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What constitutes the social context of architecture? What kind of stories can be told about how lived experiences across global communities, cities, territories, and ecologies resonate with architectural and space-making practices? The 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial explores the implications of architecture and the built environment as they relate to land, memory,(...)
...And other such stories. 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
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What constitutes the social context of architecture? What kind of stories can be told about how lived experiences across global communities, cities, territories, and ecologies resonate with architectural and space-making practices? The 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial explores the implications of architecture and the built environment as they relate to land, memory, rights, and civic participation — drawing buildings, planning, art, policy making, education, and activism into new conversations at global and civic scales.
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As Joanna Merwood-Salisbury shows us in 'Design for the Crowd', the history of Union Square illustrates ongoing debates over the proper organization of urban space—and competing images of the public that uses it. In this sweeping history of an iconic urban square, Merwood-Salisbury gives us a review of American political activism, philosophies of urban design, and the(...)
Design for the crowd: patriotism and protest in Union Square
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As Joanna Merwood-Salisbury shows us in 'Design for the Crowd', the history of Union Square illustrates ongoing debates over the proper organization of urban space—and competing images of the public that uses it. In this sweeping history of an iconic urban square, Merwood-Salisbury gives us a review of American political activism, philosophies of urban design, and the many ways in which a seemingly stable landmark can change through public engagement and design.
Urban Theory
Disobedient objects
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From political activism comes the art of protest, symbols, and designs that defy standard definitions. This timely book shows how objects can change the world by out-designing authority. It focuses on the period from 1980 to the present, a time that brought new technologies and political challenges to protest movements. Provocative and engaging, this book showcases how(...)
Disobedient objects
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From political activism comes the art of protest, symbols, and designs that defy standard definitions. This timely book shows how objects can change the world by out-designing authority. It focuses on the period from 1980 to the present, a time that brought new technologies and political challenges to protest movements. Provocative and engaging, this book showcases how artists have produced work within the context of social movements, which become the vibrant engines for ingenuity and collective creativity.
Design Theory
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Kate Orff has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manifesto, ''Toward an Urban Ecology'' reconceives urban landscape design as a form of activism, demonstrating how to move beyond familiar and increasingly outmoded(...)
Toward an urban ecology: SCAPE / landscape architecture
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Kate Orff has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manifesto, ''Toward an Urban Ecology'' reconceives urban landscape design as a form of activism, demonstrating how to move beyond familiar and increasingly outmoded ways of thinking about environmental, urban, and social issues as separate domains; and advocating for the synthesis of practice to create a truly urban ecology.
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Protest camps
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From Tahrir Square to Occupy, from the Red Shirts in Thailand to the Teachers in Oaxaca, protest camps are a highly visible feature of social movements' activism across the world. They are spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state. Drawing on over fifty different protest camps(...)
Architectural Theory
November 2013
Protest camps
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From Tahrir Square to Occupy, from the Red Shirts in Thailand to the Teachers in Oaxaca, protest camps are a highly visible feature of social movements' activism across the world. They are spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state. Drawing on over fifty different protest camps from around the world over the past fifty years, this book offers a detailed investigation into protest camps from a global perspective.
Architectural Theory
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Weaving together historical and current protest movements across the globe, this publication explores how everyday people and the societies they live in harness the visual power of dress to fight for radical change. Costume designer and dress historian Camille Benda analyzes cultural movements and the clothes that defined them through over 150 archival images,(...)
Dressing the resistance: the visual language of protest through history
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Weaving together historical and current protest movements across the globe, this publication explores how everyday people and the societies they live in harness the visual power of dress to fight for radical change. Costume designer and dress historian Camille Benda analyzes cultural movements and the clothes that defined them through over 150 archival images, photographs, and paintings that bring the history of activism to life, from ancient Roman rebellions to the #MeToo movement, from twentieth-century punk subcultures to Black Lives Matter marches.
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''Imagine—Embracing Chaos and Possibility in a Planetary Emergency'' is not a typical guidebook, but a rich collection of conversations and reflections exploring life amid global crisis. It brings together voices from science, art, activism, ecopsychology, and systems thinking. Rather than offering solutions, ''Imagine'' encourages readers to pause, reflect, and engage(...)
Environment and environmental theory
September 2025
Imagine: Embracing chaos and possibility in a planetary emergency
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''Imagine—Embracing Chaos and Possibility in a Planetary Emergency'' is not a typical guidebook, but a rich collection of conversations and reflections exploring life amid global crisis. It brings together voices from science, art, activism, ecopsychology, and systems thinking. Rather than offering solutions, ''Imagine'' encourages readers to pause, reflect, and engage with the complexity of our ecological and social realities. It’s a thoughtful companion for uncertain times – opening space for deeper inquiry and new ways of relating to ourselves, each other, and the planet.
Environment and environmental theory
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Briar Levit’s design journey is as rich and unexpected as a forest hike. From the bustling offices of Bitch magazine to historic trails in Kent and the best Goodwills of Portland, her practice weaves through teaching, writing, editing, archiving, and documentary making. This illustrated interview traces her winding path across a changing feminist landscape, shedding light(...)
On design, feminism, and friendship
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Briar Levit’s design journey is as rich and unexpected as a forest hike. From the bustling offices of Bitch magazine to historic trails in Kent and the best Goodwills of Portland, her practice weaves through teaching, writing, editing, archiving, and documentary making. This illustrated interview traces her winding path across a changing feminist landscape, shedding light on how design and activism intertwine, the micropolitics of work, and the value of friendship. It’s an intimate conversation about how unplanned routes often lead to the most meaningful destinations.
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The lonely city
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When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her midthirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism,(...)
The lonely city
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When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her midthirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by the most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, from Henry Darger’s hoarding to David Wojnarowicz’s AIDS activism, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed.
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London : Repeater, 2018.
K-punk : the collected and unpublished writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016) / edited by Darren Ambrose ; foreword by Simon Reynolds.
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London : Repeater, 2018.