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The Valletta We Want: the Struggles for a Common City

February 12, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

In the name of profit, various commercial interests are seeking to take away all that Valletta has to offer to the good of society. Any vision for a better city ought to have our common good as its main aim.

Tagged With: commons, culture, European Capital Of Culture, gentrification, Valletta

The Politics of Space and Social Segregation Right to Space

December 5, 2018 · Alberto Favaro ·

As ancient Greeks once put it, we design the city and the city designs us. Therefore, territorial planning should be treated as a formative tool for helping us become the humans we want to be; any unequal opportunity at this stage will drastically increase the social segregation we are already experiencing.

Tagged With: gentrification, segregation, urban planning, Valletta

Berliners Versus Google. The Latest Battle Against Gentrification in Kreuzberg

February 25, 2018 · Javier Pérez De La Cruz ·

Residents of one of Berlin’s most rapidly transforming districts are organizing to prevent the opening of a new Google Campus.

Tagged With: European Union, gentrification, Google

Valletta: A Capital of Whose Culture? a tribute to my favourite city

January 5, 2018 · Raisa Galea ·

Valletta does not lack culture of its own. On the contrary, it has plenty of it—the little mundane rituals of “hello” and “how are you”, the feasts, the relationships between the people whom Valletta comforts and makes feel at home.

Tagged With: class identities, culture, European Capital Of Culture, gentrification, heritage, Valletta

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