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Exploring the work of writers, illuminators, and craftspeople, this volume demonstrates the pervasive nature of architecture as a category of medieval thought. The architectural remnants of the past - from castles and cathedrals to the lowliest village church - provide many people with their first point of contact with the medieval period and its culture. Such concrete survivals provide a direct link to both the material experience of medieval people and the ideological and imaginative worldview which framed their lives. The studies collected in this volume show how attention to architectural representation can contribute to our understanding of not only the history of architectural thought but also the history of art, the intersection between textual and material culture, and the medieval experience of space and place.

Architecture, Medieval. --- Architecture, Medieval, in art. --- Architecture, Medieval in literature. --- Medieval architecture. --- allegory. --- medieval thought. --- space and place. --- symbolism. --- the meaning of architecture. --- Architecture, Medieval, in literature.

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This Open-Access-book utilises Hipsterism to demonstrate modes of identity, collectivity, conceptions and a whole spectrum of activities with varying degrees of commitment in contemporary society. Analysed through the lens of Modernity, Consumerism, and the New Spirit of Capitalism, it draws on qualitative research from two subsequent field stays in Berlin and is complemented by self-reflexion within the field. Young adults and their conceptions within modernity, capitalism and consumerism constitute a fundamental building block to understanding society. Little sociological work has been done in the field of Hipsterism, although it can function as a paradigm for western, affluent societies. With tools such as conscious consumption, conversations and ethical or creative work within a politically intended lifestyle, Hipsterism emerges as an attempt to navigate between individualism and collectivity. Resulting from these circumstances are a variety of forms of action, while searching for better ways to contribute and engage at the same time. Attempts to dissolve milieus and try to construct spaces where different cultures, classes and ethnicities are welcome might fail in spatial practice, but the practices in sum still leave a trace in (consumer) culture. All these activities hint at the potential of transformative and negotiating power that Hipsterism could have. About the Author Tara Semple first observed Hipsters in New York when she spent some months at the United Nations. She maintained a keen interest in the analysis of modern capitalism and influences on young adults in her work in academia and as a journalist, currently based in Zurich.

Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Space. --- Culture. --- Social Theory. --- Space and Place in Culture. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Metaphysics --- Social aspects --- Consumerism effects of lifestyle in young adults --- Hipster lifestyle and practice --- Empirical Research of hipsters --- Creativity and individualism in capitalism --- Politically intended lifestyles in modernity --- Conscious consumption in hipsters --- Social sciences --- Philosophy. --- Social philosophy --- Social theory

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The study by Alexandra Bernhardt deals with coworking spaces and their atmospheres. In addition to a comprehensive consideration of the role of atmospheres, the special significance of community in the context of these work spaces is examined in more detail. Two case studies in urban coworking spaces form the core of the investigation, following a qualitative research design oriented towards ethnography and a plurality of methods. In the context of the analysis, on the one hand, what constitutes coworking in everyday life and thus the new communality at work is considered: relevant practices and rituals, spatial arrangements and atmospheres are elaborated in their composition. On the other hand, coworkers, their spatial actions, and the attitudes associated with them come into closer focus: It is shown how users access coworking spaces as work and community spaces and what role atmospheres play. In addition, social entities are highlighted that are taken up by coworkers in relation to their coworking space and that help shape everyday coworking space life. Tensions that arise from a juxtaposition of community and service logic are also uncovered, and how they are dealt with in more detail. The author Alexandra Bernhardt is a sociologist of work and holds a PhD from Chemnitz University of Technology. As an expert on coworking and new work, she is professionally active in academia and in practice. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

Organizational sociology. --- Occupations—Sociological aspects. --- Space. --- Culture. --- Ethnology. --- Industrial sociology. --- Sociology of Organizations and Occupations. --- Space and Place in Culture. --- Ethnography. --- Sociology of Work. --- Sociology --- Industrial organization --- Industries --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Metaphysics --- Organization (Sociology) --- Organization theory --- Sociology of organizations --- Bureaucracy --- Social aspects

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After 9/11, the world felt the “shock and awe” of the War on Terror. But that war also exploded inside novels, films, comics, and gaming. Danel Olson investigates why the paranormal, ghostly, and conspiratorial entered such media between 2002-2022, and how this Gothic presence connects to the most recent theories on PTSD. Set in New York/Gotham, Afghanistan, Iraq, and CIA black sites, the traumatic and weird works interrogated here ask how killing affects the killers. The protagonists probed are artillery, infantry, and armored-cavalry soldiers; military intelligence; the Air Force; counter-terrorism officers of the NYPD, NCIS, FBI, and CIA; and even the ultimate crime-fighting vigilante, Batman.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Sociology of culture --- Film --- Fiction --- American literature --- World history --- wereldgeschiedenis --- Gothic --- cultuur --- literatuur --- fantasie (verbeelding) --- America --- Fiction. --- Goth culture (Subculture). --- Motion pictures. --- Space. --- Culture. --- World history. --- Fiction Literature. --- Gothic Studies. --- North American Literature. --- Film Studies. --- Space and Place in Culture. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Literatures. --- United States --- History

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Navigating Urban Soundscapes: Dublin and Los Angeles in Fiction offers an innovative analytical framework to explore sound in different media and across two distinct urban soundscapes. Studying a wide range of novels, films, and radio dramas, using Dublin and Los Angeles as case studies, Annika Eisenberg asks how sounds are aestheticised to signify urban space in fiction, and how sounds allow such fictional urban spaces to be navigated, both by auscultators, the characters listening within a work of fiction, and by auditeurs, the implied audience of a fictional work. Eisenberg argues that the concept of “urban sound” is a cultural and aesthetic construct, and in doing so, she shows why aesthetics needs to be front and center in sound studies.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- Literature --- Regional documentation --- History --- cultuur --- geschiedenis --- literatuur --- steden --- anno 1900-1999 --- Literature, Modern --- Science --- Cities and towns --- Space. --- Culture. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Literary Aesthetics. --- Sound Studies. --- Urban History. --- Space and Place in Culture. --- 20th century. --- Aesthetics. --- Social aspects. --- History.