May 22nd, 2008
Final presentations of the first edition of .dissensus took place during this week’s class. Final papers will be uploaded to this weblog for further discussion. Comments about the presentations and the papers are encouraged and welcome. The intensity and general level of the work produced has been really high and valuable.
More to come soon.
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May 6th, 2008
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In a time where the commons have been either super-exploited (and thus destroyed) or hyper-regulated (and thus paralized or blocked) and physical public space is under siege, devastated, razed or even simply erased, there is more and more need for another kind of spatial practice, one that provides a critical, yet smart and agile approach to space and engages the […]
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May 2nd, 2008
Bodies are becoming like Cities. Cities are becoming more like Global Geographies.
This week’s class was an attempt at a journey through the evolution of the city under the guidance of Edward W. Soja; a quick review of the importance and scope of the three first urban revolutions, namely the emergence of organized agriculture 10.000 years […]
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