Inert Cities

Stephanie Hemelryk Donald is Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of Comparative Film and Cultural Studies at the University of New South Wales. Christoph Lindner is Professor of Media and Culture and Director of Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He is a founding member of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalization Studies, the Netherlands.

• 1. Introduction: Globalization and InterruptionStephanie Hemelryk Donald (UNSW) and Christoph Lindner (University ofAmsterdam)PART 1 – STILLNESS2. Urban Photography as InterruptionShirley Jordan (Queen Mary, University of London)3. ‘At the still point of the turning world’: The Paradox of the Urban PortraitHugh Campbell (University College Dublin)4. Parkour and the Stilled ImageBill Marshall (University of London)5. Holding Patterns: Affirming Stillness for Commuting SubjectsDavid Bissell (Australian National University)PART 2 – DECELERATION6. Viennese Inertia: Deceleration and Local Identity ConstructionHeide Kunzelmann (University of London) and Elisabeth Mayerhofer (Vienna)7. Decelerating Global Amsterdam: Amnesiac Urbanism and Architectures of Immobility5Christoph Lindner (University of Amsterdam)8. Inertia and the Everyday during the Seige of BeirutClaire Launchbury (University of Leeds)PART 3 – SLOW MOTION9. Children and the Global City: Disguising Decay in Chinese and European FilmStephanie Hemelryk Donald (University of New South Wales)10. Intermedia, Scale, and Postmodern LisbonLúcia Nagib (University of Leeds)11. Slow Motion Pictures: Casting Inertia in Contemporary Berlin FilmsAndrew Webber (University of Cambridge)12. AfterwordLaura Mulvey (Birkbeck, University of London)

'This thoughtful and richly illustrated collection is edited by two of today's foremost scholars of the visual culture of the city. It offers a novel re-visioning of the city - and - an arresting range of urban visual expression, the relevance of which cannot, and should not, be ignored.' Jane M. Jacobs, Director, Division of Social Science, Yale-NUS College 'Inert Cities explores the rich diversity and importance of stillness, slowness and deceleration in our urban spaces and art. Filled with unexpected events and ideas, this is a very timely and highly original publication.' Iain Borden, Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London