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Urban Revolution Now

24 February 2015, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm

Urban Revolution Now

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Location

Pearson Building, Room 108 (6.30-7pm) and Room G07 (from 7pm), University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

To celebrate the new book, Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Urban Research and Architecture (ed. Łukasz Stanek, Christian Schmid, and Ákos Moravánszky, Ashgate, 2014) join us for this panel debate on the possibilities and challenges of applying Lefebvre's theory in international urban research and practice.

Lefebvre's concepts and theoretical reflections have become widely known in the last decades. However, working with these concepts in many different contexts poses serious challenges; and in any case taking Lefebvre as a starting point for research and action is an endeavor and an adventure, an expedition into unknown fields. How can we make use of and move beyond Lefebvre's insights today? Can we apply his concepts fruitfully in research and action in urban situations across the globe? On the occasion of the book launch for Urban Revolution Now we will have an opportunity to debate these questions with two of the editors, and three London urban scholars.

Panelists:

Christian Schmid (ETH Zurich)

Łukasz Stanek (Manchester)

Camillo Boano (UCL)

David Madden (LSE)

Louis Moreno (UCL and Goldsmiths)

Chair:

Jenny Robinson (UCL)

Please join us for celebratory drinks from 6.30pm in UCL's Pearson Building, Room 108 (MacII), and a panel debate from 7pm in the Exhibition Room, G07, Pearson Building; see www.ucl.ac.uk/maps for directions. No reservation required.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase at a 50% discount. Cash only.

This panel is organised in co-operation with the Urban Salon and the UCL Department of Geography.

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