Category: Politics and space

Neil Brenner | New Urban Spaces

Jul 22, 2019

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in Economía urbana, Espacio y política, Espacios Críticos, Espais Crítics, Estudios urbanos / Urban Studies, Geografía crítica, Marxism, Materialismo histórico-geográfico, Neil Brenner, Neoliberalismo, Planetary urbanization, Political economy, Politics and space, Sociología urbana, Teoría urbana, Urban politics, Urban studies, Urban Theory Lab, Urbanización

New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question, el nuevo libro de Neil Brenner, está disponible desde hace unas semanas en Oxford University Press. Se trata de un extenso desarrollo y reelaboración de textos que cubren el trabajo del autor durante más de 20 años: ocho piezas publicadas en revistas y libros, varias de…
[Re]Form: New Investigations in Urban Form (video)

Oct 15, 2018

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in Neil Brenner, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Planetary urbanization, Planificación urbana y territorial, Planning history, Politics and space, Sin categoría, Urban design

Recordings of a recent multidisciplinary symposium on urbanization at Harvard GSD, including amongst others papers by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Colin McFarlane and Kees Christiaanse. There is an interesting exchange between Aureli and Neil Brenner at the end of panel 1, dealing with the history of the urban grid vis-à-vis capitalist development, and the political implications…
Back to the blog

Mar 21, 2018

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in Commons, Comunes, Crisis, Dictatorships and Urbanism, Diseño urbano, Dispossession, Espacio y política, Historia del urbanismo, Landscape architecture, Landscape theory, Martin Wagner, Mis publicaciones, My research, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Planning history, Political economy, Politics, Politics and space, Social History of Planning, Teoría urbana, Urban design, Urban Theory Lab

It has been almost six months since the last post on this blog — I had not realized that it had reached over 1,000 followers during this period, thank you all for reading! Besides the typically frantic teaching and management schedules here in Madrid, this absence is due to additional tasks related to my appointment…
Planning the dispossession of centrality | Talk at the AA

Feb 22, 2017

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in Architecture, Commons, Dispossession, Enclosure, Modernism, Planning history, Political economy, Politics, Politics and space, Sin categoría, Social History of Planning

I’ll be giving a talk at the AA School of Architecture next week (March 1st, 6:30PM, more info here), in the context of the PhD programme coordinated by Maria S. Giudici and Pier Vittorio Aureli. As I mentioned in a previous post they are doing amazing work with their students on the topics of territory,…
Crisis global y teoría urbana crítica | Seminario en Barcelona

Feb 22, 2017

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in Marxism, Materialismo histórico-geográfico, Neil Brenner, Neoliberalismo, Planetary urbanization, Politics and space, Sin categoría, Urban studies, Urban Theory Lab, Urbanismo crítico, Urbanización

El próximo 10 de marzo nos reuniremos en Barcelona para presentar el volumen que Espacios Críticos ha dedicado a Neil Brenner y discutir con él y Margit Mayer los dilemas de la urbanización planetaria en un contexto de neoliberalización rampante. Se unirán a la conversación Claire Colomb, Ramón Ribera-Fumaz y Joan Vicente, además de los…
Neil Brenner: Teoría urbana crítica y políticas de escala

Feb 17, 2017

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in Conflicto urbano, Derecho a la ciudad, Espacio y política, Espacios Críticos, Espais Crítics, Estudios urbanos / Urban Studies, Geografía crítica, Investigación urbanística, Marxismo, Mis publicaciones, Neil Brenner, Neoliberalismo, Planetary urbanization, Planificación urbana y territorial, Political economy, Politics, Politics and space, Sociología urbana, Space and politics, Teoría urbana, Urban politics, Urban studies, Urban Theory Lab, Urbanismo crítico

Acaba de publicarse Neil Brenner: Teoría urbana crítica y políticas de escala, volumen 9 de la colección Espacios Críticos de Icaria que hemos dedicado a nuestro colega y amigo del Urban Theory Lab. Como el resto de entregas en la serie el libro incorpora un estudio en profundidad de su periplo vital e intelectual, una…
Green Inequalities: An inquiry into urban environmental gentrification

Feb 15, 2017

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in Gentrificación, Politics and space, Sin categoría, Urbanismo sostenible

News of an upcoming event in Barcelona, next Friday. More information here. Does the distribution of new environmental amenities become more or less equitable as cities implement greening agendas? How can we resolve the tension between the targeted economic and health benefits of urban green spaces that accrue to a few and the diffuse ecological…
Dispossession and territory at the AA School of Architecture

Dec 10, 2016

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in Dispossession, Enclosure, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Politics and space

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 for their research/project studios this term, as it totally resonates with the work I have…