The right to the city by David Harvey
We live in an era when ideals of human rights have moved centre stage both politically and ethically. A great deal of energy is expended in promoting their significance for the construction of a better world. But for the most part the concepts circulating do not fundamentally challenge hegemonic liberal and neoliberal market logics, or [...]
Artistic Activism and Agonistic Spaces by Chantal Mouffe
Can artistic practices still play a critical role in a society where the difference between art and advertizing have become blurred and where artists and cultural workers have become a necessary part of capitalist production? Scrutinizing the ‘new spirit of capitalism’ Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello1 have shown how the demands for autonomy of the [...]
Archiphoenix by Stealth: 6 publications on line
ARCHIPHOENIX – Faculties for Architecture has turned the Dutch Pavilion, at Venice Architecture Biennale 2008, into a weeklong stage for research and exploration and a debate platform focussing on the capacities and capabilities of architecture – beyond building. Triggered by the fire that devastated the Faculty of Architecture in Delft, the project aim was to [...]
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