https://simplecast.com Interstitial A show about space and the consequences of our designs. Each episode features one author on a new book that offers critical ways of understanding the worlds we make. Transdisciplinary perspectives from across the arts, social sciences, and humanities every Tuesday. From Thinkbelt. Produced by David Huber. 2020 Thinkbelt en Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:33:30 +0000 https://interstitial.simplecast.com Interstitial https://cdn.simplecast.com/images/8dc96efc-b54e-40ef-8c79-dc0e4a41b6ad/fd2c1b9a-c369-46a1-b11c-0a188028039b/3000x3000/interstitial_3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://interstitial.simplecast.com episodic A show about space and the consequences of our designs. Each episode features one author on a new book that offers critical ways of understanding the worlds we make. Transdisciplinary perspectives from across the arts, social sciences, and humanities every Tuesday. From Thinkbelt. Produced by David Huber. Thinkbelt no https://feeds.simplecast.com/tWieXn2y architects, designers, architecture, anthropology, design, architectural history, theory, architectural theory, urbanism Thinkbelt LLC info@thinkbelt.org 4c01c383-a3ef-4342-b024-b9e397e5eff1 Black Towns, Black Futures by Karla Slocum Karla Slocum is Thomas Willis Lambeth Chair of Public Policy, professor of anthropology, and director of the Institute of African American Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Free Trade and Freedom: Neoliberalism, Place, and Nation in the Caribbean (University of Michigan Press, 2006) and Black Towns, Black Futures: The Enduring Allure of a Black Place in the American West (The University of North Carolina Press, 2019).

More about the book: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469653976/black-towns-black-futures/

For the transcript and recommendations for further reading: https://thinkbelt.org/shows/interstitial/black-towns-black-futures-karla-slocum

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Karla Slocum) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/black-towns-black-futures-by-karla-slocum-lqaBI2CH Karla Slocum is Thomas Willis Lambeth Chair of Public Policy, professor of anthropology, and director of the Institute of African American Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Free Trade and Freedom: Neoliberalism, Place, and Nation in the Caribbean (University of Michigan Press, 2006) and Black Towns, Black Futures: The Enduring Allure of a Black Place in the American West (The University of North Carolina Press, 2019).

More about the book: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469653976/black-towns-black-futures/

For the transcript and recommendations for further reading: https://thinkbelt.org/shows/interstitial/black-towns-black-futures-karla-slocum

]]> Black Towns, Black Futures by Karla Slocum Karla Slocum 00:11:08 Anthropologist Karla Slocum considers the under-recognized contemporary currency of historic Black towns in Oklahoma. Why, despite their small size and uncertain economies, do these places remain attractive? Anthropologist Karla Slocum considers the under-recognized contemporary currency of historic Black towns in Oklahoma. Why, despite their small size and uncertain economies, do these places remain attractive? no full 44 c0215d6e-0336-4053-b51b-84395d41ba24 Modern Architecture and Climate by Daniel Barber Daniel A. Barber is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Chair of the PhD Program in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. His books—Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning and A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War—examine historical relationships between architecture and global environmental culture, reframing the means and ends of architectural expertise to frame a more robust engagement with the climate crisis of the present. Barber edits the Accumulation series on the e-flux Architecture online platform, an annual dossier of essays that explore how media analyses provide access to processes of accumulation, material and symbolic, that are endemic to climate instabilities. He is cofounder of Current: a platform for the discussion of environmental histories of architecture, launching summer 2020.

More about the book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691170039/modern-architecture-and-climate

Transcript and recommendations for further reading: https://thinkbelt.org/shows/interstitial/modern-architecture-and-climate-daniel-barber

]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:49:03 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Daniel Barber) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/modern-architecture-and-climate-by-daniel-barber-9b9PXVV0 Daniel A. Barber is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Chair of the PhD Program in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. His books—Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning and A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War—examine historical relationships between architecture and global environmental culture, reframing the means and ends of architectural expertise to frame a more robust engagement with the climate crisis of the present. Barber edits the Accumulation series on the e-flux Architecture online platform, an annual dossier of essays that explore how media analyses provide access to processes of accumulation, material and symbolic, that are endemic to climate instabilities. He is cofounder of Current: a platform for the discussion of environmental histories of architecture, launching summer 2020.

More about the book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691170039/modern-architecture-and-climate

Transcript and recommendations for further reading: https://thinkbelt.org/shows/interstitial/modern-architecture-and-climate-daniel-barber

]]> Modern Architecture and Climate by Daniel Barber Daniel Barber 00:11:21 Managing adverse climatic conditions was a significant part of the project of architectural modernism before the proliferation of air conditioning. Daniel Barber traces the conceptualization of the normative thermal interior space—and highlights the rich history of alternative models. Managing adverse climatic conditions was a significant part of the project of architectural modernism before the proliferation of air conditioning. Daniel Barber traces the conceptualization of the normative thermal interior space—and highlights the rich history of alternative models. climate, modernism, adaptibility, architecture no full 43 4a55cbf2-1193-4e79-acb9-ca300ba2191a Feminist City by Leslie Kern Leslie Kern is the author of two books on gender and cities, including Feminist City: Claiming Space in Man-Made World (Verso). She holds a PhD in women’s studies from York University and is currently an associate professor of geography and environment and director of women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New Brunswick. Leslie writes about gender, gentrification, and feminism and teaches urban, social, and feminist geography. She runs an academic career coaching service and blog at lesliekerncoaching.com and tweets about all things feminist, academic, and urban on Twitter @LellyK.

Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World is out now from Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3227-feminist-city

]]> Tue, 7 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Leslie Kern) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/feminist-city-by-leslie-kern-YdwdEqwC Leslie Kern is the author of two books on gender and cities, including Feminist City: Claiming Space in Man-Made World (Verso). She holds a PhD in women’s studies from York University and is currently an associate professor of geography and environment and director of women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New Brunswick. Leslie writes about gender, gentrification, and feminism and teaches urban, social, and feminist geography. She runs an academic career coaching service and blog at lesliekerncoaching.com and tweets about all things feminist, academic, and urban on Twitter @LellyK.

Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World is out now from Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3227-feminist-city

]]> Feminist City by Leslie Kern Leslie Kern 00:12:05 Women have been drawn to city life for centuries, despite the persistent tensions, freedom and fear, empowerment and struggle. Geographer Leslie Kern takes an intersectional approach to urban inequality and urges us to change the perspective from which our spaces are designed and built. Women have been drawn to city life for centuries, despite the persistent tensions, freedom and fear, empowerment and struggle. Geographer Leslie Kern takes an intersectional approach to urban inequality and urges us to change the perspective from which our spaces are designed and built. no full 42 dc925f01-6cf6-4290-bf9f-be05d7d650c4 The Metabolist Imagination by William Gardner William O. Gardner is Professor of Japanese language, literature, and film at Swarthmore College. His most recent work explores the intersection of architecture and science fiction in postwar Japan, which builds upon his earlier research on intermedial relationships in Japanese prewar modernism as well as postwar science fiction. His previous publications include Advertising Tower: Japanese Modernism and Modernity in the 1920’s, and “The Cyber Sublime and the Virtual Mirror: Information and Media in the Works of Oshii Mamoru and Kon Satoshi.”

More about the book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-metabolist-imagination

]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (William Gardner) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/the-metabolist-imagination-by-william-gardner-M8ZnCExM William O. Gardner is Professor of Japanese language, literature, and film at Swarthmore College. His most recent work explores the intersection of architecture and science fiction in postwar Japan, which builds upon his earlier research on intermedial relationships in Japanese prewar modernism as well as postwar science fiction. His previous publications include Advertising Tower: Japanese Modernism and Modernity in the 1920’s, and “The Cyber Sublime and the Virtual Mirror: Information and Media in the Works of Oshii Mamoru and Kon Satoshi.”

More about the book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-metabolist-imagination

]]> The Metabolist Imagination by William Gardner William Gardner 00:11:50 By conceiving of urban design as constantly changing, the Metabolists opened architecture up to a narrative dimension. William Gardner details the rich exchanges between visionary architects and science fiction authors in postwar Japan. By conceiving of urban design as constantly changing, the Metabolists opened architecture up to a narrative dimension. William Gardner details the rich exchanges between visionary architects and science fiction authors in postwar Japan. no full 41 7380748d-e5e9-4a46-840e-91f8e2f40f09 Urban Horror by Erin Y. Huang Erin Y. Huang is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Her work often explores the interdisciplinary dialogue among Marxist geography, postcolonial theory, feminist theory, cinema and media studies, and Sinophone Asia. She is the cofounder of Asia Theory Visuality—an intellectual platform that harbors collaborative thinking on experimental and theoretical approaches to Asian Studies.

More about the book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/urban-horror

]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:55:10 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Erin Y. Huang) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/urban-horror-by-erin-y-huang-0_wnzw7W Erin Y. Huang is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Her work often explores the interdisciplinary dialogue among Marxist geography, postcolonial theory, feminist theory, cinema and media studies, and Sinophone Asia. She is the cofounder of Asia Theory Visuality—an intellectual platform that harbors collaborative thinking on experimental and theoretical approaches to Asian Studies.

More about the book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/urban-horror

]]> Urban Horror by Erin Y. Huang Erin Y. Huang 00:12:36 Horror arises when external reality exceeds our internal comprehension. Could it also provoke feelings of resistance we didn’t know we had? Erin Y. Huang deciphers the affective dimension of zones of exception in neoliberal post-socialist Asia. Horror arises when external reality exceeds our internal comprehension. Could it also provoke feelings of resistance we didn’t know we had? Erin Y. Huang deciphers the affective dimension of zones of exception in neoliberal post-socialist Asia. no full 40 baad9331-8ecb-4ce4-b8ea-514a4692907d Free the Land by Edward Onaci Edward Onaci is an Associate Professor of History and African American & Africana Studies at Ursinus College. His first book, Free the Land: The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), explores the history of the New Afrikan Independence Movement and the lived experience of revolutionary activism. Also known as Brotha Onaci, Edward is a DJ-producer and activist who co-founded the People’s DJs Collective and Sonic Diaspora.

More about the book:  https://uncpress.org/book/9781469656144/free-the-land/

]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:16:44 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Edward Onaci) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/free-the-land-by-edward-onaci-skESnwqa Edward Onaci is an Associate Professor of History and African American & Africana Studies at Ursinus College. His first book, Free the Land: The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), explores the history of the New Afrikan Independence Movement and the lived experience of revolutionary activism. Also known as Brotha Onaci, Edward is a DJ-producer and activist who co-founded the People’s DJs Collective and Sonic Diaspora.

More about the book:  https://uncpress.org/book/9781469656144/free-the-land/

]]> Free the Land by Edward Onaci Edward Onaci 00:12:17 Among its demands for reparations, the New Afrikan Independence Movement sought to create a sovereign nation-state encompassing a large portion of the U.S. South. Historian Edward Onaci contextualizes this radically imaginative movement within past and present struggles for Black liberation. Among its demands for reparations, the New Afrikan Independence Movement sought to create a sovereign nation-state encompassing a large portion of the U.S. South. Historian Edward Onaci contextualizes this radically imaginative movement within past and present struggles for Black liberation. no full 39 749dc17f-0ecf-47af-9016-9762dcfedaae Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani Nina Lakhani is the environmental justice reporter for the Guardian US. Previously she was a freelance journalist covering Central America and Mexico for the Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, Global Post, the Daily Beast, and elsewhere.

More about the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3180-who-killed-berta-caceres

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Thinkbelt LLC) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/who-killed-berta-caceres-by-nina-lakhani-8wM1qAVa Nina Lakhani is the environmental justice reporter for the Guardian US. Previously she was a freelance journalist covering Central America and Mexico for the Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, Global Post, the Daily Beast, and elsewhere.

More about the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3180-who-killed-berta-caceres

]]> Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani Thinkbelt LLC 00:12:08 The murder of Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was the grand finale of years of terror by the company building the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam—enabled and supported by state forces and security forces, by prosecutors, judges, and politicians. For journalist Nina Lakhani, Cáceres’s life and death is an emblematic story of what is happening all across Central America. The murder of Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was the grand finale of years of terror by the company building the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam—enabled and supported by state forces and security forces, by prosecutors, judges, and politicians. For journalist Nina Lakhani, Cáceres’s life and death is an emblematic story of what is happening all across Central America. no full 38 8f02fb13-955e-42a1-b352-9528bef76593 Prison Land by Brett Story [rebroadcast] Why do we design our landscapes to inflict particular kinds of coercive activities on other people? In these week's episode, a rebroadcast of Interstitial EP005 from September 2019, geographer and filmmaker Brett Story invites us to see, and unsee, the spaces of carceral power. Tue, 2 Jun 2020 17:01:14 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Brett Story) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/prison-land-by-brett-story-rebroadcast-APF2dMcn Prison Land by Brett Story [rebroadcast] Brett Story 00:09:59 Why do we design our landscapes to inflict particular kinds of coercive activities on other people? In these week's episode, a rebroadcast of Interstitial EP005 from September 2019, geographer and filmmaker Brett Story invites us to see, and unsee, the spaces of carceral power. Why do we design our landscapes to inflict particular kinds of coercive activities on other people? In these week's episode, a rebroadcast of Interstitial EP005 from September 2019, geographer and filmmaker Brett Story invites us to see, and unsee, the spaces of carceral power. no bonus ec020866-b035-41a3-9353-2ffd65671eb9 Digital Monuments by Simone Brott Digital images of iconic architecture have become more valuable and more real than the completed building—if it ever gets built at all. Simone Brott reveals how the superficiality of the image is a technique of neoliberal globalization and an instrument of ideology. Wed, 27 May 2020 00:21:17 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Simone Brott) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/digital-monuments-by-simone-brott-pIGD_gXj Digital Monuments by Simone Brott Simone Brott 00:10:41 Digital images of iconic architecture have become more valuable and more real than the completed building—if it ever gets built at all. Simone Brott reveals how the superficiality of the image is a technique of neoliberal globalization and an instrument of ideology. Digital images of iconic architecture have become more valuable and more real than the completed building—if it ever gets built at all. Simone Brott reveals how the superficiality of the image is a technique of neoliberal globalization and an instrument of ideology. no full 37 d3a54635-8006-431c-a7f0-508bb30adbd1 Border Land, Border Water by C.J. Alvarez C.J. Alvarez is an assistant professor in the department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at The University of Texas Austin and a Mellon Fellow at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of Border Land, Border Water: A History of Construction on the U.S.-Mexico Divide and is working on a book about the history of the Chihuahuan Desert.

More about the book: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/alvarez-border-land-border-water

]]> Tue, 19 May 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (C.J. Alvarez) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/border-land-border-water-by-cj-alvarez-IE8xv9mh C.J. Alvarez is an assistant professor in the department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at The University of Texas Austin and a Mellon Fellow at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of Border Land, Border Water: A History of Construction on the U.S.-Mexico Divide and is working on a book about the history of the Chihuahuan Desert.

More about the book: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/alvarez-border-land-border-water

]]> Border Land, Border Water by C.J. Alvarez C.J. Alvarez 00:11:13 The landscape along the US-Mexico border has been manipulated and altered over the past 150 years in an effort to control not only people but also animals, goods, and water. C.J. Alvarez details the history of construction along the international divide. The landscape along the US-Mexico border has been manipulated and altered over the past 150 years in an effort to control not only people but also animals, goods, and water. C.J. Alvarez details the history of construction along the international divide. no full 36 f029c1f5-cc31-45b9-b477-affc79e4cd00 Sinews of War and Trade by Laleh Khalili Laleh Khalili is a Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration, Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies, and Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula.

More about the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3172-sinews-of-war-and-trade

]]> Tue, 12 May 2020 19:48:50 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Laleh Khalili) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/sinews-of-war-and-trade-by-laleh-khalili-eUc_Ilek Laleh Khalili is a Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration, Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies, and Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula.

More about the book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3172-sinews-of-war-and-trade

]]> Sinews of War and Trade by Laleh Khalili Laleh Khalili 00:12:26 Modern maritime transportation and the movement of cargo has transformed harbors, ports, and cityscapes, but also social and political relations. Laleh Khalili discusses what it means to tell the story of shipping and capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula without neglecting the people that make it possible. Modern maritime transportation and the movement of cargo has transformed harbors, ports, and cityscapes, but also social and political relations. Laleh Khalili discusses what it means to tell the story of shipping and capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula without neglecting the people that make it possible. no full 35 97594f20-f692-4295-b3a6-a22608f20a4c How the Suburbs Were Segregated by Paige Glotzer The Roland Park Company, which developed Baltimore’s wealthiest, whitest neighborhoods starting in the 1890s, had by the middle of the twentieth century an outsize influence on real estate professionals and on local and federal housing policy. Historian Paige Glotzer examines how racial exclusion structured the U.S. housing market—and the ways this segregation persists. Tue, 5 May 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Thinkbelt LLC) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/how-the-suburbs-were-segregated-by-paige-glotzer-IK4TimHM How the Suburbs Were Segregated by Paige Glotzer Thinkbelt LLC 00:11:35 The Roland Park Company, which developed Baltimore’s wealthiest, whitest neighborhoods starting in the 1890s, had by the middle of the twentieth century an outsize influence on real estate professionals and on local and federal housing policy. Historian Paige Glotzer examines how racial exclusion structured the U.S. housing market—and the ways this segregation persists. The Roland Park Company, which developed Baltimore’s wealthiest, whitest neighborhoods starting in the 1890s, had by the middle of the twentieth century an outsize influence on real estate professionals and on local and federal housing policy. Historian Paige Glotzer examines how racial exclusion structured the U.S. housing market—and the ways this segregation persists. no full 34 ace307e1-cf6c-4607-8a9f-e3d3c5e14fe4 Solar Power by Dustin Mulvaney How do we transition to solar power while avoiding the disproportionate impacts we see with our energy systems today? Dustin Mulvaney highlights some of the social and environmental consequences of scaling up the solar industry. Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Dustin Mulvaney) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/solar-power-by-dustin-mulvaney-JF_GKgqA Solar Power by Dustin Mulvaney Dustin Mulvaney 00:11:26 How do we transition to solar power while avoiding the disproportionate impacts we see with our energy systems today? Dustin Mulvaney highlights some of the social and environmental consequences of scaling up the solar industry. How do we transition to solar power while avoiding the disproportionate impacts we see with our energy systems today? Dustin Mulvaney highlights some of the social and environmental consequences of scaling up the solar industry. no full 33 7c44b4eb-6fba-404c-b42b-789440247d23 Lurking by Joanne McNeil What would an ideal internet experience be like? Joanne McNeil explores the 30-year history of online life—the communities and identities and hazards—and imagines how we, the users, might recover some of the potential of our technologies. Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:15:33 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Joanne McNeil) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/lurking-by-joanne-mcneil-g6DADxXj Lurking by Joanne McNeil Joanne McNeil 00:10:51 What would an ideal internet experience be like? Joanne McNeil explores the 30-year history of online life—the communities and identities and hazards—and imagines how we, the users, might recover some of the potential of our technologies. What would an ideal internet experience be like? Joanne McNeil explores the 30-year history of online life—the communities and identities and hazards—and imagines how we, the users, might recover some of the potential of our technologies. no full 32 00ffcb65-67a7-4d86-812c-04e138ccb8db Digitize and Punish by Brian Jefferson Digital technologies have transformed the geography of carceral space, augmenting older forms of racial criminalization via software and dispersed sensors. Brian Jefferson tracks the history of computing in the American criminal justice system. Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Brian Jefferson) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/digitize-and-punish-by-brian-jefferson-UqwZKAKk Digitize and Punish by Brian Jefferson Brian Jefferson 00:11:05 Digital technologies have transformed the geography of carceral space, augmenting older forms of racial criminalization via software and dispersed sensors. Brian Jefferson tracks the history of computing in the American criminal justice system. Digital technologies have transformed the geography of carceral space, augmenting older forms of racial criminalization via software and dispersed sensors. Brian Jefferson tracks the history of computing in the American criminal justice system. criminalization, policing, carceral space no full 31 ddba11ae-e735-4e05-ab16-8ca6eafe9c63 Improvised Cities by Helen Gyger Tracing the evolution of aided self-help housing in Peru over three decades beginning in the 1950s, Helen Gyger, a historian of the built environment, contemplates how this hands-on model for improving squatter settlements persisted under different political regimes, competing ideological agendas, and strained expert-resident relations. Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Helen Gyger) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/improvised-cities-by-helen-gyger-mRflNjiH Improvised Cities by Helen Gyger Helen Gyger 00:11:18 Tracing the evolution of aided self-help housing in Peru over three decades beginning in the 1950s, Helen Gyger, a historian of the built environment, contemplates how this hands-on model for improving squatter settlements persisted under different political regimes, competing ideological agendas, and strained expert-resident relations. Tracing the evolution of aided self-help housing in Peru over three decades beginning in the 1950s, Helen Gyger, a historian of the built environment, contemplates how this hands-on model for improving squatter settlements persisted under different political regimes, competing ideological agendas, and strained expert-resident relations. housing, neoliberalism, squater settlements, self-built housing, peru, mutual aid no full 30 f118ab8f-5321-4b30-85d6-b6b4ab9da7b7 Planetary Mine by Martín Arboleda Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Martín Arboleda) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/planetary-mine-by-martin-arboleda-W6VwtcP_ Planetary Mine by Martín Arboleda Martín Arboleda 00:11:13 mines, capitalism, supply chains, extraction, mining no full 29 d4c68e41-be9f-4279-b22a-84ebe3931ff2 Reciprocal Landscapes by Jane Hutton Urban environments are built with materials that come from particular places and have a multitude of other relationships. What kinds of stories can their movement tell us? Landscape architect Jane Hutton follows five materials used in New York City landscapes over the last 150 years back to their source. Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:40:17 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Jane Hutton) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/reciprocal-landscapes-by-jane-hutton-bBMuF2Rp Reciprocal Landscapes by Jane Hutton Jane Hutton 00:10:40 Urban environments are built with materials that come from particular places and have a multitude of other relationships. What kinds of stories can their movement tell us? Landscape architect Jane Hutton follows five materials used in New York City landscapes over the last 150 years back to their source. Urban environments are built with materials that come from particular places and have a multitude of other relationships. What kinds of stories can their movement tell us? Landscape architect Jane Hutton follows five materials used in New York City landscapes over the last 150 years back to their source. guano, fertilizer, new york city, construction, wood, steel, landscapes, materials yes full 28 79fad390-b1da-40ad-927d-00e95587a6cf Architecture in Global Socialism by Łukasz Stanek Architects, planners, and construction firms from socialist Eastern Europe shaped the urbanization of West Africa and the Middle East during the Cold War in ways we had not, until now, considered. Łukasz Stanek examines the strategic ambitions and sometimes contradictory motivations behind this global cooperation. Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:00:21 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Łukasz Stanek) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/architecture-in-global-socialism-by-ukasz-stanek-mshiQ3uP Architecture in Global Socialism by Łukasz Stanek Łukasz Stanek 00:11:29 Architects, planners, and construction firms from socialist Eastern Europe shaped the urbanization of West Africa and the Middle East during the Cold War in ways we had not, until now, considered. Łukasz Stanek examines the strategic ambitions and sometimes contradictory motivations behind this global cooperation. Architects, planners, and construction firms from socialist Eastern Europe shaped the urbanization of West Africa and the Middle East during the Cold War in ways we had not, until now, considered. Łukasz Stanek examines the strategic ambitions and sometimes contradictory motivations behind this global cooperation. africa, poland, cold war, capitalism, urban design, global south, socialism, eastern europe, urbanization, architecture no full 27 f40b0be1-6fdd-4514-a29e-ba9c9274ca73 The Participant by Christopher Kelty Why do we participate, and what is that experience really like? Anthropologist Christopher Kelty traces different ways that participation has been formatted across the twentieth century, and, as new technologies obscure the meaning of concept, considers its potential. Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Christopher Kelty) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/the-participant-by-christopher-kelty-WKrIaQmP The Participant by Christopher Kelty Christopher Kelty 00:11:47 Why do we participate, and what is that experience really like? Anthropologist Christopher Kelty traces different ways that participation has been formatted across the twentieth century, and, as new technologies obscure the meaning of concept, considers its potential. Why do we participate, and what is that experience really like? Anthropologist Christopher Kelty traces different ways that participation has been formatted across the twentieth century, and, as new technologies obscure the meaning of concept, considers its potential. participants, participation, democracy, collectives no full 26 b4150230-7a49-4d31-96c5-91ce21d3a5de Waste by Kate O'Neill At a time when resources are under great pressure, waste is one of the few resources that is growing rather than shrinking. Kate O’Neill inventories the different forms and surprising itineraries of waste, and explains how this challenges our understanding of global governance. Tue, 3 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Kate O'Neill) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/waste-by-kate-oneill-u3MIQUaI Waste by Kate O'Neill Kate O'Neill 00:11:33 At a time when resources are under great pressure, waste is one of the few resources that is growing rather than shrinking. Kate O’Neill inventories the different forms and surprising itineraries of waste, and explains how this challenges our understanding of global governance. At a time when resources are under great pressure, waste is one of the few resources that is growing rather than shrinking. Kate O’Neill inventories the different forms and surprising itineraries of waste, and explains how this challenges our understanding of global governance. resources, waste, garbage, global south no full 25 bf2307f4-8268-42b7-bbd6-1b69444af83d The Great Great Wall by Ian Volner Border walls always create differences, but not necessarily the ones that were intended. Architecture critic and journalist Ian Volner recounts his experience along some of history’s most significant boundaries. Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:20:26 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Ian Volner) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/the-great-great-wall-by-ian-volner-TtZUgaQ_ The Great Great Wall by Ian Volner Ian Volner 00:08:46 Border walls always create differences, but not necessarily the ones that were intended. Architecture critic and journalist Ian Volner recounts his experience along some of history’s most significant boundaries. Border walls always create differences, but not necessarily the ones that were intended. Architecture critic and journalist Ian Volner recounts his experience along some of history’s most significant boundaries. border walls, borders, great wall of china, mexico, trump no full 24 e8a41aad-caea-4acf-9f19-34ea3d23239f Out of Stock by Dara Orenstein In contemporary capitalism, moving is inseparable from making. Dara Orenstein traces the development of logistics infrastructure—from the emergence of the warehouse in the nineteenth century to the boom in foreign-trade zones in the twentieth—to reveal how they stretch borders, circumnavigate regulation, and reconfigure our sense of time and space. Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Dara Orenstein) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/out-of-stock-by-dara-orenstein-m3gv_DqM Out of Stock by Dara Orenstein Dara Orenstein 00:11:12 In contemporary capitalism, moving is inseparable from making. Dara Orenstein traces the development of logistics infrastructure—from the emergence of the warehouse in the nineteenth century to the boom in foreign-trade zones in the twentieth—to reveal how they stretch borders, circumnavigate regulation, and reconfigure our sense of time and space. In contemporary capitalism, moving is inseparable from making. Dara Orenstein traces the development of logistics infrastructure—from the emergence of the warehouse in the nineteenth century to the boom in foreign-trade zones in the twentieth—to reveal how they stretch borders, circumnavigate regulation, and reconfigure our sense of time and space. infrastructure, capitalism, walmart, amazon, logistics, foreign-trade zones, warehousing, warehouses no full 23 e21d2a30-841c-4c70-b6a1-e79cab836116 Ghetto by Daniel Schwartz From its earliest use in the mandatory Jewish quarter of sixteenth century Venice to its association with Black segregated areas in postwar America, the term “ghetto” has held a variety of meanings and invoked myriad feelings. Daniel Schwartz traces the history of this controversial word. Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:34:50 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Daniel Schwartz) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/ghetto-by-daniel-schwartz-H8EcUNlR Ghetto by Daniel Schwartz Daniel Schwartz 00:11:01 From its earliest use in the mandatory Jewish quarter of sixteenth century Venice to its association with Black segregated areas in postwar America, the term “ghetto” has held a variety of meanings and invoked myriad feelings. Daniel Schwartz traces the history of this controversial word. From its earliest use in the mandatory Jewish quarter of sixteenth century Venice to its association with Black segregated areas in postwar America, the term “ghetto” has held a variety of meanings and invoked myriad feelings. Daniel Schwartz traces the history of this controversial word. jews, blackness, urban history, segregation, blacks, history, venice, lower east side, ghetto no full 22 bede162d-4f3e-4025-a6e6-16e306dc427d Black in Place by Brandi Thompson Summers Washington D.C.’s H Street corridor, a majority-Black neighborhood shaped by segregation and disinvestment, is now marketed as welcoming and diverse. Analyzing the role of blackness in contemporary urbanization, Brandi Thompson Summers explains why aesthetics is essential to thinking about gentrification and displacement. Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Brandi Thompson Summers) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/black-in-place-by-brandi-thompson-summers-09ulgH1A Black in Place by Brandi Thompson Summers Brandi Thompson Summers 00:11:19 Washington D.C.’s H Street corridor, a majority-Black neighborhood shaped by segregation and disinvestment, is now marketed as welcoming and diverse. Analyzing the role of blackness in contemporary urbanization, Brandi Thompson Summers explains why aesthetics is essential to thinking about gentrification and displacement. Washington D.C.’s H Street corridor, a majority-Black neighborhood shaped by segregation and disinvestment, is now marketed as welcoming and diverse. Analyzing the role of blackness in contemporary urbanization, Brandi Thompson Summers explains why aesthetics is essential to thinking about gentrification and displacement. urban geography, displacement, washington dc, segregation, h street, chocolate city, gentrification, race no full 21 bf5bfe77-e095-416e-beb1-e432e1c53808 New Urban Spaces by Neil Brenner The full complexity of urbanization cannot be understood just by looking at cities. What happens if we embed the urban within a broader hierarchy of interconnected scales? asks urban theorist Neil Brenner. Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:00:10 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Neil Brenner) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/new-urban-spaces-by-neil-brenner-vxDNnVO_ New Urban Spaces by Neil Brenner Neil Brenner 00:09:50 The full complexity of urbanization cannot be understood just by looking at cities. What happens if we embed the urban within a broader hierarchy of interconnected scales? asks urban theorist Neil Brenner. The full complexity of urbanization cannot be understood just by looking at cities. What happens if we embed the urban within a broader hierarchy of interconnected scales? asks urban theorist Neil Brenner. urban theory, scale, cities, urban restructuring, urbanism no full 20 2c688183-e1d6-4b09-9857-3e4ca8da4ea0 Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger by Julie Sze Reflecting on recent struggles—from Standing Rock and Flint to mobilizations in California’s Central Valley and in New Orleans and Puerto Rico following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Maria—Julie Sze explores how organizers and movements fight and create in the face of environmental and social violence. What can they teach us? Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Julie Sze) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/environmental-justice-in-a-moment-of-danger-by-julie-sze-fODYWqrR Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger by Julie Sze Julie Sze 00:11:03 Reflecting on recent struggles—from Standing Rock and Flint to mobilizations in California’s Central Valley and in New Orleans and Puerto Rico following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Maria—Julie Sze explores how organizers and movements fight and create in the face of environmental and social violence. What can they teach us? Reflecting on recent struggles—from Standing Rock and Flint to mobilizations in California’s Central Valley and in New Orleans and Puerto Rico following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Maria—Julie Sze explores how organizers and movements fight and create in the face of environmental and social violence. What can they teach us? flint, hurricane katrina, hurricane maria, standing rock, environmentalism, environmental racism, environmental justice no full 19 f5f03adf-a904-4a69-8d38-ea8734242608 Limits by Giorgos Kallis How did we come to think of limits as something to overcome? Political ecologist, ecological economist, and degrowth advocate Giorgos Kallis traces environmentalism’s scarcity mentality back to Malthus and explains why we need understand limits as a choice. Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:00:03 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Giorgos Kallis) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/limits-by-giorgos-kallis-6rB11yvN Limits by Giorgos Kallis Giorgos Kallis 00:10:25 How did we come to think of limits as something to overcome? Political ecologist, ecological economist, and degrowth advocate Giorgos Kallis traces environmentalism’s scarcity mentality back to Malthus and explains why we need understand limits as a choice. How did we come to think of limits as something to overcome? Political ecologist, ecological economist, and degrowth advocate Giorgos Kallis traces environmentalism’s scarcity mentality back to Malthus and explains why we need understand limits as a choice. degrowth, malthusians, limits, environmentalism no full 18 5f517893-e706-44fc-9021-771f9398824c After Geoengineering by Holly Jean Buck Solar geoengineering and soil carbon sequestration could help avert a climate catastrophe. But what’s the end goal of these technologies? Writer and geographer Holly Jean Buck speculates on their potential for social and economic transformation. Tue, 7 Jan 2020 12:00:34 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Holly Jean Buck) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/after-geoengineering-by-holly-jean-buck-GOartH93 After Geoengineering by Holly Jean Buck Holly Jean Buck 00:11:39 Solar geoengineering and soil carbon sequestration could help avert a climate catastrophe. But what’s the end goal of these technologies? Writer and geographer Holly Jean Buck speculates on their potential for social and economic transformation. Solar geoengineering and soil carbon sequestration could help avert a climate catastrophe. But what’s the end goal of these technologies? Writer and geographer Holly Jean Buck speculates on their potential for social and economic transformation. climate change, carbon removal, geoengineering, solar geoengineering no full 17 d271285e-5e5f-46f5-9592-aacc1d55c036 Space Settlements by Fred Scharmen In the summer of 1975, NASA recruited architects, artists, and urban designers to envision, alongside engineers and physicists, large-scale cities in space. Designer Fred Scharmen revisits the imagery of this older future. Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:52:07 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Fred Scharmen) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/space-settlements-by-fred-scharmen-55FBYB1S Space Settlements by Fred Scharmen Fred Scharmen 00:11:27 In the summer of 1975, NASA recruited architects, artists, and urban designers to envision, alongside engineers and physicists, large-scale cities in space. Designer Fred Scharmen revisits the imagery of this older future. In the summer of 1975, NASA recruited architects, artists, and urban designers to envision, alongside engineers and physicists, large-scale cities in space. Designer Fred Scharmen revisits the imagery of this older future. rick guidice, gerard o’neill, nasa, space settlements, outer space, don davis, climate scientists no full 16 bdfb420a-9388-4a89-84ca-84f83387535a White Flights by Jess Row Novelist and critic Jess Row traces, through postwar American fiction, the movement of the white imagination away from urban spaces and into empty, isolated landscapes. Wed, 4 Dec 2019 05:08:38 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Jess Row) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/white-flights-by-jess-row-qlsbTgge White Flights by Jess Row Jess Row 00:09:52 Novelist and critic Jess Row traces, through postwar American fiction, the movement of the white imagination away from urban spaces and into empty, isolated landscapes. Novelist and critic Jess Row traces, through postwar American fiction, the movement of the white imagination away from urban spaces and into empty, isolated landscapes. imagination, literature, urban space, suburbs, novels, race no full 15 494cf11d-2bda-44ed-a641-88c5f360c214 Building Character by Charles Davis In the nineteenth century, under the influence of scientific-rationalism, the concept of the body was transformed into a political tool for representing national identity. Architectural historian Charles Davis reveals the parallels between race and style in modern architecture. Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Charles Davis) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/building-character-by-charles-davis-aKkeCAlw Building Character by Charles Davis Charles Davis 00:11:30 In the nineteenth century, under the influence of scientific-rationalism, the concept of the body was transformed into a political tool for representing national identity. Architectural historian Charles Davis reveals the parallels between race and style in modern architecture. In the nineteenth century, under the influence of scientific-rationalism, the concept of the body was transformed into a political tool for representing national identity. Architectural historian Charles Davis reveals the parallels between race and style in modern architecture. whiteness, organicism, blackness, frank lloyd wright, america, louis sullivan, colonialization, settler colonialism, race, architecture no full 14 961c8a95-56e9-4b86-94d5-3e3d1ffad64f Self-Devouring Growth by Julie Livingston Economic growth is a tantalizing promise and formidable environmental threat. Tracing the change in scope of political responsibility in Botswana amidst unchecked development, anthropologist Julie Livingston offers an urgent parable for understanding the world as a web of relationships that condense past, present, and future. Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Julie Livingston) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/self-devouring-growth-by-julie-livingston-Xu1YdtEl Self-Devouring Growth by Julie Livingston Julie Livingston 00:10:37 Economic growth is a tantalizing promise and formidable environmental threat. Tracing the change in scope of political responsibility in Botswana amidst unchecked development, anthropologist Julie Livingston offers an urgent parable for understanding the world as a web of relationships that condense past, present, and future. Economic growth is a tantalizing promise and formidable environmental threat. Tracing the change in scope of political responsibility in Botswana amidst unchecked development, anthropologist Julie Livingston offers an urgent parable for understanding the world as a web of relationships that condense past, present, and future. roads, africa, botswana, rainmaking, economic growth, beef no full 13 7aa843af-d043-49d3-9182-ab646ed9a06f The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness by Emanuele Lugli Measurement standards shape space, enforce power, and mold elaborate fantasies. Art historian Emanuele Lugli traces our preoccupation with exactitude back to the Middle Ages Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:28:59 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Emanuele Lugli) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/the-making-of-measure-and-the-promise-of-sameness-by-emanuele-lugli-3RfUBnJW The Making of Measure and the Promise of Sameness by Emanuele Lugli Emanuele Lugli 00:09:27 Measurement standards shape space, enforce power, and mold elaborate fantasies. Art historian Emanuele Lugli traces our preoccupation with exactitude back to the Middle Ages Measurement standards shape space, enforce power, and mold elaborate fantasies. Art historian Emanuele Lugli traces our preoccupation with exactitude back to the Middle Ages middle ages, medieval architecture, measurement, italy, metric system, france, design, architecture no full 12 b1b3d4e0-961a-45c1-b453-2f1233d8c29e Stone Men by Andrew Ross Author and activist Andrew Ross surveys the contributions of Palestinian labor to the building of Israel. Wed, 6 Nov 2019 01:02:38 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Andrew Ross) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/stone-men-by-andrew-ross-CC7KSF_2 Stone Men by Andrew Ross Andrew Ross 00:10:11 Author and activist Andrew Ross surveys the contributions of Palestinian labor to the building of Israel. Author and activist Andrew Ross surveys the contributions of Palestinian labor to the building of Israel. masonry, stone, palestine, stone men, israel, west bank no full 11 b845dded-73ab-4509-be7c-af42bc7d1c46 Ugliness and Judgment by Timothy Hyde Why does it matter that a building looks one way and not another way? Architectural historian Timothy Hyde considers the role of aesthetic judgments in shaping the way that society acts. Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:00:06 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Timothy Hyde) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/ugliness-and-judgment-by-timothy-hyde-LzAY2xQI Ugliness and Judgment by Timothy Hyde Timothy Hyde 00:09:05 Why does it matter that a building looks one way and not another way? Architectural historian Timothy Hyde considers the role of aesthetic judgments in shaping the way that society acts. Why does it matter that a building looks one way and not another way? Architectural historian Timothy Hyde considers the role of aesthetic judgments in shaping the way that society acts. john soane, britain, judgment, aesthetics, architecture, ugliness no full 10 e576b4ff-e08e-4c68-953d-efbc4be9afea A Future History of Water by Andrea Ballestero If water is a human right, what does that mean for a capitalist society? Anthropologist Andrea Ballestero considers change within systems that are supposed to be stuck. Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:56:22 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Andrea Ballestero) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/a-future-history-of-water-by-andrea-ballestero-vPPA2ENC A Future History of Water by Andrea Ballestero Andrea Ballestero 00:09:25 If water is a human right, what does that mean for a capitalist society? Anthropologist Andrea Ballestero considers change within systems that are supposed to be stuck. If water is a human right, what does that mean for a capitalist society? Anthropologist Andrea Ballestero considers change within systems that are supposed to be stuck. water, right to water, brazil, anthropology, human rights, costa rica no full 9 a514cb1d-b16a-413c-a93a-b1ce09a835a7 Sad by Design by Geert Lovink Social media has penetrated every aspect of our lives, yet no amount swiping or liking ever seems to satisfy us. Media theorist and internet critic Geert Lovink tries to overcome the deadlock of platform capitalism. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Geert Lovink) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/sad-by-design-by-geert-lovink-ptAcQarh Sad by Design by Geert Lovink Geert Lovink 00:10:09 Social media has penetrated every aspect of our lives, yet no amount swiping or liking ever seems to satisfy us. Media theorist and internet critic Geert Lovink tries to overcome the deadlock of platform capitalism. Social media has penetrated every aspect of our lives, yet no amount swiping or liking ever seems to satisfy us. Media theorist and internet critic Geert Lovink tries to overcome the deadlock of platform capitalism. sadness, myspace, melancholy, platform architectures, internet, social media, facebook no full 8 3d484fe9-d799-48ce-8c5e-477c120a4986 X-Ray Architecture by Beatriz Colomina If modernity was driven by illness, then modern architecture presented itself as the perfect cure. Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina traces the relationship between a new kind of medical image and a new kind of space. Tue, 8 Oct 2019 11:00:15 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Beatriz Colomina) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/x-ray-architecture-by-beatriz-colomina-g1Vqqguc X-Ray Architecture by Beatriz Colomina Beatriz Colomina 00:09:25 If modernity was driven by illness, then modern architecture presented itself as the perfect cure. Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina traces the relationship between a new kind of medical image and a new kind of space. If modernity was driven by illness, then modern architecture presented itself as the perfect cure. Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina traces the relationship between a new kind of medical image and a new kind of space. space, modern architecture, richard neutra, modernism, x-ray, mies van der rohe, technology, architecture no full 7 e437bb24-cc8b-4d78-a971-4ed582be272f Circulation & Urbanization by Ross Exo Adams Ildefons Cerdà coined the term “urbanization” in the 1860s. Architect and historian Ross Exo Adams takes the Spanish engineer’s writings as a starting point to tell a much longer story of the relationship between circulation and power. Wed, 2 Oct 2019 00:40:37 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Ross Exo Adams) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/circulation-urbanization-by-ross-exo-adams-cyTeLufV Circulation & Urbanization by Ross Exo Adams Ross Exo Adams 00:09:18 Ildefons Cerdà coined the term “urbanization” in the 1860s. Architect and historian Ross Exo Adams takes the Spanish engineer’s writings as a starting point to tell a much longer story of the relationship between circulation and power. Ildefons Cerdà coined the term “urbanization” in the 1860s. Architect and historian Ross Exo Adams takes the Spanish engineer’s writings as a starting point to tell a much longer story of the relationship between circulation and power. urban theory, space, power, urbanism, design, urbanization, architecture no full 6 0612b94e-d6df-4439-b12c-24bc790c9f94 Prison Land by Brett Story Why do we design our landscapes to inflict particular kinds of coercive activities on other people? Geographer and filmmaker Brett Story invites us to see, and unsee, the spaces of carceral power. Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Thinkbelt LLC) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/prison-land-by-brett-story-VJx353PH Prison Land by Brett Story Thinkbelt LLC 00:09:59 Why do we design our landscapes to inflict particular kinds of coercive activities on other people? Geographer and filmmaker Brett Story invites us to see, and unsee, the spaces of carceral power. Why do we design our landscapes to inflict particular kinds of coercive activities on other people? Geographer and filmmaker Brett Story invites us to see, and unsee, the spaces of carceral power. racism, prisons, ferguson, incarceration, design no full 5 407e0a6a-59fd-4e38-819c-5b685dd0dadb Corridors by Roger Luckhurst Nineteenth century reformers had very positive ideas about corridor spaces as fundamentally changing people. When did that change? cultural historian Roger Luckhurst asks. Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Roger Luckhurst) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/corridors-by-roger-luckhurst-CUgMxnkh Corridors by Roger Luckhurst Roger Luckhurst 00:08:07 Nineteenth century reformers had very positive ideas about corridor spaces as fundamentally changing people. When did that change? cultural historian Roger Luckhurst asks. Nineteenth century reformers had very positive ideas about corridor spaces as fundamentally changing people. When did that change? cultural historian Roger Luckhurst asks. film, corridors, design', architecture no full 4 054a6fac-0403-41cb-bf65-6d20ee8aa9ff Spaceship in the Desert by Gökçe Günel After development of Masdar was halted in 2011, the world's first zero-carbon city was prounounced a failure by the media—as the first green ghost town. Anthropologist Gökçe Günel wanted to understand what else was happening there. Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Gökçe Günel) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/spaceship-in-the-desert-by-gokce-gunel-_9DCEQMh Spaceship in the Desert by Gökçe Günel Gökçe Günel 00:08:43 After development of Masdar was halted in 2011, the world's first zero-carbon city was prounounced a failure by the media—as the first green ghost town. Anthropologist Gökçe Günel wanted to understand what else was happening there. After development of Masdar was halted in 2011, the world's first zero-carbon city was prounounced a failure by the media—as the first green ghost town. Anthropologist Gökçe Günel wanted to understand what else was happening there. climate change, masdar, abu dhabi, energy, smart city no full 3 b581b492-51fe-4087-99e3-aa062b9db429 Lina Bo Bardi, Drawings by Zeuler Lima Lina Bo Bardi pursued formal ideas, and she drew looking for them. But that’s not where architecture stopped for her. Zeuler Lima—architect, artist, curator, and Bo Bardi biographer—walks us through her work on paper. Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Zeuler Lima) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/lina-bo-bardi-drawings-by-zeuler-lima-_2aUJ1hQ Lina Bo Bardi, Drawings by Zeuler Lima Zeuler Lima 00:09:20 Lina Bo Bardi pursued formal ideas, and she drew looking for them. But that’s not where architecture stopped for her. Zeuler Lima—architect, artist, curator, and Bo Bardi biographer—walks us through her work on paper. Lina Bo Bardi pursued formal ideas, and she drew looking for them. But that’s not where architecture stopped for her. Zeuler Lima—architect, artist, curator, and Bo Bardi biographer—walks us through her work on paper. architectural drawings, brazil, lina bo bardi, italy no full 2 d03d7eb6-6c13-4506-a671-687189d5982b Capital City by Samuel Stein Urban planners are encouraged to make interventions that only raise land and property values—even when they’re trying to do something entirely different. The contradiction is at the heart of what author Samuel Stein calls the real estate state. Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:00:00 +0000 info@thinkbelt.org (Thinkbelt LLC) https://interstitial.simplecast.com/episodes/capital-city-by-samuel-stein-cuYEZ4et Capital City by Samuel Stein Thinkbelt LLC 00:10:00 Urban planners are encouraged to make interventions that only raise land and property values—even when they’re trying to do something entirely different. The contradiction is at the heart of what author Samuel Stein calls the real estate state. Urban planners are encouraged to make interventions that only raise land and property values—even when they’re trying to do something entirely different. The contradiction is at the heart of what author Samuel Stein calls the real estate state. no full 1