Guidelines ciy portraits Jan2013

   

How to Produce the City Portraits for the NMM Book
 The city portraits will be the heart of the new NMM book, consisting of 6 up to 8 pages for every participating city. They are based on the maps and posters prepared for the INURA conference and exhibition in Zurich 2010, but will differ in some ways. The task of this paper is to explain very briefly what we expect from INURA groups participating in the project.

   

Required for the city portraits



 * 1) A small regional map showing the boundaries of the metropolitan areas (this was already part of the "old" NMM mapping exercise).
 * 2) A revised main map using the new categories and mapping tools (see the example of Florence: http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/1905, and the information provided in the NMM overview).
 * 3) Three case studies / focus projects (see more information below).
 * 4) An introduction and synthesis / conclusions (revised versions of the 2010 poster texts).
 * 5) A timeline with information on general socio-political events relevant for urban development processes and for the sites and projects of the case studies (a proposal for that will be finally discussed in Florence in March).

  Optional are one up to two extra pages, where everything that is "non-mappable" can be addressed. These pages can be also used for additional maps, zoom-ins, graphics, texts etc.





How will case studies differ from the ones prepared for the Zurich posters?


 You will have a maximum of one page (about 2.000 signs) for each case study. In general, you will have more space and leeway. You can decide to use your "old" poster texts and update them or you can choose different sites and projects. We expect you to explain why the chosen case studies are important for your city and urban development of the past decades and how the relate to what we discussed under the "New Metropolitan Mainstream". Please, include the following:



 1)      a contested place / object / site: e.g. Berlin Castle

 2)      a neighbourhood directly affected by NMM processes: e.g. Sulukule in Istanbul

 3)       an alternative: e.g. Rote Fabrik in Zurich



<p class="MsoNormal"> In the synthesis / conclusions we would also like to learn something on the effects of the economic and financial crisis on your city.

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Example for a City Portrait (8 pages)
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Page 1-2: main revised map

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Page 3: small regional map, texts: introduction to the city portraits

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Page 4: text: first case study, photos + timeline

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Page 6: texts: synthesis / conclusions, photos

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Page 7-8: additional texts and photos referring to important urban social movements / conflicts or to the effects of the economic crisis

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