| FA-51531-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Jordan Alexander Sand | Speculation and Memory in Late Twentieth-Century Tokyo | 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2007 | $40,000.00 | Jordan | Alexander | Sand | | | | Georgetown University | Washington | DC | 20057-0001 | USA | 2004 | Urban Studies | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
This project studies nostalgia as a force shaping postindustrial urbanism. It does so by focusing on Tokyo, a city better known today for its high-tech modernity than its orientation to the past. In the 1980’s, as Tokyo was transformed into a world city, architects, writers, activists, and marketers developed a range of creative ways to express local identity and make local history visible. Close examination of related movements in disparate fields will reveal some of the contours of a sophisticated Japanese public culture that has gone virtually ignored elsewhere. It will also provide a dynamic model for understanding the relation between intellectuals, consumers, memory and the physical environment in contemporary cities. |