Utopia, Eutopia, δυςTopia (ebook)
A stochastic drifting to visual and textual pleasures by Greek architect and conceptual activist Iordanis Stylidis
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Collaboration and mutual aid in rural Ukraine during the war
Written by Natalia Mamonova. Excerpt from her piece Food sovereignty and solidarity initiatives in rural Ukraine during the war. Wars and armed conflicts cause the destruction of rural infrastructure, the loss of livestock, the widespread use of land mines, and the population movements, which lead to long-term food security problems (Teodosijevic 2003). In such circumstances, […]
Read More Collaboration and mutual aid in rural Ukraine during the warStavros Stavrides: Public Space as Commons
Written by Stavros Stavrides. This concept-defining text first appeared in the anthology Uncovered: Nicosia International Airport (edited by Başak Şenova and Pavlina Paraskevaidou). Can public space be efficiently described as the space of public use? Should we ignore the role of those who guarantee or allow public use? And should we ignore also the effects […]
Read More Stavros Stavrides: Public Space as CommonsTRISE 2024 Conference: Keynote speakers & Context
The Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (TRISE) is glad to announce its next conference on 25th – 27th October 2024 in Athens, Greece! Title: The Politics of Social Ecology: From Theory to Praxis Location: ⇒ FRIDAY 25/10 – Athens School (Charilaou Trikoupi 138)⇒ SATURDAY & SUNDAY 26-27/10 – Athens School of Law (Solonos 57) Context […]
Read More TRISE 2024 Conference: Keynote speakers & ContextReport from the International Mobilization against Mega-Basins, July 2024
Confronted to the devastating impacts of a changing climate and the ruthless abuses by the agro-business and big industry, peasants and citizens around the world have seen their right to access, use and manage freshwater under increasing threats and pressure. The struggle for water is amplifying globally, and a new chapter of this conflict was […]
Read More Report from the International Mobilization against Mega-Basins, July 2024Right to housing and its relation to democracy
Written by Yavor Tarinski Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart. ~Matthew Desmond[1] The issue of housing is of fundamental importance that has a direct connection, among other basic rights, to democratic participation. Despite that (or because of it) it is being contested by capitalist forces worldwide. Capitalist […]
Read More Right to housing and its relation to democracyRevolution & Reconciliation: The mind, the heart and the octopus
Written by Marcy Isabella & Federico Venturini. Artwork by Yira Miranda Montero. Published in Troubling Spaces (Vol. 11 N°1, 2024) The mind. The mind? Well, we can’t quite live without it. Despite all (and oftentimes very persuasive) evidence to the contrary, our very existence relies on brain activity. On our behalf but without our assistance, […]
Read More Revolution & Reconciliation: The mind, the heart and the octopusThe Social Ecology of Ruins
Written by Theo Rouhette The proliferation of decayed factories, military installations, rural villages or transportation networks is often attributed to the force of creative destruction under capitalism, the endogenous process that ‘incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one’ (Schumpeter, 1942). Marxist thinkers focused on the […]
Read More The Social Ecology of RuinsEcology – The Rebellion of the Environment (brochure)
A brochure by the Academy of Democratic Modernity, entitled: “Ecology: The Rebellion of the Environment”. It is a compilation of the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan about ecological problems and needed solutions. Presenting the booklet, the Academy said: “Alongside radical democracy and women’s liberation, ecology is also a central pillar in the paradigm of democratic modernity. […]
Read More Ecology – The Rebellion of the Environment (brochure)Urban alternatives, to what degree? Parallelisms between Commons and Municipalism
Written by Iolanda Bianchi . Originally published in Spatial Justice and the Commons (Istanbul: Centre for Spatial Justice, 2019). Picture: Map reproduced from the European Municipalist Network (CC License BY-NC-SA 4.0 International) Over recent years, two concepts have been widely used in the urban studies vocabulary to generate and unify the multiform and variegated antagonistic […]
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