Tag: social identity
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Urban sprawl and identity. The case of post war Madrid (In Spanish)
This article,  see Original source, reflect on the urban spraw of Madrid in teh context after the civil war in Spain, and how neighbor municipalities were adhered to the capital and lost their identity due to political and belic reasons. Indeed, today Madrid center consists of only one municipality, compared to, for instance, Copenhagen, where the city centre counts with different ones, so called kommune.…
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China’s losers [Diaosi]
Amid spreading prosperity, a generation of self-styled also-rans emerges Apr 19th 2014 | SHANGHAI | ZHU GUANG, a 25-year-old product tester, projects casual cool in his red Adidas jacket and canvas shoes. He sports the shadowy wisps of a moustache and goatee, as if he has the ambition to grow a beard but not the…