Suburbia est un terme que les Anglo-Saxons utilisent depuis longtemps pour désigner l’urbanisation périphérique des grandes villes. À l’opposé des agglomérations séculaires, la suburbia recouvre une tout autre forme de ville, faite de contraires, qui…
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.
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Les villes sont généralement présentées et analysées comme des entités s’inscrivant dans un récit national et de ce fait relevant d’une trajectoire…
1ère partie :
Autrefois pilier économique de la "ceinture de rouille" (rust belt), la ville a subit de plein fouet la crise du secteur automobile et s’est vidée de près de la moitié de sa…
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…
Abstract from the distributor :
In this exciting half-day conference two panels on 'Public Life and Public Policy' and 'Cities and the Public Realm', discuss these themes in the context of the work of Professor Sennett, the eminent sociologist…
Présentation par l'éditeur :
Quel rapport entre les spectres d'un couvent parisien, des héroïnes séquestrées dans des châteaux gothiques et les flâneurs des passages couverts de Paris ? Quel point…
Présentation par l'éditeur : Que peut bien vouloir dire "droit à la ville" ? Cette interrogation est indissociable d’une multitude d’autres questions. Quelle ville voulons-nous ? Quel genre de personnes…
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For twenty years now, cities from Central Europe to Central Asia have seen revolutionary change. Following the collapse of socialism, their outward appearance, functional composition, and symbolic representation have been shattered and reassembled by…
Présentation par l'éditeur : "Nulle part mieux que dans l'immobilier ne se montre cette transmutation métaphysique qui transforme la chose en produit. En effet, pour que l'immobilier devienne une activité hautement…
Denounced as parasitical under Chairman Mao and devalued by the norms of traditional Chinese ethics, the city now functions as a site of individual and collective identity in China. Cities envelop the countryside, not only geographically and…