flotation-tank
Laura Booth,
San Francisco.
25 July 2015
Art, Science, Action: Green Cities Re-imagined
Laura Booth, San Francisco.
Other Essays on: 26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity
In It Together
Lesley Lokko, Johannesburg
“[A city where] everything comes together . . . subjectivity and objectivity, the abstract and the concrete, the real and the imagined, the knowable and the unimaginable, the repetitive and the differential, structure and agency, mind and body, consciousness and the unconscious, the disciplined and the trans-disciplinary, everyday life and...
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Cape Town Pride. Cape Town Shame
Carla Sutherland, Cape Town
I have lived in an array of fascinating cities, and visited a host of others. I have loved many (New York, Hong Kong, Harare and Berlin); been miserable in a few (London and Pretoria); oddly disappointed by some (San Francisco, Dublin and Sydney) overwhelmed by others (Shanghai and Cairo); and...
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Public Imagination, Citizenship and an Urgent Call for Justice
Teddy Cruz, San Diego Fonna Forman, San Diego
1. A just city repositions inequality The conversation about justice and the city must begin with directly confronting social and economic inequality and prioritizing them as the main issue around which institutions must be reorganized. Contemporary architectural and urban practices must engage this political project head-on. We must question the...
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Right to the City for All: A Manifesto for Social Justice in an Urban Century
Lorena Zárate, Ottawa
[The Right to the City is] the right to change ourselves, by changing the city. —David Harvey, 2008 The cities we have The cities we have in the world today are far from being places of justice. Whether in the South, the North, the West or the East, the cities...
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SCIENCE &
TOOLS
12 September 2016
Talking the Walk—Narrating and Navigating the Life of the Los Angeles River
A review of Rosten Woo’s “Bowtie Nature Walk,” available at the Bowtie Parcel on the east side of the Los Angeles River’s Glendale Narrows. A map and tour audio files are available here. A “nature walk” seems like an unlikely...
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PEOPLE &
COMMUNITITES
9 April 2018
Westward Wandering and Wondering
Thinking of home turf as we start a new phase of the Bangkok-Barcelona journey My mind always wanders forward. Even as my footsteps ground me in the present, I can’t help but wonder what lies ahead. We’re still technically in Asia, on the side of the line that divides Turkey between two continents. After a long winter break to rest...
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PLACE &
DESIGN
12 January 2014
Can Devastated Landscapes Inspire Planning and Adaptation?
Changes that cause major disruptions in human settlements, such as those triggered by earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, can give rise to new landscapes that reveal a natural cycle, which is part of the territory where cities grow and develop....
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ART &
AWARENESS
30 August 2015
Biocultural Diversity and the Diverse City: A Model for Linking Nature and Culture
The concept of biocultural diversity— the coming together of biological and cultural diversity—is receiving more attention recently along with an awareness that elements of cultures all around the world are deeply rooted in the nature, or biological diversity, around them,...
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