jul 2nd, 2019 | Artikelen, Lezingen, Publicaties, Stad, Vrije tijd
Op uitnodiging van de Studiegroep Duurzame en Inclusieve Globalisering van de ministeries van Binnen- en Buitenlandse Zaken schreef ik een essay over de onbedoelde gevolgen van het succes van veel populaire steden. Amsterdam is daar een van, ook al heeft het een bevolking van nog geen miljoen mensen. Maar de aantrekkingskracht van de Nederlandse hoofdstad heeft dezelfde uitwerking als in andere, grotere steden: ongelijkheid, onbereikbaarheid van de woningmarkt, overtoerisme, verdringing. Wat is daar aan te doen?
Lees hier mijn essay: De tol van het succes
jun 1st, 2017 | Publicaties, TRACY•TV, Video
This week I was in Londen for three very important reasons: to see the amazing David Hockney exhibition in Tate Britian on the last day, to see the amazing Balenciaga exhibition in the V&A that just opened and to celebrate our 11th anniversary with my amazing husband.
Also I met up with urban sociologist David Madden and with photographer Bas Losekoot to talk about his serie ‘Familiar Strangers’ on the people that you recognize but don’t know as you’re walking everyday through big cities.
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jan 18th, 2016 | HEYU! Urbans, Video
The Netherlands will hold the Presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2016. HEYU! Urbans is part of a talkshow series of the Public Library of Amsterdam (OBA). The OBA asked me to invite and discuss the urban challenges of today with six prominent thinkers, one a month from six cities in and around the EU in the live talkshow HEYU! Urbans.
13 January – London: The city is paying the price of its own success with rampant gentrification and a housing market that only the rich can afford. They are not buying a house, but a fancy address and a place to invest their money. Guests: David Madden (Cities Program, London School of Economics) and Fred Schoorl (director of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects) as commentator
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nov 4th, 2012 | Artikelen, Kunst, Publicaties
This story also appeared on the Loeb Fellowship blog, check it out here
Incongruously, there is a big yellow fire truck parked outside theWhite Cube Gallery in Bermondsley, the area in southeastern London that is gentrifying at breakneck speed. Inside there is a big red fire truck which, even more incongruously, is hanging from the ceiling, its tires dangling helplessly in the air like the legs of a baby in a highchair. The fire trucks are eyecatching elements in the newest exhibition of Theaster Gates (LF ’11), called My Labor Is My Protest. Read the article…
