour relations
-Coined by Antonio Gramsci in his essay "Americanism
and Fordism” of 1934
-"the eponymous manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods and afford its workers decent enough wages to buy them” (De Grazia: 2005:4)
-"the eponymous manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods and afford its workers decent enough wages to buy them” (De Grazia: 2005:4)
Fordism:
mechanised labour relations
-Coined by Antonio Gramsci in his essay "Americanism
and Fordism” of 1934
-"the eponymous manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods and afford its workers decent enough wages to buy them” (De Grazia: 2005:4)
-"the eponymous manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods and afford its workers decent enough wages to buy them” (De Grazia: 2005:4)
The
Detective (1980)
-Wants to provide photographic evidence of her
existence
-His photos and notes on her are displayed next to her photos and notes about him
-Set in Paris
-His photos and notes on her are displayed next to her photos and notes about him
-Set in Paris
LA Noire
(2011)
-the first video game to be shown at the
Tribecca Film Festival
-Incorporates “MotionScan”, where actors are recorded by 32 surrounding cameras to capture facial expressions from every angle.The technology is central to the game's interrogation mechanic, as players must use the suspects' reactions to questioning to judge whether they are lying or not.
-Incorporates “MotionScan”, where actors are recorded by 32 surrounding cameras to capture facial expressions from every angle.The technology is central to the game's interrogation mechanic, as players must use the suspects' reactions to questioning to judge whether they are lying or not.
Surveillance City
-“Since the attack on the Twin
Towers of the World Trade Centre in 2001 and the ensuing ‘war on terrorism’
there has been an enormous ramping up of investment in machine reading
technologies. If the nineteenth century saw the automation of picture making , in
the 21st century we now seek machines to look at pictures on our
behalf.” (Wells: 09: 339)
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