Full Description
Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West: Care of the Self examines urban communities and societies in Asia and the West to shed much-needed light on issues that have emerged as the world experiences its new urban turn. An urbanized world should be an improving place, one that is better to live in, one where humans can flourish. This collection of essays examines contemporary practices of care of the self in cities in Asia and the West, including challenges to citizenship and even the right to the city itself. Written by a range of academics from different backgrounds (from architecture and urbanism, anthropology, social science, psychology, gender studies, history, and philosophy), their trans- and multidisciplinary approaches shed valuable light on what are sometimes quite old problems, leading to fresh perspectives and new ways of dealing with them. One thing that unites all of these papers is their people-centred approach, because, after all, a city is its people.
Contents
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 The Western World as Utopia? Thames Town, Songjiang and New Chinese Residential Habits, 2 How Does Space Have Meaning?, A Multifocal Approach to Korean Jimjilbang (???), 3 Transforming the Self in Contemporary Korean Ki Sury?n (???) Water, Wood, and Stone in Two GiCheon (??) DVDs, 4 The Relationship between Architecture and Ritual in the Hindu Crematorium, 5 New Bodies in Cities Contested Technologies of the Self in Urban India, 6 Family, Everyday Life, and the Making-up of Society:A Case Study in Yokohama's Chinatown, 7 Mental Health Scenario of Asian Americans: Social and Environmental Determinants of their Well-being and Service Utilization, 8 'Care of the Self' and Discipline in Smart Cities: Sensors in Singapore, List of Figures and Tables
