{"product_id":"best-practices-a-photo-essay-about-los-angeles-and-its-messy-relationship-with-building-materials-signage-systems-communication-equipment-plant-life-and-people-9781951541118","title":"Best Practices: A photo essay about Los Angeles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn visually cataloging the endearing and enigmatic ways in which the built environment takes shape, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest Practices \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eproposes a new way of thinking about neighbourhoods, housing developments, streetscapes, and storefronts, not so much as places defined by building codes, dimensions, or geographic features, but as assemblages of ad hoc interventions and incidental ephemera.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on the history of architecture, media theory, cultural anthropology, and urban studies, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest Practices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e pairs photographic documentation with extensive captions and citations to define a territory within the margins between the sanctioned and unsanctioned, the regulated and unregulated, the tasteful and tacky, the novel and the nonsense. While not necessarily in opposition of those mechanisms, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Practices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e asserts that interest, knowledge, and meaning are more often generated on the lines that divide such categories. This book advocates for a more thorough consideration of the unauthorised remodels, slap-dash handiwork, haphazard paint jobs, half-hearted do-it-yourself projects, cracked facades, contradictions, compromises, and coincidences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Looking Around - Sylvia Lavin Introduction See and Say Austerities Coincidences Compromises Conflicts Coverings Edges Edits Fittings Ostentations Comments Section The Edgy Bit - Jonathan Jae-an Crisman Builder Conversations - Fiona Connor Trace Contaminants -Wendy Gilmartin  Acknowledgments","brand":"Oro Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888875188567,"sku":"9781951541118","price":19.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/best-practices-a-photo-essay-about-los-angeles-and-its-messy-relationship-with-building-materials-signage-systems-communication-equipment-plant-life-and-people-9781951541118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}