David Harvey at Crisis-Scapes Conference
David Harvey speaking at the Crisis-Scapes Conference: Athens and Beyond
Radical Housing Weekender 2014
The Radical Housing Network in London presents the Housing Weekender 2014. In the words of the organisers, the event which takes place on April 26th and 27th “will bring people … Continue reading
Further Reflections on the UK Housing Crisis
I can’t recommend enough the deeply sobering interview that James Butler conducted with a Balfron Tower evictee in Tower Hamlets. An upsetting if timely riposte to the egregious Wonga-fuelled boosterism … Continue reading
Regeneration as Displacement
Loretta Lees was in the School yesterday and gave an excellent paper on the state-led gentrification of British council estates since the late 1990s. The paper built, in part, on … Continue reading
Crisis Urbanism
Some questions about crisis and the city (These questions are motivated by a desire to think differently about the city as a site of social transformation. If we are to, … Continue reading
Open House 2013: Challenging the Housing Crisis
I can’t stress enough how urgent Open House 2013 actually is. In the words of the organisers: “Open House is a nine-day space that will bring together people facing the … Continue reading
On the Autonomous City: Video
In March 2012, I was lucky enough to speak at KTH in Stockholm as part of a seminar series on “City Axioms” organized by the Institute of Social Anthropology at … Continue reading
Urban Uprising/Re-imagining the City: CUNY, Nov. 30-Dec. 1
This looks like really fantastic – a CUNY conference that examines how we might come to think about and inhabit cities differently. Further details are available here.
The Criminalization of Squatting in the UK: Some Reflections
I’ve recently commented on the proposal to make squatting in residential properties a criminal offence. There are two pieces in the Guardian (here and here) and one in Shift Magazine … Continue reading
David Harvey at Occupy London
Here’s a video of David Harvey speaking on November 12th at the occupation at St. Paul’s. The full transcript can be found here.
Experimental Geographies 