Category: Political urbanism

‘Martin Wagner in America’ | Out in Planning Perspectives

Sep 28, 2017

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in Architectural design, Architecture, Martin Wagner, Planning history, Political economy, Political urbanism, Politics, Space and politics, Urban design, Urban politics, Urban studies

The final version of my article ‘Martin Wagner in America: planning and the political economy of capitalist urbanization’ has been published in Planning Perspectives (this alternative link provides temporary free access to the full paper). This is part of the research I did last year with Wagner’s personal archive at Harvard Frances Loeb Library, which…
Landscape struggles, environmental hegemonies and the politics of urban design

Mar 21, 2017

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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

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 or challenge existing hegemonies. For that purpose I elaborated a theoretical framework around the concept…
Gramsci and Foucault in Central Park | New article in Society and Space

Jul 18, 2016

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in Antonio Gramsci, Arquitectura y crítica, Central Park, Diseño urbano, Espacio público, Espacio y política, Historia del urbanismo, Landscape architecture, Landscape theory, Marxism, Marxismo, Michel Foucault, Mis publicaciones, Nueva York, Planning history, Political urbanism, Politics, Social History of Planning, Space and politics, Urban design, Urbanismo crítico

My latest article, ‘Gramsci and Foucault in Central Park: Environmental hegemonies, pedagogical spaces and integral state formations’, is now available online on the early view webpage of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space (requires subscription). The piece draws on the conceptualizations of power and the state by these authors to develop an explicitly political…
The politics of architecture | Mouffe, Aureli, Whiting et al

Oct 7, 2015

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in Architecture, Espacio y política, Manfredo Tafuri, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Political urbanism, Space and politics

Following up on the previous post, you can find below an interesting set of presentations about the politics of architecture by Chantal Mouffe, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Reinhold Martin, Ines Weizman and Sarah Whiting, and the ensuing discussion at the Architectural Association in an event organized by The Architecture Exchange. The roundtable is especially stimulating, with…
Lessons from London’s South Bank

Jun 3, 2015

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in Mis alumnos, Political urbanism, Space and politics, Urban politics, Urbanismo crítico

Sonia Freire-Trigo, a former student of mine now at UCL, is co-author of the article ‘The New Localism, Anti-Political Development Machines, and the Role of Planning Consultants: Lessons from London’s South Bank’, published in Territory, Politics, Governance. The piece explores the implications of new forms of anti-democratic urban policy for planners and consultants. Congrats on…
Contrahegemonías urbanas para transformar Madrid

Mar 8, 2015

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in Comunes, Conflicto urbano, Crisis, Derecho a la ciudad, Espacio público, Espacio y política, Madrid, Madrid Urban Crisis, Madrid Urbanismo, Movimientos sociales, Participación, Planificación urbana y territorial, Political urbanism, Regeneración urbana, Urbanismo crítico, Urbanismo sostenible, Urbanismo y sociedad, Urbanismo y vida cotidiana, Vivienda social

Hace un par de semanas participamos en un encuentro organizado por el Círculo ‘Derecho a la ciudad’ de Podemos que, bajo la rúbrica ‘Reiniciar Madrid’, debía servir como espacio de debate para animar ideas en la alianza de Ganemos y Podemos, las formaciones que —de momento y bajo la denominación ‘Ahora Madrid’— confluyen en una…
Urbanism and Dictatorship, forthcoming in the series Bauwelt Fundamente

Oct 29, 2014

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in Dictatorships and Urbanism, Espacio y política, Political urbanism, Space and politics

The website of Birkhäuser includes some early information about Urbanism and Dictatorship. A European Challenge, a forthcoming book in which I have participated. This is the volume n. 153 of the long-lasting and celebrated series Bauwelt Fundamente, which has recently embraced English language for some of its catalog. Urbanism and Dictatorhip is a monograph on…

Category: Political urbanism

‘Martin Wagner in America’ | Out in Planning Perspectives

Landscape struggles, environmental hegemonies and the politics of urban design

Gramsci and Foucault in Central Park | New article in Society and Space

The politics of architecture | Mouffe, Aureli, Whiting et al

Lessons from London’s South Bank

Contrahegemonías urbanas para transformar Madrid

Urbanism and Dictatorship, forthcoming in the series Bauwelt Fundamente