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Contested Legacies
In the light of the current housing and environmental crisis and increasing social inequalities, there is a growing sense of urgency for architecture as a discipline to engage with the transformation in housing evident in the postwar period. Rather than conceiving this task as a technical matter, this book proposes to reassess the conditions and legacy of this large and ubiquitous housing stock. By foregrounding the mismatch between constructed cultural, social and ideological narratives and the everyday realities of residents, the contributors rediscover some of the tropes of modern housing, such as the impact of technological innovations or the often overlooked character of open spaces, an...
Global Gentrifications
Under contemporary capitalism the extraction of value from the built environment has escalated, working in tandem with other urban processes to lay the foundations for the exploitative processes of gentrification world-wide. Global gentrifications: Uneven development and displacement critically assesses and tests the meaning and significance of gentrification in places outside the ‘usual suspects’ of the Global North. Informed by a rich array of case studies from cities in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Southern Europe, and beyond, the book (re)discovers the important generalities and geographical specificities associated with the uneven process of gentrification globally. It highlights intensifying global struggles over urban space and underlines gentrification as a growing and important battleground in the contemporary world. The book will be of value to students and academics, policy makers, planners and community organisations.
The Brain in Search of Itself
"Passionate and meticulous . . . [Ehrlich] delivers thought-provoking metaphors, unforgettable scenes and many beautifully worded phrases." —Benjamin Labatut, The New York Times Book Review One of The Telegraph's best books of the year The first major biography of the Nobel Prize–winning scientist who discovered neurons and transformed our understanding of the human mind—illustrated with his extraordinary anatomical drawings Unless you’re a neuroscientist, Santiago Ramón y Cajal is likely the most important figure in the history of biology you’ve never heard of. Along with Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur, he ranks among the most brilliant and original biologists of the nineteenth...
Barcelona
Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish state, the city revived, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It became a center of culture, ornamented by modern planning and wondrous works by Gaudí and others. Barcelona became known as “The Rose of Fire”: home to revolutionaries and anarchists. Creativity and conflict continued to shape Barcelona in the twentieth century, as its citizens faced the Spanish Republic, Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship. Linking social and cultural currents to the rich architectural and experiential heritage of this multi-layered city, McDonogh and Martínez-Rigol reveal Barcelona’s hidden history to modern-day visitors and residents alike.
Juliols de la Universitat de Barcelona. Vint anys d’història, Els
Des que el 1996 la Universitat de Barcelona va tenir la iniciativa d’organitzar els primers cursos d’estiu, ha anat ampliant i diversificant el seu programa fins a esdevenir un dels centres de referència indiscutible en l’oferta docent complementària a l’ensenyament reglat. En el decurs d’aquests anys el seu propòsit ha estat tant difondre el coneixement a amplis sectors socials com fer-ho des de diferents punts geogràfics de Catalunya i l’estranger. Amb la publicació d’aquest volum, en què han participat persones que hi han estat vinculades sobretot com a programadors i com a docents, la UB no sols commemora el vintè aniversari d’Els Juliols amb un balanç notablement positiu de les activitats desenvolupades, sinó que augura un futur prometedor per a la transferència del coneixement més enllà de les aules universitàries.
La gran mentira de la economía : y por qué el futuro será mejor que el pasado a pesar de todo
Los economistas tienen mala fama, bastante merecida después de años de recesión, que nadie fue capaz de predecir. Pero no es solo la casi nula capacidad de predicción lo que se les recrimina, sino también una clara incompetencia para proporcionar soluciones viables. La lista de motivos por los que se equivocan es larga. Pero en opinión de Bernardos los más comunes tienen su origen en la pasión excesiva por el dinero, la inadecuada utilización de la ideología política, una falsa prudencia, la creencia de que el futuro es casi siempre una repetición del pasado, el miedo a implantar una estrategia diferente, el desprecio u olvido de los costes políticos y sociales y las grandes limitaciones de la ciencia política. Gonzalo Bernardos, vicerrector de Economía de la Universidad de Barcelona, desgrana en este libro cada uno de estos puntos para que los ciudadanos entendamos sin dificultad lo que ha pasado aquí y lo que viene ahora.
La Barcelona literària
La reflexió sobre el paper de Barcelona en la literatura ha generat, en aquests darrers anys, una bibliografia creixent des de perspectives i enfocaments diversos. El llibre de Carles Carreras té la virtut de ser una síntesi eficaç de tota aquesta bib
