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‘Real Estate Fictions’ by Left Hand Rotation

Feb 28, 2017

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in Conflicto urbano, Derecho a la ciudad, Dispossession, Espacio público, Espacio social, Espacio y política, Gentrificación, Imaginarios urbanos, Sin categoría

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 and materials in this and previous collections is broad, between dark and amusing: from Jarmusch…
Herbert Girardet – An urbanising world: triumph or tragedy?

Mar 5, 2015

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in Urbanismo sostenible

Girardet’s presentation of his latest book, Creating Regenerative Cities, at the LSE: “Is an urbanising world a ‘triumph of the city’, or an environmental tragedy in the making? He argued for a fundamental conceptual shift in the way we organise our urban systems, and for thinking and acting beyond ‘sustainable development’. In Girardet’s view large…