Starting 2026 with an academic publication out is good news: "EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter-measures" (IJURR, open access).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2427.70055 I hope its content is inspiring for some of you.
Siguen las presentaciones y debates sobre nuestro último libro :)
I am very glad that the SPECIAL ISSUE in the Urban Studies journal, "Global corporate landlords and tenant struggles" that I have co-edited with Lorenzo Vidal and Javier Gil is finally published after a couple of years working on it. It includes brilliant studies and critical commentaries that explain current corporate landlordism and grassroots struggles against rent extractivism.
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/usja/62/16?volume=62&vol=62&issue=16&publicationCode=usja
The three wonderful books I've been reading over the last weeks. Brilliant insights about revolutionary thinking, emancipatory change, egalitarian futures and strategies for ecological transformation. We need utopian hope to counter fascism, but also provide sustainable material living conditions for everyone.
Magnífico libro de Irene Sabaté sobre los problemas de vivienda vividos por distintos tipos de mujeres del área metropolitana de Barcelona. Además de ofrecer un mapa detallado y complejo de la precariedad habitacional, explora sus dimensiones interseccionales, de economía política y sus implicaciones activistas. Muy recomendable también como ejemplo excelente de análisis cualitativo de entrevistas y trayectorias residenciales (y de una afinada y suficientemente diversa selección muestral).
Nuestro nuevo libro ya está impreso y distribuído!! Nos ha llevado unos añitos, pero creo que su lectura puede venirle muy bien a activistas y a cualquiera interesada/o en conocer más sobre estos comunes urbanos tan necesarios para resistir al capitalismo y crear alternativas. Precio muy asequible (18€), además!
https://www.akal.com/libro/centros-sociales-autogestionados_54288/Many sociologists who read The Sociological Imagination perhaps overlooked the brilliant The Power Elite by the same C. Wright Mills. From his analysis in the 1950s to present Trump's dystopian times, this article dissects some of the key trends and lessons.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193892/whatever-happened-power-elite?__s=xxxxxxx&__s=odp1icntlkrxzuu4g62i&utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Your+Syllabus+This+Week
Whatever Happened to the Power Elite?
The trio of interests atop business, military, and government depicted in C. Wright Mills’s postwar critique is no longer united in setting the national agenda.
Envisaging Dataist Modernity
Who gets to imagine datafied visions of the future city (region) and why is it important to look at universities as powerful urban stakeholders?
One year ago, this massive book (600 pages) was released. The line-up of contributors is simply amazing! Free download from LibGen and Z-Library, but it can also be bought at 50% discount with the AAG50 code until April 30. I'll be pleased if you share it and comment!
https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-urban-sociology-9781800888890.html
Research Handbook on Urban Sociology
‘This rich and varied collection, focused on recent theory and research, will educate and stimulate students of the city from across the social sciences and the humanities.’
– Loïc Wacquant, University of California, Berkeley, US, and author of The Invention of the “Underclass” and Bourdieu in the City
