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The right to the city : Prospects for critical urban theory and practice

Organisers' description : The conference will focus on the meaning of the "right to the city" in the context of neoliberal urban restructuring. While the notion of "the right to the city" was popularized by Henri Lefebvre in the…

Mots-clés: aménagement urbain, capitalisme, développement durable, développement urbain, droit à la ville, équité sociale, Marcuse Peter, mondialisation, néolibéralisme, politique de la ville, société urbaine

The right to the city

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David Harvey discusses the concept of the right of the city, with a particular focus on political philosophy. Theorists and topics discussed include Marxism, the work of Henri Lefebvre and Haussmann's transformation of Paris.

David Harvey is a…

Mots-clés: capitalisme, droit à la ville, économie, histoire urbaine, marxisme, philosophie, politique de la ville, sciences politiques, sociologie urbaine

The reporter, the flâneur, and the critic: The urbanist as outsider in the South Asian mega-city

Abstract from the distributor: ‘No urbanism without urbanists’ might be a slogan that captures the European and North American urban experience over the past two centuries. Indeed, it is arguable that urbanism is not only an empirical…

Mots-clés: Asia, Asie, Bombay, culture urbaine, flâneur, Hogan Trevor, Inde, India, mégapole, Mumbai, New Delhi, sociologie urbaine, urbanism, urbanisme, urbanist, urbaniste

The psychogeographic mapping of a city: City-dwellers and lived spaces in Walker Evans' Havana

Full title: The psychogeographic mapping of a city: City-dwellers and lived spaces in Walker Evans' Havana portfolio (1933) In this research seminar, James Clifford Kent starts by introducing 'the origins of fascinations with Walker Evans and his…

Mots-clés: Evans Walter, flânerie, flâneur, Havana, histoire urbaine, Kent James Clifford, La Havane, photographie, psychogéographie, psychogeography

The lives of urban residents in a global world. Great cities - ordinary lives conference panel 3

The third panel of this symposium in celebration of Anthony Orum’s retirement: Great Cities/Ordinary Lives Conference - A look at the city and its residents from the bottom up Panel 3 : The lives of urban residents in a global world : Berlin,…

Mots-clés: Afrique du sud, Bader Michael, Berlin, Chicago, Clarno Andy, communauté, community, Decoteau Claire, habitants, immigration, Krysan Maria, ségrégation urbaine, Silver Hilary, société urbaine, South Africa, urbanité, voisinage

The lives of urban residents in a global world. Great cities - ordinary lives conference panel 1

The first panel of this symposium in celebration of Anthony Orum’s retirement: Great Cities/Ordinary Lives Conference - A look at the city and its residents from the bottom up Panel 1 : The lives of urban residents in a global world : Europe,…

Mots-clés: Chen Xiangming, Europe, habitants, immigration, Lin Jai, Los Angeles, migrant, migration urbaine, mondialisation, Semyonov Moshe, Shanghai, société urbaine, urbanité

The life and death of cities: Accounting for environmental and social sustainability

Abstract from the distributor: For all their vibrancy and liveliness, cities face a growing challenge of providing secure and sustainable places to live. Even the world’s most ‘liveable cities’—Vancouver, Melbourne, Helsinki…

Mots-clés: cadre de vie, changement climatique, développement durable, environnement urbain, James Paul, urbanité, ville durable

The hidden future of cities

Abstract from the distributor: Do you ever wonder whether we should be optimistic or pessimistic about the future? If you want more reasons to think things may still turn out for the better, urban futurist and two-time TED speaker Alex…

Mots-clés: changement climatique, développement durable, économie, environnement, planification, Steffen Alex, ville durable

The gentrification of London

Abstract from the distributor: Islington, Docklands, Clapham and East London have all experienced huge changes in recent years through social and aesthetic 'makeovers' as areas have been regenerated and wealthier residents have moved in.…

Mots-clés: démographie, Elms Robert, gentrification, habitants, Hamnett Chris, Hunter Tom, London, Londres, Partridge David, renouvellement urbain, ségrégation urbaine, société urbaine

The future of urban studies: UCL Urban Laboratory annual lecture 2010

Abstract from the distributor: The presentations and discussion explored recent developments in urban studies ranging across topics such as emerging conceptions of urban politics, new approaches to the interpretation of urban culture, and conceptual…

Mots-clés: culture urbaine, Gandy Matthew, Le Galès Patrick, pays en développement, politique de la ville, religion, Robinson Jennifer, Schlör Joachim, tudes urbaines, urban studies

The flâneur on the bus: Franz Hessel and Joseph Roth in Weimar Berlin

Organisers' description of the seminar series (source): The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway is pleased to announce a series of lunchtime Research Seminars in Comparative Literature and Culture. The…

Mots-clés: Berlin, flânerie, flâneur, Hessel Franz, histoire urbaine, Hughes Jon, littérature, Roth Joseph

The city in the 20th century

Abstract from the distributor : Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the artistic, cultural and innovative developments of the city in the 20th century and is joined by two practitioners of the geographer’s art; Professor Doreen Massey, who was…

Mots-clés: art dans la ville, Bragg Melvyn, culture urbaine, développement urbain, géographie urbaine, Hall Peter, histoire urbaine, innovation, Massey Doreen, mutation urbaine, twentieth century, vintième siècle

The city as encyclopedia : Lessons from Melbourne's urban past

In this talk, Andrew Brown-May takes his listeners on a virtual tour of historic Melbourne, concentrating on the 'soft city' of people, memory and culture. Andrew Brown-May is Associate Professor in Australian History at the University of…

Mots-clés: Brown-May Andrew, culture urbaine, histoire urbaine, Melbourne, mémoire, rue, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine, urbanité

The city as a social, legal, and political concept

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Gerald Frug is a Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a specialist on legal problems of local government and legal theory.

Mots-clés: citadin, citoyenneté, droit, gouvernance, immigration, politique urbaine, sciences politiques, société urbaine, sociologie urbaine

The city as a site of power in the Islamic West : The Alhambra of the Nasrids and New Fes

Full title : The city as a site of power in the Islamic West: The Alhambra (Madīnatal-Ḥamrā’) of the Nasrids and New Fes (Madīnat al-Bayḍā’) NB : This lecture was part of the conference 'Sites of power :…

Mots-clés: Alhambra, Bennison Amira, culture urbaine, développement urbain, Fès, gouvernance, Granada, Grenade, histoire urbaine, Islamic city, New Fes, ville islamique

The city (Part I and II)

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The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl.

Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare Lorentz. Commentary written by Lewis Mumford.…

Mots-clés: développement urbain, États-Unis, structure urbaine, United States, urbanisation, ville ouvrière

The challenges of the twenty-first century city

Organisers' description : Cities are becoming larger, more diverse, more fluid, and less manageable than in the past. Beyond the obvious issues of infrastructure management, transportation, telecommunications, poverty, health care, migration, and…

Mots-clés: développement durable, développement urbain, droit à la ville, étalement urbain, gestion locale, gouvernance, politique urbaine, Ruble Blair, twenty-first century, urbanité, vingtième siècle

The Atomic City

Une intervention de Lindsey Freeman mise en ligne au format audio sur La forge numérique de la MRSH de Caen Présentation par le diffuseur : During the Second World War, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was a secret government city created from…

Mots-clés: Atomic City, bombe nucléaire, Freeman Lindsey, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, utopies, ville nucléaire

The 21st Century medieval city

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For his talk “The 21st-century Medieval City,” Robert Neuwirth took an overflow audience to “the cities of tomorrow,” the developing-world shanty-towns where a billion people live now, and three billion (a third of humanity) are expected to be living…

Mots-clés: bidonville, développement urbain, favela, pauvreté, pays en développement, squat

Tenever, du veto au consensus

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Présentation par le diffuseur : Tenever à Brême, les habitants se réunissent au sein d’un “forum social” où les habitants ont le droit de veto sur les choix d’aménagement de leur…

Mots-clés: aménagement, habitants, participation, Tenever

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