Re-inhabiting No-Man’s Land. FROM DEAD ZONES TO LIVING SPACES
Nearing the centenary of the First World War, this project explores the ongoing relevance of no-man’s lands in the 21st century. Rather than merely empty, divisive spaces, the project considers the material substance of no-man’s lands, their changing social-cultural meaning and their relevance as productive political and geopolitical spaces.
As a figure of speech, No-Man’s Land is applied to anywhere from derelict inner-city districts and #buffer-zones to ‘ungovernable’ regions and tax havens. But what is no-man’s land? What are the conditions that produce it? How is it administered? What sort of human activities do no-man’s lands harbour? These are the questions that prompt us to think about the no-man’s lands not as dead zones, but as living spaces.
▻https://nmlproject.com/about
#géographie #espace #cimetière #toponymie (apparemment le mot « no-man’s land » tire son origine d’un cimetière à la périphérie de Londres utilisant durant la peste")
Conférence « The City Talks : #Noam_Leshem on Rethinking No Man’s Land : Sanctuaries in the Urban Dead Zone »
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZuUeTKHjU
#vie #mort