| Utopia in Practice: Bishan Project and Rural Reconstruction 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Ning, Ou (Author) |
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ISBN: 981155790X ISBN-13: 9789811557903 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Asian - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.61 lbs) 442 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a collection of texts on one of China's boldest social experiments in recent years: the rural reconstruction project in Bishan. The Bishan Project (2011-2016) was a rural reconstruction project in a small village Bishan, Anhui Province, China. The writings describe and criticize the social problems caused by China's over-loading urbanization process and starts a a contemporary agrarianism and agritopianism discourse to resist the modernism and developmentalism doctrine which dominated China for more than a century, answering a global desire for the theory and action of the alternative social solution for today's environmental and political crises.This practical utopian commune project ran for 6 years and caused a national debate on rural issues in China, when it was invited to be exhibited and presented abroad. This collection of writing will be of interest to artists, China scholars, architects, and the cultural community at large. |
