The “Urban” Contract
Originally posted on {FAVEL issues}:
post by Marines Pocaterra Reflecting on one of our recent posts “The Revolution Bolivariana and the Social Contract” by Andrew Carman, I’d like to summarize…
Worst Urban Practices
Originally posted on {FAVEL issues}:
Post by Marines Pocaterra [Proyectos Arqui 5] The adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 was a landmark achievement for the international community.…
The Development Prison: escaping gender, LGBT and sexuality silos
Originally posted on Participation, Power and Social Change Research at IDS:
Stephen Wood A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to participate in a live Guardian Development panel discussion…
Manpower director makes incredible claims about how well migrant workers are treated by ministry
Originally posted on Yawning Bread:
A divisional director from the Manpower ministry gave testimony last week at the Committee of Inquiry looking into the Little India riot. Based on a…
Lesbians dance before NUS professor’s eyes
Originally posted on Yawning Bread:
When the story first broke, what struck me most was the focus on lesbians. It is far more common in anti-LGBT speech for the reference to…
Trashing democracy in Bogotá
The career of Gustavo Petro, mayor of Bogotá, is on the line after allegations that he mismanaged the city’s waste collection contracts. While global media is focused on the implications … Continue reading
Economic Contribution of the Urban Poor
Originally posted on Terra Urban टेरा अर्बन:
The illegitimate status of our urban poor has generally classified this section of the society as a ‘burden to the city’. However, a recent study…
The [R]evolutionary City
Originally posted on DEMOCRACITIES:
by Nathan Mahaffey ABSTRACT: Understanding the city requires understanding its processes of development. This essay stirs a dialectical exploration between social processes of ‘evolution’ and ‘revolution’. …
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