Half way through Contested Cities Leeds week of talks: Global Urban Justice; voices and struggles from Latin America.
Contested cities week has begun and so far we have had two fascinating days of talks discussions and field trips in Leeds. Jorge Blanco’s talk is now available online, with more to come in the following days. For live streaming of the talks check the Contested Cities Leeds Youtube channel at 5pm GMT 16th- 19th […]
Global Urban Justice; voices and struggles from Latin America. 16th-19th February public talks
Contested Cities Leeds is hosting a week of debates on urban struggles, displacement, mobility and movements from across the globe, with a particular focus on Latin America. These are all open to the public and will be held at 5pm in the Geography East Building Lecture Theater Contested Citizenship in Latin American Cities? Monday […]
New Trailer MARAKÁ’NÀ: struggles in Rio De Janeiro surrounding the Maracanã stadium
The Grupo Popular Pesquisa em Ação (People’s Group Research in Action) is very happy to inform that the promo of the video MARAKÁ’NÀ is available online at: http://vimeo.com/108362914. The area of the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro is not only a space for leisure, but for many, is a space of struggle. In this documentary, […]
Cities for sale and the Zapatista rebellion, 20 years on
Two talks following Contested Cities Leeds recent international meeting. Thursday 18th September: 5pm. School of Geography East Building Lecture Theatre University of Leeds The Escuelita Zapatista, celebrating 20 years of resistance and struggle in Chiapas, Mexico Claudia Villegas, a visiting researcher from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, will talk about the recent […]
CONTESTED CITIES research network UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday 27 August 2014, RGS/IBG, London Monday 1st, Tuesday 2nd September 2014, Leeds Contested Cities is an international network of action, investigation and exchange of researchers from eight European and Latin American universities located in Madrid, Leeds, Mexico City, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, funded by the EU between 2012 […]
Contested Cities / FILM FESTIVAL / Call for Submissions
The Contested Cities network is an international alliance of critical urban researchers and activists spanning six cities in Europe and Latin America – Leeds, Madrid, Rio, Buenos Aires, Santiago and Mexico City. This September 2nd, in collaboration with the Leeds Social and Environmental Justice Action Network, the Contested Cities network is hosting a film festival, […]
Contested Cities at The Royal Geographical Society Conference- London
26th-29th August 2014 “Co-producing urban contestation across the world: a roundtable with academics and social movement activists” Sara Gonzalez, Stuart Hodkinson and Michael Janoschka Wednesday 27 August 2014, Session 4 (16.50-18.30) Confirmed speakers are: Andrea Carrasco, lawyer and activist in the Platform for those Affected by Mortgages (PAH – Plataforma Afectados por la Hipoteca) in […]
Traditional retail markets: the new gentrification frontier?
Traditional indoor and outdoor markets have become somewhat residual in many British cities but essential for many low income citizens that rely on their affordability. At the same time, the market is being reinvented for a wealthier type of customer interested more in local, environmentally friendly, ethical and “authentic” shopping experience.
Experiences of urban contestation; Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro
On the 19th of February Leeds school of geography hosted the talk “experiences of urban contestation”, benefiting from the presence of Pablo Vitale, a visiting researcher from Buenos Aires and Federico Venturini a researcher from Leeds recently arrived from Rio de Janeiro. The two researchers addressed different aspects of neoliberal urbanization in Latin America, although […]
Tom Slater ‘Grieving for Lost Homes: Territorial Stigmatisation, the Rent Gap, and Displacement’
Tom Slater’s talk focused on his recent research of housing estates in the Edinburgh area. His talk focused in particular on how space in the city is reproduced, people are excluded and profit accumulated.