03/10/2010

Eurozine - On the post-city - Daniel Miller

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As the ideological frenzy of modernism gives way to "content management systems", and as global megacities render the urban grid and its certainties obsolete, societies of discipline become societies of control. Daniel Miller cracks open the password protected "post-city".

via www.eurozine.com

[interesting article]

Mar 10, 2010 2:22:40 PM | Architecture, City, Culture, Dwell, Technology, Thoughtful Linking

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