Event Summary · Book Launch: Facing Risk: New Urban Resilience Practices in Latin America
On September 12th, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) at The New School presented its newly published book Facing Risk: New Urban Resilience Practices in Latin America. The publication is the result of a collaboration agreement between the OLA and the Latin...
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On April 10th, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America at The New School hosted Luis Ortiz, Susana Sottoli, and Javier Uriarte, who spoke to an audience of students, faculty, and general public. This talk was introduced by Michael Cohen, Professor of International...
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On April 18th, 2019, the Observatory on Latin America at The New School hosted Nabil Bonduki, Brazilian architect, urbanist, academic, and politician who spoke to an audience of students, faculty, and general public. Bonduki’s talk was introduced by Miodrag...Event summary · Workshop on Integration, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals, in Buenos Aires
October 26th, 2018 | Instituto de Vivienda · Buenos Aires Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and Instituto de Vivienda (IVC) Preliminary findings of two research projects of the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) were presented and discussed on October 26, 2018 at a...
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