Tag: Urban renewal
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‘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 research I did last year with Wagner’s personal archive at Harvard Frances Loeb Library, which…
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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 problemas discutidos en el encuentro. El vídeo de mi presentación, ‘El Movimiento Moderno y el…
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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 and materials in this and previous collections is broad, between dark and amusing: from Jarmusch…
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A prelude to urban renewal | Martin Wagner against the commons
I have been away from the blog for a little while—this time, in addition to the usual excuses of work overload, due to the paperwork and related administrative hustle and bustle for an upcoming visit to Harvard Graduate School of Design. I have been awarded a Fulbright grant to be back in Cambridge next Spring…
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