Saskia Sassen is Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and a member of its Committee on Global Thought. Her most recent books include Territory, Authority, Rights: from…
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We all live in houses that are incomplete, always with room for improvement or emergencies that need resolving, arising from wear and tear or from the life changes that we…
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Two young girls with pleated skirts and plaited hair play in a circle of sand containing a rectilinear seesaw. A month ago, this play area along with other playground structures…
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The laundromat in my neighbourhood does something more than wash dirty laundry. It’s not a case of illegal goings on, quite the opposite. The workers at Bubbleworks, in New York’s…
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“When everyone has been turned into a participant, the often uncritical, innocent, and romantic use of the term has become frightening.” —Markus Miessen The term ‘participatory urbanism’ has become a…
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What is our commons and how should it be renewed, sustained, enlarged, drawn down, and/or extended to others? —J.K. Gibson-Graham The creation of instituting society, as instituted society, is each…
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At the end of 2015 two premises are being confirmed. One, that traditional homogeneous housing policies no longer make sense and are no longer useful in a context that is…
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During the 1970’s and 1980’s Iraqi authorities fuelled urban planning to become a critical agent dealing with “the Kurdish affair”. The role of design shifted to perform as main character…
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When talking about economy and politics, It is a fact that we’re living very controversial times worldwide. In Europe we have been facing what can be consider as a ‘political…
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