On The Gaze: Dubai And Its New Cosmopolitanisms (Speaker'S Corner)
Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN13:
9781682753460
$15.59
On The New Cosmopolitan is an exploration of cosmopolitanism and its 21st-century manifestation in Dubai. "What do I see? Neon contours of a building at night. A near-empty walkway with a flashing monitor that reads: "Dubai Digital Park"; in the morning I see a concrete expanse of flat apartment rooftops amidst a humid, sand-infused horizon, the steaming heat of the desert temperature in August. Plasma screens along a walkway show various scenes of people eating, exercising, shopping, the only people I see. I am in an area called Silicon Oasis. Dubai, a city where 70% of the world is within an 8-hour plane flight from its airport, was built to represent the geographical factuality of its being a crossroads between East and West. A contemporary city of spectacle and the spectacular, it caters to all manner of the gaze.
- | Author: Adrianne Kalfopoulou
- | Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
- | Publication Date: Jul 18, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 137 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1682753468
- | ISBN-13: 9781682753460
- Author:
- Adrianne Kalfopoulou
- Publisher:
- Fulcrum Publishing
- Publication Date:
- Jul 18, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 137 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1682753468
- ISBN-13:
- 9781682753460