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Category Archives: Political urbanism
‘Martin Wagner in America’ | Out in Planning Perspectives
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Architectural design, Architecture, Martin Wagner, Planning history, Political economy, Political urbanism, Politics, Space and politics, Urban design, Urban politics, Urban studies
Tagged Architecture, Berlin, Capitalism, Exile, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Martin Wagner, Planning, Planning history, Planning perspectives, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social housing, Social policy, SPD, Trade unions, Urban design, Urban renewal, Urban sprawl, Urbanization, USA, Weimar Republic, Welfare state
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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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Gramsci and Foucault in Central Park | New article in Society and Space
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 … Continue reading
Posted 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
Tagged Antonio Gramsci, Central Park, Design, Frederick Law Olmsted, Governmentality, Hegemony, Integral state, Landscape architecture, Landscape history, Michel Foucault, Planning history, Public space, Society and Space, Space and politics, State, Urbanism
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The politics of architecture | Mouffe, Aureli, Whiting et al
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Espacio y política, Manfredo Tafuri, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Political urbanism, Space and politics
Tagged Architecture and Politics, Chatal Mouffe, Graham Harman, Ines Weizman, Manfredo Tafuri, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Politics of design, Reinhold Martin, Sarah Whiting, The Architecture Exchange
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Lessons from London’s South Bank
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 … Continue reading
Contrahegemonías urbanas para transformar Madrid
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 … Continue reading
Posted 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
Tagged Ahora Madrid, Antonio Gramsci, Comunes urbanos, Derecho a la ciudad, Elecciones locales Madrid 2015, Ganemos Madrid, Hegemonías urbanas, Plan General de Madrid, Podemos Madrid, Políticas urbanas, Programa urbanístico, Urbanismo, Urbanismo alternativo
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Urbanism and Dictatorship, forthcoming in the series Bauwelt Fundamente
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 … Continue reading
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