January 2011
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“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the...”
– Noam Chomsky (via androphilia)
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Michel Foucault Of Other Spaces (1967), Heterotopias
This text, entitled “Des Espace Autres,” and published by the French journal Architecture /Mouvement/ Continuité in October, 1984, was the basis of a lecture given by Michel Foucault in March 1967. Although not reviewed for publication by the author and thus not part of the official corpus of his work, the manuscript was released...
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Alexandros Stavrakas Beg, borrow or steal: the Greek crisis | The Periscope Post [10 May 2010]
The commentary on the Greek crisis has predictably descended into a spectacle of cheap moralisation. Over the past months, we have been bombarded with accusatory tirades aimed against corrupt politicians, greedy bankers, depraved technocrats and more or less anyone who’s had a chance to use and abuse...
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Urban Age Arkitera Spatial Study: Proactive Actions [2010]
Ömer Kanıpak discusses the results of the five architecture teams commissioned by the Urban Age and Arkitera Architecture Center.
In Istanbul, it is quite rare to find a proactive attitude – one that identifies a problem and brings alternative solutions – about the city’s future growth. Politicians are beholden to business-as-usual...
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HATİCE AHSEN UTKU İstanbul concludes European Capital of Culture stint with achievements, disputes [02 January 2011]
İstanbul marked the opening of its term as a European Capital of Culture with fireworks on Jan 16, 2010.
As 2010 gives way to 2011, the European Capital of Culture status of İstanbul also comes to an end, leaving behind a year full of festivals, concerts, exhibitions, films and...
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