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dc.contributor.advisorWilliam Charles Uricchio.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYusuf, Humaen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Comparative Media Studies.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-07T19:14:28Z
dc.date.available2008-11-07T19:14:28Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43196
dc.descriptionThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Comparative Media Studies, 2008.en_US
dc.description"June 2008."en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 150-155).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the relationship between violence and urbanity. Using Karachi, Pakistan, as a case study, it asks how violent cities are imagined and experienced by their residents. The thesis draws on a variety of theoretical and epistemological frameworks from urban studies to analyze the social and historical processes of urbanization that have led to the perception of Karachi as a city of violence. It then uses the distinction that Michel de Certeau draws between strategy and tactic in his seminal work The Practice of Everyday Life to analyze how Karachiites inhabit, imagine, and invent their city in the midst of - and in spite of - ongoing urban violence. Using de Certeau's argument to contextualize ethnographic research, media analysis, and personal narrative, this thesis argues that the everyday practices of Karachiites such as remembering, driving, and blogging are 'tactics' aimed at creating representational spaces that are symbolically free of violence. Through such tactics, this thesis concludes, cities with an urban imaginary of violence nonetheless boast a vibrant city culture.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Huma Yusuf.en_US
dc.format.extent155 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectComparative Media Studies.en_US
dc.titleTactical cities : negotiating violence in Karachi, Pakistanen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.identifier.oclc256869267en_US


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