Julie Ren · @julieren
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Hi, I'm an researcher interested in how approaches can reshape the ways we understand , & theory-making. This led me to study art spaces & in cities like . I also find research a perennial curiosity in terms of its relationship to exceptionalism & urban canon. Currently reading , thinking about & employed at Dept of , University of .
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#urban #comparative #place #urbantheory #Biennials #beijing #berlin #dakar #taipei #urbanchina #CruelOptimism #everydaycrisis #geography #zurich #introduction

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I am associate professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. My work sits at the intersection of , and . I'm interested in the history of spatial struggles around the and the nexus of urban processes and political economy more generally.

I just published Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning (U. Minnesota Press, 2022 - bit.ly/3EITzMh).

Links to some of my publications:
bit.ly/3EeWBGK

#Commons #planninghistory #criticalgeography #urbantheory #helloworld

Last updated 3 years ago