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Reclaiming Land, Building the Urban Commons

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Channel: Columbia GSAPP · 2013 · Education

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2013.10.29
http://events.gsapp.org/event/reclaiming-land-building-the-urban-commons

This event expanded the discussion started at Studio-X NYC on October 17 concerning Occupy, protest, and public space into a consideration of the politics of land use in the city. It brought together researchers and activists to address the role of land in urban political struggles, and to brainstorm strategies and visions for cultivating the commons at the scale of the metropolis. Some of the questions addressed included how might urban land be liberated from the overlapping powers of private property, real-estate speculation, and neoliberal state policies? What tools, skills, and knowledges might enhance our efforts to both liberate and cultivate a new commons? What role does collectively-held land play in expanding our capacity to create non-capitalist social relations? What lessons can we learn from histories of land-liberation in the United States and throughout the world? Issues explored included campaigns against eviction and displacement, squatting tactics, housing as a human right, Community Land Trusts, urban agriculture, food justice, and more.

Moderator: Christina Daniel; Yates McKee
With: Rob Robinson, Take Back The Land; Caroline Woolard; Manissa McCleave Maharawal; Picture the Homeless; Benedict Clouette, C-Lab, LA Open Acres; Quilian Riano, DSGN AGNC, #whOWNSpace

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