(In)formality: Instant Cities & Planned Transformations

I first started writing about Instant Cities in 2013 as a way to describe how post-crisis displacement and refugee camps Continue reading →

What is all wrong about “Slum tourism”

The “revolución bolivariana” has done little to improve the living conditions of slum dwellers. What they have done is destroy Continue reading →

30 veces FAVELA. 16-30

Esta es la segunda parte de la historia de un hipertexto. Mi post número 16 aparece en el otoño de Continue reading →

Gender and the city

We usually think of ourselves as “naturally” gendered beings that inhabit or dwell in cities. In the following, I would Continue reading →

Upgrading informality. There is an ideal “dosage”?

Right now in Venezuela there isn’t any official upgrading policy, and the living conditions in our informal neighborhoods are worse Continue reading →

But! What about me?

Next year the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child becomes law in Sweden, this gives each child the right Continue reading →

30 veces FAVELA. 1-15

Esta es la historia de un hipertexto: Comencé a “postear” en 2014, desde entonces he dicho FAVELA como quien dice Continue reading →

A Manifesto for XinWu Village

Figure 1 Collective masterplan A Manifesto for XinWu Village by Ralph Spencer Steenblik As the architectural cleansing continues in China, Continue reading →