OLA is a research and practice center at The New School University in New York, that fosters public debates on the processes of social reform occurring in Latin America.

Latest Past Events

Book Launch: Towards A New Urban Practice

Wollman Hall | The New School 65W. 11th Street, New York

Towards a New Urban Practice marks this moment as a point of reflection. Using the programme as an archive, the book reflects on questions of contemporary urban knowledge, interdisciplinary and. southern urban pedagogy

Since 2006, we have hosted more than 150 events with over 6,000 attendees. This agenda has helped OLA become a recognized platform for the dissemination and discussion of Latin American ideas to an international audience in New York, as well as an active collaborator with universities and civil society organizations across the region.

PROGRAMS

Latin America on the Move

Events and public debates in New York in which Latin American leaders offer their views about the processes of social change in their countries and the region.

CONFLICTS IN THE DIGITAL SPACE

Site for multi-disciplinary and trans-national research and practice in issues of social and urban development.

New Urban PRACTICES

Fosters reflection and knowledge about new urban practices that go beyond disciplinary silos by focusing on integral solutions that tackle economic, social and environmental issues jointly.

Cuba Program

Platform for research and academic engagement with the processes of economic, social and environmental change underway in Cuba.

2084 imagined futures

Site for multi-disciplinary and trans-national research and practice in issues of social and urban development.

Design and Development

Events and public debates in New York in which Latin American leaders offer their views about the processes of social change in their countries and the region.

 

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