Volume 4, no. 2 Summer 2021
Category
Editorial
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.
– Noël Nicolaus"/>
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.
– Swetha Rao Dhananka and Leo F. Saldanha"/>
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.
– Grace Abou Jaoude, Olaf Mumm, Majd Murad and Vanessa Miriam Carlow"/>
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.
– Israel Hurtado Cola"/>
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.
– Petra Marko"/>
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.
– Kimberly Weger and Clara J. Reich"/>
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.
– Dana Barale Burdman"/>
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.
Call for Submissions
Money
Call for Submissions
closing 17.10.2021
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.