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The City and the Political is an ongoing open class and research group at The Public School, Berlin, that invites anyone to join in discussions between theories and spatial practices of “the city” and “the political.”Categories
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Streit ums Politische: Herrschaft!
Dirk Baecker: Herrschaft im System: Zur Kontrolle von Macht Spätestens seit Giorgio Agambens großartiger Rekonstruktion des Herrschaftsgedankens aus der Theologie der frühen Kirchenväter hat sich herumgesprochen, dass Herrschaft eine durchaus symmetrische Angelegenheit ist. Sie kontrolliert die Machthaber mindestens ebenso wie sie … Continue reading
What Can Art Do For Real Politics?
Presentation of Camera Austria 117 “Where is politics today? Is it where people are collectively manifesting their disenchantment with the structures of authority and the political class? And where they are beginning to create a … Continue reading
Field Trip: TESTIFY! The Consequences of Architecture
There shall be a guided tour of the current DAZ (Deutsches Architektur Zentrum) exhibition by the curator Lukas Feireiss. The tour is on 8th March at 18.00. Afterwards, there will be a discussion at the DAZ about „Reality bites. Architektur im … Continue reading
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Re-City Symposium (Design & Politics Series)
Re-city, the ‘total makeover’ of the European City The European urban condition stands out from those of the rest of the world. Currently, the European population is shrinking and ageing faster than any other world-region, but this does not prevent … Continue reading
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Lecture by Neil Smith
“2011 and All That: From Ideology to the Confluence of Revolts” Whatever the fate of the revolts of last year – and they are anything but finished – 2011 will go down as a turning point in political history and … Continue reading
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Book presentation with Hal Foster
Art-Architecture Complex / Design and Crime / First Pop-Age Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. While architects such as Zaha Hadid and … Continue reading
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Lecture by Erik Swyngedouw
“The Ground-Zero of Politics: Musings on the Post-Political Polis” The city has undergone radical change over the past two decades or so, most dramatically in its modes of urban governing and polic(y)ing. New forms of neo-liberal urban governance in fact … Continue reading
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