Assuming that social psychology is directly, intrinsically, totally and fundamentally political (Ibáñez, 1983), in this text we make a brief reflection in relation to the political and ethical character of the work in …
Urban commons is still an ambiguous concept from a theoretical standpoint and diverse in empirical terms, despite its popularity among urban social movements and academic studies. As a result, it is difficult to assess their impact on the production …
The commons discourse has permeated all facets of human action, like cities, and it has given rise to all kinds of commons , such as urban commons. Despite their popularity, urban commons remain a suggestive and slippery concept. To contribute to a …
Urban commons are a form of conceptualisation and self-management of the production of space that presents itself as a divergent alternative to the legal-economic dichotomy Public (General Interest of the State) vs Private (Free will of the parties …
Performative character of social action is an active force in the development of everyday life, in social organization and in the planning of urban environments. Despite the exponential increase in the availability of data describing our daily habits …
The assessment of social risk has traditionally been based on the quantification of objective data on demography, economy or morphology. At the project “Social Risk Map of Zaragoza” (MRSZ in Spanish) we are developing complementary methods that are …
The working group Recuperem la ciutat was born as a joint effort of reflection and mobilization from the coincidence of interests and concerns of a group of professionals and academics from different backgrounds and disciplinary practices, which are …
Currently new digital tools used in architecture are often at the service of a conception of architecture asconsumer society’s cultural good. Within this neoliberal cultural frame, architects’ social function is no longer seen as the production of …
Although urbanism is something that concerns everybody, it has traditionally been something managed only by technicians and politicians and thus, citizens' needs and desires have not been taken into consideration in the decision-taking processes …