“Civil world is the free play of forms-of-life; it is the principle of their coexistence” Tiqqun, Introduction to civil world

Intense migration flows witnessed recently in big cities has been challenging the traditional understanding of the political organization of human living in the urban realm. The unprecedented clash of different forms-of-life due to these changing conditions has established not only a new relationship between inhabitation and the city, but also a redefinition of the key agents in political terms. Latest social unrest in Islamic countries has shown us that contemporary society concerns are not discussed in the traditional parliaments or councils anymore, but in the public spaces of the city itself.

Following this principle, Inter Unit 8 – Politics of fabrication II understands that the coexistence of diverse and conflicting forms-of-life in the contemporary city needs to be readdressed and reframed in the urban ground itself. This implies a new spatial and physical layout of enabling the presence and frictional interaction/negotiation of these forms-of-life of those who share the city. The location chosen is the city of Miami, the major entry point for Latin American immigrants in the United States. In particular, the focus of students work has been the Little Havana neighborhood, for years the epicentre of the political expression of the dominant Cuban immigrants and the most multicultural neighborhoods in the city at the present. In this area a pervading logic of city space privatization has lead to an increasing tension between individuals and groups with different cultural, social, ethnic and economical backgrounds inhabiting the neighborhood. Exploring this particular matter, students have thought about the importance of public space as the necessary space of encounter, interaction and negotiation between these different ways of living now present in the city, and recovering its political value in a contemporary Latin-American metropolis.

10.11.10

Carnaval Calle Ocho

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9.11.10

Tutorials exploring the site

Next Friday 12th of November we will have tutorials in our unit space as follows,

11.00 Lara
11.30 Vidhya
12.00 Eliska
12.30 Yiming
2.00 Anthony
2.30 Elora
3.00 Joshua
3.30 Adora
4.00 Fatemeh
4.30 Dimitri
5.00 Yonatan
5.30 Francesca
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6.11.10

TS3 1st Meeting

Next Thursday 11th November we will have our 1st TS3 meeting with Wolfgang Frese and the TS staff at 5pm in Intermediate bookable space in 36 BS rear. All 3rd year Students should come– attendance is compulsory. In this meeting we will start to discuss about the TS3 Design Projects in more detail, working towards the delivery of your project proposal and an opportunity to see examples of successful projects from previous years.

Please be there on time.
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Tutorials

Next week tutorials will be as follows,

Monday 8th Nov
12.00 Eliska
12.30 Yonatan
1.00 Yiming

Wednesday 10th Nov
2.30 Anthony
3.00 Elora
3.30 Joshua
4.00 Adora

5.00 Vidhya
5.30 Fatemeh
6.00 Lara
6.30 Dimitri

Thursday 11th Nov
4.30 Francesca
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W6_Exploring the Site

The week will start with a collection of information about: the specific site of Cafe Versailles (S), Calle Ocho (M), Little Havana (L),Miami (XL). After students should be able to critic the role of the building and its residual open space in relation to the whole Miami. First workshops will be useful to construct new ideas for this controversial “political” space.

Suggested Readings
Erik Swyngedouw, “The zero-ground of politics: musings on the post-political city”, in New Geographies no. 1, pp. 52-61
Bruno Latour, "Introduction", Reassembling the social, An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
http://www.bruno-latour.fr/articles/article/96-DINGPOLITIK2.html
Hannah Arendt, “The Public and the Private Realm”, in The Human Condition, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1998, pp.22-78

Versailles Restaurant, August 2006

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Lecture Daniel Ayat


On Monday 8th November Daniel Ayat will lecture in 36 Rear Ground Presentation room at 10.30.The lecture "Acting in Public" will deal with construction in the public space that will help you as reference for your designs. Please be on time there.

EXYZT

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3.11.10

Pin-up Urban Cultures

Next Saturday 6th November we will have the Pin-up in 36 Rear Ground Presentation Room from 10.30am to 5pm. Please pin up your drawings fast to start sharply at 10.45am.
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