Global Cities

Linda Krause is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.Patrice Petro is professor of film studies and director of the Center for International Education at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

• Reading the city in a global digital age: between topographic representation and spatialized power projects / Saskia SassenCollective memory and locality in global cities / Jennifer JordanGobbled up and gone: cultural preservation and the global city marketplace / Tasha G. OrenLos toquis, or urban babel / Nataša ĎurovičováToo close to home: Naruse Mikio and Japanese cinema of the 1950s / Catherine RussellAuthenticity and globalization / John B. HertzGlobal cannibal city machines: recent visions of urban/social space / Peter SandsCinema, the city, and the cinematic / Ackbar AbbasCodes, collectives, and commodities: rethinking global cities as metalogistical spaces / Timothy W. LukeSome thoughts on cities: visions and plans / Jorge Annibal-IribarneArchitecture and memory / Jo Noero

Racing across the disciplines of architecture, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies, and sites like Berlin, Tokyo, and San Diego, this collection is unique in its ecumenical approach to the new phenomenon of the city under or as globalization. - Toby Miller (professor of cultural studies and cultural policy, New York University) Racing across the disciplines of architecture, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies, and sites like Berlin, Tokyo, and San Diego, this collection is unique in its ecumenical approach to the new phenomenon of the city under or as globalization. - Toby Miller (professor of cultural studies and cultural policy, New York University)