Ewa Stankiewicz
Agata Ł. Wierzbicka
MAPPING INVISIBLES
– Brussels ethnic division
Our idea
for this exercise is connected with the Brussels
in which we spend six months studying and discovering various things about the
city. Brussels is a world example of a
shrinking city, what means condensation of public life in
the centre - which in Brussels is called Pentagon (because of it’s
shape). This problem is not the only
one. What we also found problematic and at the same time interesting
about the Brussels
city, is really strong polarization. Borders between different nationalities
living in Brussels
are very clearly defined in a urban city grid, and rooted long time ago in 40s
during Fordist and strengthen in Post-Fordist.
LIST OF CONTENTS:
1. Introduction
(
http://system.asknow.eu/groups/canalinbrussels/)
2. Historical roots of the problem
(
http://system.asknow.eu/groups/canalinbrussels/wiki/f9771/Historical_roots_of_a_problem_.html)
3. Boat trip through the Canal
(
http://system.asknow.eu/groups/canalinbrussels/wiki/fd0cf/Boat_trip_through_the_Canal.html)
4. Physical Factors
(
http://system.asknow.eu/groups/canalinbrussels/wiki/7aa05/Physical_Factors.html)
5. Social Factors
(
http://system.asknow.eu/groups/canalinbrussels/wiki/7f582/Social_Factors.html)
6. Presentation MPEG
(
http://system.asknow.eu/groups/canalinbrussels/wiki/94e3c/)
Bibliography:
1. PhD Ben Deruder lecture: "World-City formation: The case of Brussels"
2. BrU 004 - Planning a cappital COLABORATION - monthly magazine
3. Maps from collection "Gewestelijk Ontwikkelingsplan" Goedgekeurd door de Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke regering op 12 September 2002. (Bijvoegsel tot het Belgisch Staatsblad van 15 Oktober 2002)
4. Kesteloot "Brussels: post - Fordist polarization in a Fordist spatial canvas"
5. Anthony D. King "Spaces of Global Cultures"
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