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  • Book Presentation: Urban Policy in Latin America: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?

    Klein Conference Room | The New School 66 West 12th Street, room 510, New York, NY, United States

    This book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. It argues that evaluating the fulfillment of past commitments is essential for framing and meeting the new commitments that were taken in Habitat III over the next 20 years.

  • How Process Affects Outcomes: Slum upgrading in Buenos Aires

    Wolff Conference Room 6 East 16th Street, New York, NY, United States

    The Housing Authority of the City of Buenos Aires (Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad, IVC) has launched an innovative slum upgrading program which uses participation as an instrument to achieve socio-economic integration and to reduce inequality. The following questions will be discussed: Which are the costs and benefits of participation? How process-projects can contribute to reducing social exclusion? What are the conditions to enable sustainability?

  • Brazil 2020: Politics and Economics

    Dorothy Hirshon Suite, Arnhold Hall, room I205 55 West 13th Street, Manhattan, United States

    Dr. Barbosa will discuss Brazil’s current political and economic challenges, a discussion that becomes relevant in a time where political changes, and demands for equality and transparency have sparked across Latin America.

  • Research presentation · Sociotechnical Explorer: Digital Territorial Demands in Buenos Aires

    Room 716 66 W 12th Street, New York, NY, United States

    This text presents and discusses the scope of a set of visual tools, created to interpret complex data about territorial conflicts publicized by civil society through webs, blogs, and YouTube. We focus on demands sparked by problems in urban public and private space, infrastructure and environment, associated with hydric basins, sub-basins, and states of vulnerability and risk. These demands are mostly made visible by neighbors’ associations, alternative local media, NGOs, political associations, and individuals.

  • It’s not $30.00 pesos, it’s 30 years

    Room A712, Orozco Room, The New School 66 W 12th St, New York, NY, United States

    An analysis of protest graphics and graffiti in Santiago, Chile, as a way to understand the country's current crisis.