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The First Days of Berlin: The Sound of Change

The First Days of Berlin: The Sound of Change

Gutmair, Ulrich
Pare, Simon

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General Sociology

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ISBN10: 1509547304
ISBN13: 9781509547302
Publisher: Polity Pr
Published: Jan 4 2022
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Berlin in the early 1990s, right after the fall of the Berlin Wall: this is the place to be. Berlin-Mitte, the central district of the city, with its wastelands and decaying houses, has become the centre of a new movement. Artists, musicians, squatters, club owners, DJs and ravers are reclaiming the old city centre and bringing it back to life. This interregnum between two systems - the collapse of the old East Germany, the gentrification of the new Berlin - lasts only a few years. West Berliners, East Berliners and new residents from abroad join together to create music, art and fashion, to open bars and clubs and galleries, even if only for a few weeks. In the months following the fall of the Wall, there is a feeling of new beginnings and immense possibilities: life is now, and to be in the here and now feels endless. The phrase 'temporary autonomous zone' is circulating, it describes the idea - romantic and naive but, in the circumstances, not absurd - that, at a certain moment in history, you can actually do whatever you want.

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