Posts By: Dr. Russell Cobb

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Retrofutures: Edmonton’s Omniplex – Part 1

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Since Edmonton’s emergence as a metropolis during the oil boom of the mid-twentieth century, the city has aspired to become “world class.” No one seems quite sure what that entails, but it could be explained using the sociologist Saskia Sassen’s term “global city.” Global cities are centres of transnational economies and cultures, places of international power, finance, and influence.[1]

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