Paris 1989

Für diesen Band wurden Texte von Daniel Buren ausgewählt, die seine künstlerische wie theoretische Arbeit seit 1967 besonders anschaulich dokumentieren. Vor allem die Schriften, die bereits einen festen Platz in der kunstgeschichtlichen Literatur einnehmen, wurden ausnahmslos aufgenommen. Für eine detaillierte Auseinandersetzung mit allen Formen der Textproduktion Bürens - vor allem den zahlreichen Werkbeschreibungen und Interviews - verweisen wir auf die dreibändige Schriftenausgabe Daniel Buren. Les Ecrits (1965-1990), die 1991 vom Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux herausgegeben wurde. Die Texte erscheinen in chronologischer Reihenfolge. Texts by Daniel Buren were selected for this volume, his artistic and theoretical work Documented particularly clearly since 1967. In front all the fonts that already have a permanent place in the occupy literature on art history recorded without exception. For a detailed discussion with all forms of text production Bürens - especially the numerous work descriptions and interviews - we refer to the three-volume. Written edition by Daniel Buren. Les Ecrits (1965-1990), the 1991 of the Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux was issued. The texts appear in chronological order.

A follow-up publication to the Handbook of Medieval Studies, this new reference work turns to a different focus: medieval culture. Medieval research has grown tremendously in depth and breadth over the last decades. Particularly our understanding of medieval culture, of the basic living conditions, and the specific value system prevalent at that time has considerably expanded, to a point where we are in danger of no longer seeing the proverbial forest for the trees. The present, innovative handbook offers compact articles on essential topics, ideals, specific knowledge, and concepts defining the medieval world as comprehensively as possible. The topics covered in this new handbook pertain to issues such as love and marriage, belief in God, hell, and the devil, education, lordship and servitude, Christianity versus Judaism and Islam, health, medicine, the rural world, the rise of the urban class, travel, roads and bridges, entertainment, games, and sport activities, numbers, measuring, the education system, the papacy, saints, the senses, death, and money.

Despite almost four decades and billions of dollars in development activities, we are barely in a position to track the changing dynamics of poverty or to define with conviction the processes that entrap the poor in their misery. Accounting for about 90% of global poverty, rural poverty, through transmigration, is also a main contributor to urban poverty. It is in the rural areas of the world where poverty is most severe in human terms, where the hunger, hopelessness, hardship, and despair commonly associated with entrenched poverty are most pronounced, where basic health services, sanitation, educational opportunities, and other common amenities are most lacking. The alleviation of rural poverty is therefore tantamount to the alleviation of global poverty in its entirety. The State of World Rural Poverty offers the first comprehensive look at the economic conditions and prospects of the world's rural poor.

The Poplars housing development in suburban Paris is home to what one resident called the “Little-Middles” – a social group on the tenuous border between the working- and middle- classes. In the 1960s The Poplars was a site of upward social mobility, which fostered an egalitarian sense of community among residents. This feeling of collective flourishing was challenged when some residents moved away, selling their homes to a new generation of upwardly mobile neighbors from predominantly immigrant backgrounds. This volume explores the strained reception of these migrants, arguing that this is less a product of racism and xenophobia than of anxiety about social class and the loss of a sense of community that reigned before.

Modern Architecture in Historic Cities illustrates why France has been so successful in combining conservation and modernity, and points to important lessons for other countries which can be drawn from the French experience. Beginning with an empirical review of particular events which have affected attitudes towards heritage in France, this book highlights the continuity in French thinking and the longstanding role of the French government as patron and leader. Planning, conservation and design control legislation are examined, highlighting the range of instruments available to government in order to influence results and enhance the role of the architectural profession.