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Cocreation workshop in Santa Marta
cocreation · deprived neighbourhoods · favelas · local community · rio de janeiro · urban regeneration · workshop

Cocreation workshop in Santa Marta

From July 30 to August 5 the “Santa Marta Sem Fronteiras” cocreation workshop took place in Rio de Janeiro. Five days of activities and site visits in the Santa Marta favela involved more than 20 researchers from the partners organisations. Manuela Conti and Sergio Segoloni took part as representatives of Tesserae. The program coordinated by local community organisers and  the […]

Warsaw: Sick Homes, Sick Housing Policies.
campaign · health · housing · solidarity · Warsaw

Warsaw: Sick Homes, Sick Housing Policies.

Open Letter from the Scientific Community We receive from our friends in Warsaw and publish this important call for supporting tenants struggles in the Praga Neighbourhood of Warsaw. You can write to wsl.brzeskiej@gmail.com to express your support and sign the letter. Here a 5-minute long film (with English and German subtitles) explaining the predicament as well as […]

Milano Isola – URLab at Attractive Cities summer school
Milano · urban exploration · urban reconnaissance · workshop

Milano Isola – URLab at Attractive Cities summer school

During the 2nd week of the Attractive Cities summer school held at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Jim Macneil organised an Urban Reconnaissance workshop with Chiara Vitrano (PhD, GSSI) and the students.  They chose the neighbourhoods Isola and Porta Garibaldi as areas of exploration, given the massive urban projects and transformations that have been taking place over the […]

The Praxis of Planning in Unequal Cities at AESOP2018
conference · EU Urban Innovative Action UIA

The Praxis of Planning in Unequal Cities at AESOP2018

On July 12  the case of BMINCOME UIA Barcelona was presented by Laura Colini at  at the “Making Space for Hope” AESOP conference 2018  in Gothenburg. The case was discussed   with Ananya Roy, Oren Yiftachel and Ali Madanipour during the roundtable “The Praxis of Planning in Unequal Cities” organized by Daniela de Leo.     photo by Simone Tulumello […]

Urban Reconnaissance in Rio de Janeiro
cocreation · favelas · ReCentering Periphery · rio de janeiro · urban reconnaissance

Urban Reconnaissance in Rio de Janeiro

Since June 28 a team of researchers including Manuela and Sergio is in Rio de Janeiro for a 6 week secondment of the Cocreation project in collaboration with PUC University. They are preparing a methodological contribution to the international workshop that will take place in Santa Marta from July 30th to August 5th, and  carrying field research  for a possible […]

Henri Lefevbre – Le Droit à la Ville
conference · migration · right to the city · urban studies

Henri Lefevbre – Le Droit à la Ville

Next April 4 and 5  will take place in Paris the conference 1968 Le Droit à la Ville de Henri Lefebvre organised by La Ville en Commun. Laura Colini representing URBACT will chair the session: Face aux migrations internationales, quel droit à la ville ? Tesserae will be present to collect interviews to the speakers and suggestions for a project […]