Introduction: Towards a Political Understanding of New Ruins

摘要: This debate section gathers together contributions from cultural historians, political geographers, urban sociologists and architectural writers on new forms of ruination in contemporary landscapes. Their case studies span examples ruins China, North America, Ireland Ukraine, as well reviewing representations ruined, remote peripheral spaces England Greece. Many wider ruined landscapes are primarily visual; whilst these have great value alerting publics to the debris global capitalism, neoliberalism state-sanctioned processes imperialism, what is needed within academic ruinology literature a deeper understanding articulation contexts which occurs. Therefore, several supplement visual with ethnographic first-person accounts places ground, whereas other offer readings that rich histories policy details. Connections made debates around 'forensic architecture' critical archaeologies present recent past. What connects commitment situating their historical, social contexts, working through open out landscape.