Imagineering Cultural Vienna

Media discourses always consider Vienna as a »cultural city«. This study shows how such a perception is skilfully shaped by political constructions of cultural imaginaries in and of the city. The book unveils how simplistic cognitive interpretations of culture not only define an unquestioned, reductionist idea of the city's cultural character - it also explains how these imaginaries influence the recent urban development practice in one of Europe's globalizing cities.

Johannes Suitner (Dipl.-Ing. Dr.) is PostDoc researcher at Vienna University of Technology, where he is doing research on planning cultures, urban imaginaries, culture-led urban transformation, urban politics, and metropolitan development.