Volume 4, no. 2 Summer 2021
Category
Futures
Editorial
Profit-oriented and speculation-driven development is not the inevitability of planning; it is time to revisit those past futures that worked for communities and for the planet before and beyond the late experiences of the Global North.
Materializing Alternative Futures through Urban Hyperstitions: The Case of Haus der Statistik in Berlin
– Noël Nicolaus
We will have to build unusual alliances, create resilient networks of grassroots institutions, foster models for sustainable circular economies.
Imagining street-markets as urban commons: The mother’s market in Manipur
– Swetha Rao Dhananka and Leo F. Saldanha
Over the years, the women’s collective political power and economical importance has developed through the market space and has been a prevailing force in becoming the socio-economic engine of the region.
Possible futures of Berlin
– Grace Abou Jaoude, Olaf Mumm, Majd Murad and Vanessa Miriam Carlow
Envisioning a desirable future is an indispensable component of urban planning, a discipline largely concerned with imagining, shaping and planning for the future.
Meanwhile Communities Network: Detecting and strengthening local communities through temporary re-use of vacant facilities in London
– Israel Hurtado Cola
Meanwhile Communities Network explores the creation of a participatory digital platform that will automatically generate a live recording of vacant properties with potential to become meanwhile civic spaces.
The Future of the Countryside: VeloCity Principles in a Post-Pandemic World
– Petra Marko
There are over 10,000 villages in England, set only 2-3 miles apart and they offer an opportunity to advance a strategy which can alleviate housing pressure on the towns and turn villages into well-connected places for 21st century living.
Understanding the past, reshaping the future: Creating a space in Oslo’s Linderud Community Garden
– Kimberly Weger and Clara J. Reich
The project aims to empower a diverse group of actors— with a focus on residents with minority backgrounds— to re-imagine how the space is used now and in the future.
The Net Blvd
– Dana Barale Burdman
The Net Blvd examines a collection of situations that happen in the digital era. These situations imply that cultural production happens on digital platforms, structuring our collective memory.
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The journal is calling for submissions that critically review the relationship between the city and money and creatively reimagine how we live, measure, and value our places.
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