An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Urban Culture, Space, Architecture, and Design
A couple of the more controversial of these statues came down in the last few days, as part of the anti-racism and anti-monument fervor that’s now sweeping the country. I welcome such fervor and ferment. I’ve taught courses promoting anti-racism […]
Like the insurgency in Turkey, this week’s insurgency in multiple Brazilian cities goes squarely to a citizenry’s right to the city: its infrastructure, public space, economic and social resources, and processes of political decision-making. This evening a colleague at the […]
Regarding the recent insurgency in Taksim Square, my colleague and research collaborator Randy McGuire this evening forwarded the following email message from a Binghamton University graduate student, Hande Sarikuzu, who’s on the scene and asks that the news be shared […]
Last week Charlie Rose invited to his interview table the geographer David Harvey and the economist Richard Wolff. At issue was the question of whether modern capitalism is in crisis. Embedded in the conversation are several topics relevant to the […]