By Thomas Abbot, Roxana Aslan, Riley O'Brien, and Nathan Serafin We write as part of a group of 17 UCLA graduate students in Architecture, Public Policy, and Urban Planning who co-facilitated a course, “Abolitionist Planning in Today’s Political Conjuncture.” In a political moment in which a new state "fully committed to white supremacy, misogyny, and virulent nationalism" … [Read more...] about EMBRACE ABOLITIONIST PLANNING TO FIGHT TRUMPISM
A SENSE OF PLACE IN TORONTO’S INNER SUBURBAN STRIP MALL
By Sunjay Mathuria As a landing pad for newcomers, the City of Toronto touts its diversity, which is most visible in Toronto’s inner suburbs. In 2016, 51.5 percent of Torontonians identified as a visible minority, with many neighbourhoods in the inner suburbs (Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke) exceeding 70 percent visible minorities. Suburbs are often imagined as … [Read more...] about A SENSE OF PLACE IN TORONTO’S INNER SUBURBAN STRIP MALL
GLOBAL HEARTLAND
Review by Pierre Clavel Global Heartland is about Beardstown, Illinois, a small city and former “sundown town” where as late as the 1960s Blacks were warned – officially, unofficially, routinely and occasionally violently not to show their faces after dark. It had been dominated by factories – since the 1970s mainly meatpacking – and their white workers and politicians. … [Read more...] about GLOBAL HEARTLAND
THINKING ACROSS TACTICS OF TENANT MOVEMENTS: LOS ANGELES AND BERLIN
By Kenton Card Multi-ethnic and immigrant resistance plays a pivotal role in challenging the political shifts right, which have been rooted in racism, xenophobia, and social, political, and economic isolationism. Housing movements serve as a central site of struggle, and propel the notion that housing ought to be treated as a fundamental human right. This paper begins by … [Read more...] about THINKING ACROSS TACTICS OF TENANT MOVEMENTS: LOS ANGELES AND BERLIN
MAPPING THE ‘UNCHARTED’ FAVELA: THE GROWING ROLE OF PARTICIPATORY AND INSURGENT CARTOGRAPHIES
By Raine Robichaud Despite Rio de Janeiro’s original and oldest favela just celebrating its 120th anniversary last month, it was not until fifty years later, in 1947, that the city’s favelas began to be included on official city maps, a visual exclusion that reflected much broader spatial exclusions from opportunities and even basic services such as mail delivery. In more … [Read more...] about MAPPING THE ‘UNCHARTED’ FAVELA: THE GROWING ROLE OF PARTICIPATORY AND INSURGENT CARTOGRAPHIES