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Category Archives: Espacio social
Mapping Workers’ Councils, 1917-1927
libcom.org has launched a very interesting initiative to map workers’ councils as they spread across Europe and beyond in the years following the 1917 revolutions in Russia. Each case includes a reference to articles or books where more information can … Continue reading
Posted in Cartografías / Representaciones del espacio, Commons, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Marxism, Materialismo histórico-geográfico, Movimientos sociales
Tagged 1917, Autonomy, Berlin, Commons, Communism, Consejos obreros, England, Frankfurt, Geography, Germany, Italy, Map, Norway, Postwar, Russian revolution, Socialism, Soviets, United Kingdom, Workers' councils
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Landscape struggles, environmental hegemonies and the politics of urban design
In a previous post I announced the publication of a new article about Central Park in Environment and Planning D, this time focusing on the governmental and strategic role of the park’s schemein the context of local struggles to consolidate … Continue reading
Posted in Central Park, Commons, Espacio social, Landscape architecture, Landscape theory, Mis publicaciones, My research, Planning history, Political economy, Political urbanism, Politics, Sin categoría, Space and politics, Urban design, Urban politics, Urban studies
Tagged Antonio Gramsci, Article, Central Park, Design politics, Environment, Environmental hegemony, Hegemony, Landscape design, Michel Foucault, Parks, Planning, Planning history, Society and Space, Urban design
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El Movimiento Moderno y el Derecho a la Ciudad | Vídeo de la ponencia en IX DOCOMOMO Ibérico
El pasado mes de noviembre se celebró el IX Congreso de DOCOMOMO Ibérico ‘Movimiento Moderno, Patrimonio Cultural y Sociedad’, en el que intervine como uno de los ponentes invitados de la segunda jornada, dedicada a la dimensión social de los … Continue reading
Posted in Arquitectura, Arquitectura y crítica, Derecho a la ciudad, Espacio público, Espacio social, Henri Lefebvre, Mis publicaciones, Participación, Sin categoría
Tagged André Lurçat, Arquitectura, Daniel Mòdol, Debate, Debates de arquitectura, DOCOMOMO, Ernst May, Eva Prats, Flores Prats Arquitectes, Henri Lefebvre, José Luis Sert, Louis Kahn, Martin Wagner, Movilización ciudadana, Movimiento Moderno, Oscar Stonorov, Participación, Patrimonio, Patrimonio cultural, Política urbana, Premio Nacional de Arquitectura, Ricardo Flores, Urban renewal, Víctor López Cotelo
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‘Real Estate Fictions’ by Left Hand Rotation
Here is the last clip collection from Left Hand Rotation’s Real State Fiction series, where they glean extracts, dialogues and shots from movies dealing with gentrification, displacement, eviction, dilapidation, city branding and other contemporary urban conflicts. The range of genres … Continue reading
Posted in Conflicto urbano, Derecho a la ciudad, Dispossession, Espacio público, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Gentrificación, Imaginarios urbanos, Sin categoría
Tagged Cinema, Displacement, Gentrificación, Gentrification, Left Hand Rotation, Movies, Renovación urbana, The Wire, Treme, TV series, Urban regeneration, Urban renewal
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Dispossession and territory at the AA School of Architecture
Next week I will be at the AA School of Architecture to discuss the work of students of Diploma 14, the unit led by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Maria Shéhérazade Giudici. I was astonished to discover the subject they chose … Continue reading
Jean-Pierre Garnier en Can Batlló | Pensar y resistir las geografías del capital
Espais Critics trae al sociólogo anarquista Jean-Pierre Garnier a Barcelona. Será en un coloquio, nada menos que en Can Batlló, insigne okupa local, para presentar el libro que Rosa Tello ha editado para Icaria bajo el título Jean-Pierre Garnier. Un … Continue reading
Posted in Espacio público, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Espacios Críticos, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Sin categoría
Tagged Anarquismo, Can Batlló, Colección Espacios Críticos - Icaria, Espacios críticos, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Manuel Delgado, Marc Dalmau, Nuria Benach, Pere López, Rosa Tello, Sociología urbana
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Modernism and the Right to the City | Talk at DO.CO.MO.MO Conference
Next week I will be giving a keynote speech at the DO.CO.MO.MO. Conference (Iberian section) in San Sebastián. My talk is entitled ‘Modernism and the Right to the City’, which will strike many as contradictory, since Lefebvre’s notion synthesized his … Continue reading
Posted in Architectural design, Arquitectura y crítica, Convocatorias, Derecho a la ciudad, Diseño urbano, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Henri Lefebvre, Modernism, Planning history, Sin categoría, Teoría urbana, Urban design, Urban studies, Urbanismo crítico, Vivienda social
Tagged André Lurçat, Derecho a la ciudad, DOCOMOMO, DOMOMOMO Ibérico, Henri Lefebvre, Right to the City, Urban design
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The Housing Question Revisited | New Issue of ACME and 2012 panel at AAG wih Neil Smith
ACME 15(3) is out, including a special section—coordinated by Henrik Gutzon Larsen, Anders Lund Hansen, Gordon MacLeod and Tom Slater—devoted to revisit Engels’ The Housing Question through a number of case studies and a transcription of Neil Smith’s intervention on … Continue reading
Posted in Conflicto urbano, Derecho a la ciudad, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Housing, Neil Smith, Neoliberalismo, The Housing Question, Vivienda social
Tagged ACME, Anders Lund Hansen, Engels, Gordon MacLeod, Kate Shaw, Neil Smith, Neoliberalism, Peter Marcuse, Social housing, The Housing Question, The Housing Question Revisited, Tom Slater, Ute Lehrer
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A New Justice for the New Urban Agenda | UN-Habitat Conference in Madrid
The Conference ‘A New Justice for the New Urban Agenda’ will take place in Madrid next week, organized by the UN-Habitat Office in Spain. The event will bring together an interesting group of speakers including political authorities, planners, scholars and … Continue reading
Posted in Espacio social, Espacio y política, Regeneración urbana, Sin categoría, Urbanismo sostenible, Urbanismo y sociedad
Tagged Habitat III, Joan Subirats, José Manuel Calvo, Madrid, ONU-Habitat España, Quito, Rachelle Alterman, Saskia Sassen, UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development, UN-Habitat, Una nueva justicia para una nueva agenda urbana
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