Lessons on the Margins of UN Habitat III

When I asked Dr George Handley for permission to share his story from UN Habitat III, he was reluctant at Continue reading →

VILLAS + THE STORY OF THE CITY

An application of Jean Baudrillard’s simulacra for the analysis of the power dynamics between formal and informal GUEST POST by Continue reading →

Kick starting 2016 with villas

Happy new year FAVELissues readers! To jump start the 2016 posting series, I will begin with a short documentary on Continue reading →

BEHIND THE URBAN FRONTIER [documentary]

“Exploring the concept of modern urban metropolises through the clandestine world of marginal cities and their struggle for equal rights Continue reading →

Edges, Patches, and Street Vendors

  With today’s post, I am diverging a bit and beginning with a focus on street vending in Los Angeles, Continue reading →

A Pleasant Encounter in a Buenos Aires Market

In my previous post, I described my experience navigating what turned out to be just a small bit of the Continue reading →

La Salada as Subject

La Salada, whose 20 hectares are lined along the south of the Rio Matanza in Buenos Aires, claims to be Continue reading →

Latin American Street Vending and Public Markets

Intro Post by Jennifer Renteria This last summer, I traveled throughout Latin America in search of public markets and street Continue reading →