GEOG 261 Lecture Notes - Deindustrialization, Berlin Wall, Potsdamer Platz
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The substance of which a physical object is composed. Material substance that occupies space, has mass, and is composed predominantly of atoms consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons . A material substance of a particular kind or for a particular purpose. The material dimension of the urban landscape was often overlooked in urban geography or else taken for granted. More and more, contemporary urban geographers are approaching the city as a complex assemblage, of which the material is critical. This trend has led to what has been described as the re-materializing of the city. ** meaning of the word assemblage is coming together, creating, becoming. This new approach to urban geography has literally emphasized the stuff of cities. Phil hubbard has put it: the city is unique and profligate combinate of stuff buildings, practices, rituals, technologies, texts, animals, screens, networks, objects, ppl . Within the context of the city, the term materiality is broad.
