David Harvey on Urban Uprising:
Reimagining the City
Friday 30 November, 2012
10am, $5/Rsvp
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Proshansky Auditorium
Keynote speech by David Harvey
In the wake of the 2008 explosion of the current economic crisis, more and more people are actively fighting to restore what they've lost. Not since the ‘60s have so many people across the globe taken to the streets to demand a more just and democratic society, access to housing, health care, education, food, jobs, a clean and safe environment and lives free from police violence. Most of these uprisings are rooted in the urban landscape. Many of their demands imply a major transformation in the way our cities work. During this amazing moment of crisis and mobilization, it's important that we ask ourselves: What kind of city do we want to see?
From the revolutions sometimes called the “Arab Spring†to the vigorous demonstrations of the “Occupy Wall Street†movement, and more, Day 1 will address the lessons from around the world on how do we understand social change in this current moment. The day focuses on the history of urban uprisings as well as the current militarization of urban space, and concludes with a discussion of organizing on a city-wide level.
In the wake of the 2008 explosion of the current economic crisis, more and more people are actively fighting to restore what they've lost. Not since the ‘60s have so many people across the globe taken to the streets to demand a more just and democratic society, access to housing, health care, education, food, jobs, a clean and safe environment and lives free from police violence. Most of these uprisings are rooted in the urban landscape. Many of their demands imply a major transformation in the way our cities work. During this amazing moment of crisis and mobilization, it's important that we ask ourselves: What kind of city do we want to see?
From the revolutions sometimes called the “Arab Spring†to the vigorous demonstrations of the “Occupy Wall Street†movement, and more, Day 1 will address the lessons from around the world on how do we understand social change in this current moment. The day focuses on the history of urban uprisings as well as the current militarization of urban space, and concludes with a discussion of organizing on a city-wide level.