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SUMMARY:Cinematic Mapping: the observation and documentation of  urban spa
 ce - Dr Andong Lu\, Research Fellow\, Wolfson College\, University of Camb
 ridge
DTSTART:20101006T121500Z
DTEND:20101006T131500Z
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DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* Since early use of its documentary power (e.g. Mum
 ford 1939)\, in the 1970s film has become a primary tool for observing and
  analyzing the real city (e.g. Banham 1972\; Whyte\, 1970s). This presenta
 tion will discuss two recent experiments of using cinema to examine comple
 x urban space: the transforming Nanjing City under rapid urbanization and 
 the declining Long Canal Town under the pressure of globalization. This st
 udy focuses on the relationship between observation and documentation and 
 on the capacity of cinema as tool for the pre-study of design and research
  projects.\n\n*Biography:* Andong Lu received his PhD in Architecture from
  the University of Cambridge and is now a Research Fellow of Wolfson Colle
 ge. His research interests include narrative organization of space\, cinem
 atic aided design and contemporary Chinese urbanism. He taught modules at 
 Nanjing University (M.Arch.) and Cambridge University (M.Phil. in Screen M
 edia & Cultures). He has recently published in the Studies in the History 
 of Gardens & Designed Landscapes (Routledge) and arq: Architectural Resear
 ch Quarterly (CUP). He is co-editing with François Penz the Urban Cinemat
 ics (Intellect Books\, forthcoming 2011).
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope 
 Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk.
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