Antropología de lo barrial

Antropología de lo barrial : estudios sobre producción simbólica de la vida urbana.
Gravano, Ariel
2003
Buenos Aires, Espacio. 289 p.
Resumen: Antropología de lo barrial, de Ariel Gravano, abre la posibilidad de profundizar en una de las realidades más cotidianas (la vida, el imaginario, la identidad y la cultura de barrio) desde una mirada oblicua, enriquecedora y apta para el tratamiento estratégico y operativo de problemas que muchas veces son ocultados desde las naturalizaciones del sentido común y, por lo tanto, quedan estérilmente reducidos en su abordaje efectivo. Como una paradoja buscada, el trabajo analítico emprendido por Gravano rodea estas problemáticas sin ocuparse de ofrecer recetas para su solución. Las trata con instrumentos creados a partir de considerar a la realidad barrial como una producción simbólica. A partir de la interpretación antropológica, la lectura va y vuelve, entra y sale desde los procesos macrohistóricos que enmarcan a lo urbano a las particularidades estudiadas en forma menuda. La sensación es verificar que la dimensión contradictoria de la vida social interpenetra los instrumentos menos visibles del pensar, de sentir y de construir identidades, mediante una producción ideológica y simbólico-cultural (lo barrial -al decir del autor-) que se constituye, aún dentro de la dialéctica de la reproducción, en alterna y porfiada transformadora de la Historia. La base del libro es la tesis de doctorado en la Universidad de Buenos Aires y sus destinatarios específicos son los profesionales, investigadores y agentes le lo urbano y del trabajo barrial.
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Tecnópolis del mundo

Tecnópolis del mundo
Castells, Manuel
2001
Madrid, Alianza. 371 p.
Resumen: Basado en la observación directa de las principales tecnópolis del mundo, este libro analiza los centros tecnológicos más importantes surgidos en la era de la información. Presenta la creación, desarrollo y perspectivas de áreas de alta tecnología, ciudades científicas y parques tecnológicos. Asimismo examina la renovación industrial de grandes ciudades sobre la base de la industria de alta tecnología y analiza el proceso conflictivo de formación de nuevos centros de innovación tecnológica. Situada en la encrucijada entre la investigación urbana y regional más avanzada, la teoría de la sociedad de la información y las políticas de desarrollo científico y tecnológico, esta obra ofrece un marco de referencia, empíricamente contrastado, para las empresas y administraciones que apuesten por el mundo industrial del siglo XXI.
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Worlding cities

Worlding cities : Asian experiments and the art of being global
Roy, Ananya (editor)
Ong, Aihwa (editor)
2011
United Kingdom, Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication. 352 p.
Resumen: Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. •Describes the new theoretical framework of ‘worlding’ •Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture •Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study •Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics.
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Visions of the City

Visions of the City: Utopianism, Power and Politics in Twentieth-Century
Urbanism
Pinder, David
2005
New York, London, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 354 p.
Resumen: Visions of the City is a dramatic account of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban landscapes. Such visions, it shows, have played a crucial role in informing understandings and imaginings of the modern city. The author critically examines influential traditions in western Europe associated with such figures as Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, uncovering the political interests, desires and anxieties that lay behind their ideal cities, and drawing out their 'noir side'. He also investigates oppositional perspectives from the time that challenged these rationalist conceptions of cities and urban life, and that disturbed their dreams of order, especially from within surrealism. At the heart of this richly illustrated book is an encounter with the explosive ideas of the situationists. Tracing the subversive practices of this avant-garde group and its associates from their explorations of Paris during the 1950s to their projects for an alternative 'unitary urbanism', David Pinder convincingly explains the significance of their revolutionary attempts to transform urban space and everyday life. He addresses in particular Constant's vision of New Babylon, finding within his proposals for future spaces produced through nomadic life, creativity and play a still powerful challenge to imagine cities otherwise. The book not only recovers vital moments from past hopes and dreams of modern urbanism. It also contests current claims about the 'end of utopia', arguing that reconsidering earlier projects can play a critical role in developing utopian perspectives today. Through the study of utopian visions, it aims to rekindle elements of utopianism itself.
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Insurgent public space

Insurgent public space : guerrilla urbanism and the remaking of contemporary cities
Hou, Jeffrey (editor)
2010
New York, Routledge. 276 p.
Resumen: In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of how urban areas are defined and used, and how they can transform the city environment. No longer confined to traditional public areas like neighbourhood parks and public plazas, these guerrilla spaces express the alternative social and spatial relationships in our changing cities. With nearly twenty illustrated case studies, this volume shows how instances of insurgent public space occur across the world. Examples range from community gardening in Seattle and Los Angeles, street dancing in Beijing, to the transformation of parking spaces into temporary parks in San Francisco. Drawing on the experiences and knowledge of individuals extensively engaged in the actual implementation of these spaces, Insurgent Public Space is a unique cross-disciplinary approach to the study of public space use, and how it is utilized in the contemporary, urban world. Appealing to professionals and students in both urban studies and more social courses, Hou has brought together valuable commentaries on an area of urbanism which has, up until now, been largely ignored.
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Ordinary Places/Extraordinary Events

Ordinary Places Extraordinary Events: Citizenship, Democracy and Public Space in Latin America
Irazábal, Clara (editor)
2008
London ; New York, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 254 p.
Resumen: Clara Irazábal and her contributors explore the urban history of some of Latin America’s great cities through studies of their public spaces and what has taken place there. The avenues and plazas of Mexico City, Havana, Santo Domingo, Caracas, Bogotaì, SaÞo Paulo, Lima, Santiago, and Buenos Aires have been the backdrop for extraordinary, history-making events. While some argue that public spaces are a prerequisite for the expression, representation and reinforcement of democracy, they can equally be used in the pursuit of totalitarianism. Indeed, public spaces, in both the past and present, have been the site for the contestation by ordinary people of various stances on democracy and citizenship. By exploring the use and meaning of public spaces in Latin American cities, this book sheds light on contemporary definitions of citizenship and democracy in the Americas.
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The politics of public space

The politics of public space
Low, Setha M. (editor)
Smith, Neil (editor)
2006
New York,  Routledge. 185 p.
Resumen: Why is public space disappearing? Why is this disappearance important to democratic politics and how has it become an international phenomenon? Public spaces are no longer democratic spaces, but instead centres of private commerce and consumption, and even surveillance and police control. "The Politics of Public Space" extends the focus of current work on public space to include a consideration of the transnational - in the sense of moving people and transformations in the nation or state - to expand our definition of the 'public' and public space. Ultimately, public spaces are one of the last democratic forums for public dissent in a civil society. Without these significant central public spaces, individuals cannot directly participate in conflict resolution. "The Politics of Public Space" assembles a superb list of contributors to explore the important political dimensions of public space as a place where conflicts over cultural and political objectives become concrete.
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Los nuevos principios del urbanismo

Los nuevos principios del urbanismo : el fin de las ciudades no está a la orden del día
Ascher, François
2004
Madrid, Alianza. 93 p.
Resumen: ¿Qué hacer hoy con la noción de límite y cómo concebir los espacios cuando la distinción entre ciudad y cambio, entre público y privado, entre interior y exterior desaparece? ¿Qué ocurre con las nociones de distancia, continuidad, densidad, diversidad, hibridez, cuando la velocidad del desplazamiento de bienes, información y personas crece tan rápidamente? ¿Cómo planificar una sociedad mas abierta en un mundo más incierto? ¿Cómo actuar por la colectividad en una sociedad cada vez más diversificada y más individualizada? "Uno de los mejores textos de síntesis sobre el urbanismo entendido a la vez como "reflexión y como práctica, como conocimiento y como acción." Jordi Borja
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Site analysis

Site analysis : informing context-sensitive and sustainable site planning and design
LaGro, James A.
2013
Hoboken, New Jersey, Wiley. 365 p.
Resumen: The process-oriented guide to context-sensitive site selection, planning, and design. Sustainable design is responsive to context. And each site has a unique set of physical, biological, cultural, and legal attributes that presents different opportunities and constraints for alternative uses of the site. Site analysis systematically evaluates these on-site and off-site factors to inform the design of places—including neighborhoods and communities—that are attractive, walkable, and climate-resilient. This Third Edition of Site Analysis is fully updated to cover the latest topics in low-impact, location-efficient design and development. This complete, user-friendly guide: Blends theory andpractice from the fields of landscape architecture, urban planning, architecture, geography, and urban design Addresses important sustainability topics, including LEED-ND, Sustainable Sites, STAR community index, and climate adaptation Details the objectives and visualization methods used in each phase of the site planning and design process Explains the influence of codes, ordinances, and site plan approval processes on the design of the built environment Includes more than 200 illustrations and eight case studies of projects completed by leading planning and design firms Site Analysis, Third Edition is the ideal guide for students taking courses in site analysis, site planning, and environmental design. New material includes review questions at the end of each chapter for students as well as early-career professionals preparing for the ARE, LARE, or AICP exams.
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Designing public consensus

Designing public consensus : the civic theater of community participation for architects, landscape architects, planners, and urban designers
Faga, Barbara.
2006
New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 253 p.
Resumen: "At long last we have a great book on public participation in the planning process. Designing Public Consensus presents examples of the interaction between architects, planners, landscape designers, engineers, and the public. More important, Barbara Faga presents situations when that interaction has worked, when it has not, and why. She is able to extract, from what she has dubbed "civic theater," practical recommendations for professionals who practice in a democracy that requires such interaction." --From the Foreword by Alexander Garvin, former vice president for planning, design and development for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. Designing Public Consensus is an insightful and useful resource for architects, planners, and urban designers, with case study examples illustrating approaches for working with small towns, large cities, government agencies, citizen activists, community groups, and other stakeholders. By examining the public process implemented by EDAW and a variety of design firms in urban design projects of different scales, Faga reveals the lessons learned by the design practitioners. Throughout the case studies, first-person accounts by the designers, government officials, clients, and other stakeholders reveal the moments of brilliance as well as the good intentions gone wrong.
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