{"product_id":"para-platforms-markus-miessen-9783956793929","title":"Para-Platforms: On the Spatial Politics of Right-Wing Populism","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigation of the social, spatial, and material reality of right-wing populism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePara-Platforms\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the social, spatial, and material reality of right-wing populism. Three case studies--presented in a symposium organized by Markus Miessen at the Gothenburg Design Festival in November 2017--form the core from which this collection of essays has grown: journalist Hannes Grassegger on Trump and Brexit; architectural theorist Stephan Trüby on spaces of right-wing extremism in Germany; and Christina Varvia on Forensic Architecture's investigation of the murder of Halit Yozgat, a young German man of Turkish descent, at the hands of a far-right group in 2006. The presentations are reproduced along with the ensuing conversations with Miessen and the audience members. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essay by anthropologist Mahmoud Keshavarz opens the book by discussing the capacity of design to create the conditions for certain politics. Among the other theoretical, artistic, and historical contributions, editor Zoë Ritts interviews artist Wolfgang Tillmans regarding his pro-EU poster series, the ongoing project \u003ci\u003etruth study centre\u003c\/i\u003e, and guest-edited volume \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Different?\u003c\/i\u003e The volume concludes with a comic by artist Liam Gillick animating a block of granite--culled from the Swedish quarry responsible for extracting the red granite intended for the Third Reich's architectural ambitions--as the messiah of spatial and material politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Markus Miessen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3956793927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783956793929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Markus Miessen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442824753407,"sku":"9783956793929","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2854377c-b57a-420b-b334-712eb2a1b0b3.jpg?v=1777200024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/para-platforms-markus-miessen-9783956793929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}