Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago
@multipliciudad.bsky.social
Urban theory & history in times of crisis | Professor @upm.es |
author: Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning (U Minnesota Press) / Contra lo común: Una historia radical del urbanismo (Alianza) multipliciudades.org
author: Against the Commons: A Radical History of Urban Planning (U Minnesota Press) / Contra lo común: Una historia radical del urbanismo (Alianza) multipliciudades.org
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Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
A thoughtful and generous review of Against the Commons in @soziopolis.bsky.social by Michael Schwind (in German). It includes an interesting opening note on the aversion to radical and Marxist perspectives in contemporary planning studies.
Wie hängen kapitalistische Herrschaftsverhältnisse und staatliche Stadtplanung zusammen? Sehr eng, schreibt Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago @multipliciudad.bsky.social in „Against the Commons. A Radical History of Urban Planning”. Michael Schwind hat das Buch besprochen:
www.soziopolis.de/stadtplanung...
www.soziopolis.de/stadtplanung...
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A thoughtful and generous review of Against the Commons in @soziopolis.bsky.social by Michael Schwind (in German). It includes an interesting opening note on the aversion to radical and Marxist perspectives in contemporary planning studies.
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Wie hängen kapitalistische Herrschaftsverhältnisse und staatliche Stadtplanung zusammen? Sehr eng, schreibt Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago @multipliciudad.bsky.social in „Against the Commons. A Radical History of Urban Planning”. Michael Schwind hat das Buch besprochen:
www.soziopolis.de/stadtplanung...
www.soziopolis.de/stadtplanung...
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Wie hängen kapitalistische Herrschaftsverhältnisse und staatliche Stadtplanung zusammen? Sehr eng, schreibt Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago @multipliciudad.bsky.social in „Against the Commons. A Radical History of Urban Planning”. Michael Schwind hat das Buch besprochen:
www.soziopolis.de/stadtplanung...
www.soziopolis.de/stadtplanung...
“A book that urban planners should read when they occasionally doubt their profession and ask themselves what urban planning should and can achieve” — A positive review of Against the Commons by Klaus R. Kunzmann in disP – The Planning Review (in German).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Against the Commons. A Radical History of Urban Planning
Published in disP - The Planning Review (Vol. 61, No. 2, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“A book that urban planners should read when they occasionally doubt their profession and ask themselves what urban planning should and can achieve” — A positive review of Against the Commons by Klaus R. Kunzmann in disP – The Planning Review (in German).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"ein Buch, das Stadtplaner lesen sollten, die gelegentlich an ihrem Beruf zweifeln und sich fragen, was Stadtplanung erreichen sollte und kann" - Eine positive Rezension von Against the Commons von Klaus R. Kunzmann in disP-The Planning Review.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Against the Commons. A Radical History of Urban Planning
Published in disP - The Planning Review (Vol. 61, No. 2, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"ein Buch, das Stadtplaner lesen sollten, die gelegentlich an ihrem Beruf zweifeln und sich fragen, was Stadtplanung erreichen sollte und kann" - Eine positive Rezension von Against the Commons von Klaus R. Kunzmann in disP-The Planning Review.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to this one...
October 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Looking forward to this one...
"Centros sociales autogestionados: teoría, historia y política urbana" | Seminario online con Miguel A. Martínez, organizado por el Máster en Planeamiento Urbano de @upm-urbanismo.bsky.social @upm.es
Miércoles 8 oct, 12:30h, abierto al público a través del enlace del póster.
Miércoles 8 oct, 12:30h, abierto al público a través del enlace del póster.
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Centros sociales autogestionados: teoría, historia y política urbana" | Seminario online con Miguel A. Martínez, organizado por el Máster en Planeamiento Urbano de @upm-urbanismo.bsky.social @upm.es
Miércoles 8 oct, 12:30h, abierto al público a través del enlace del póster.
Miércoles 8 oct, 12:30h, abierto al público a través del enlace del póster.
Seminário sobre *Contra o comum* com os colegas da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Amanhã, 11h30 (Brasil) / 16h30 (Espanha), aqui:
Debate sobre *Contra lo común* con los compañeros de la Universidad Federal de Bahía. Mañana, 11h30 (Brasil) / 16h30 (España), aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/dS0j06C...
Debate sobre *Contra lo común* con los compañeros de la Universidad Federal de Bahía. Mañana, 11h30 (Brasil) / 16h30 (España), aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/dS0j06C...
Esquenta urbBA[25] Contra o comum: Uma história radical do urbanismo | Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago
YouTube video by Lugar Comum
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October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Seminário sobre *Contra o comum* com os colegas da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Amanhã, 11h30 (Brasil) / 16h30 (Espanha), aqui:
Debate sobre *Contra lo común* con los compañeros de la Universidad Federal de Bahía. Mañana, 11h30 (Brasil) / 16h30 (España), aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/dS0j06C...
Debate sobre *Contra lo común* con los compañeros de la Universidad Federal de Bahía. Mañana, 11h30 (Brasil) / 16h30 (España), aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/dS0j06C...
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First day of term at Cambridge tomorrow. Here's an excellent book to inspire the teachers of the world for this academic year.
October 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
First day of term at Cambridge tomorrow. Here's an excellent book to inspire the teachers of the world for this academic year.
"Elements for a radical planning theory" – presentation of Against the Commons: A Radical History of Planning at EPFL (Lausanne) last year, moderated by Pier Vittorio Aureli.
t.ly/N15os
The speaker's cam is frozen until min. 13 but audio and slides are okay.
t.ly/N15os
The speaker's cam is frozen until min. 13 but audio and slides are okay.
Against the commons: Elements for a Radical Planning Theory, Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago
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September 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Elements for a radical planning theory" – presentation of Against the Commons: A Radical History of Planning at EPFL (Lausanne) last year, moderated by Pier Vittorio Aureli.
t.ly/N15os
The speaker's cam is frozen until min. 13 but audio and slides are okay.
t.ly/N15os
The speaker's cam is frozen until min. 13 but audio and slides are okay.
Random things you find on the street...
(The Proletariat and Civil Law)
(The Proletariat and Civil Law)
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Random things you find on the street...
(The Proletariat and Civil Law)
(The Proletariat and Civil Law)
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"What is radical planning history?"
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"What is radical planning history?"
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
"What is radical planning history?"
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"What is radical planning history?"
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
The final version of this piece is out in the latest Planning Perspectives (free access). It calls for alternative critical epistemologies in planning history. Really looking forward to the conversations this might spark!
Check it out here: t.ly/m8Erb
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My review, "An introduction to a non-fascist geography", of Chris Philo, Adorno and the Anti-Fascist Geographical Imagination (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) is now published online first in @dialogueshg.bsky.social Dialogues in Human Geography.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (1/3)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (1/3)
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September 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
My review, "An introduction to a non-fascist geography", of Chris Philo, Adorno and the Anti-Fascist Geographical Imagination (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) is now published online first in @dialogueshg.bsky.social Dialogues in Human Geography.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (1/3)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (1/3)
My review of *Urban Planning in Nazi Germany: Attack, Triumph, Terror in the European Context, 1933–1945* - an impressive book by Harald Bodenschatz and his team - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... Drop me a message or request on researchgate if you can't access it.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
My review of *Urban Planning in Nazi Germany: Attack, Triumph, Terror in the European Context, 1933–1945* - an impressive book by Harald Bodenschatz and his team - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... Drop me a message or request on researchgate if you can't access it.
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BOOK LAUNCH: Join us for the launch of our new book, Radical Abundance!
📆 Friday 19th September, 7-9pm
📌 Pelican House, London
🔗 Register your free place: www.in-abundance.org/latest/book-...
📆 Friday 19th September, 7-9pm
📌 Pelican House, London
🔗 Register your free place: www.in-abundance.org/latest/book-...
What Does Winning Look Like? Radical Abundance Book Launch
Aug 27, 2025
www.in-abundance.org
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
BOOK LAUNCH: Join us for the launch of our new book, Radical Abundance!
📆 Friday 19th September, 7-9pm
📌 Pelican House, London
🔗 Register your free place: www.in-abundance.org/latest/book-...
📆 Friday 19th September, 7-9pm
📌 Pelican House, London
🔗 Register your free place: www.in-abundance.org/latest/book-...
Greetings from Brussels, fellow cinephiles.
August 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Greetings from Brussels, fellow cinephiles.
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🏠 New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🏠
'Urban political ecologies of housing #decarbonisation: Towards radical housing repair' by Melissa García-Lamarca
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
'Urban political ecologies of housing #decarbonisation: Towards radical housing repair' by Melissa García-Lamarca
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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July 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🏠 New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🏠
'Urban political ecologies of housing #decarbonisation: Towards radical housing repair' by Melissa García-Lamarca
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
'Urban political ecologies of housing #decarbonisation: Towards radical housing repair' by Melissa García-Lamarca
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
📄 "On commonist urbanisation: Autonomy and centrality within and beyond the city"
✍️ @multipliciudad.bsky.social
🔍 How do spatial structures mediate the evolution of #commons and what is the role of #urbanisation in this process?
📖 Read here: buff.ly/Ucjq36a
📄 "On commonist urbanisation: Autonomy and centrality within and beyond the city"
✍️ @multipliciudad.bsky.social
🔍 How do spatial structures mediate the evolution of #commons and what is the role of #urbanisation in this process?
📖 Read here: buff.ly/Ucjq36a
June 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🏙️ NEW in #UrbanStudies
📄 "On commonist urbanisation: Autonomy and centrality within and beyond the city"
✍️ @multipliciudad.bsky.social
🔍 How do spatial structures mediate the evolution of #commons and what is the role of #urbanisation in this process?
📖 Read here: buff.ly/Ucjq36a
📄 "On commonist urbanisation: Autonomy and centrality within and beyond the city"
✍️ @multipliciudad.bsky.social
🔍 How do spatial structures mediate the evolution of #commons and what is the role of #urbanisation in this process?
📖 Read here: buff.ly/Ucjq36a
🚨New article alert!!
"What is Radical Planning History?" - a manifesto calling for alternative epistemologies in planning history that foreground history from below, critical-theoretical experimentation and grand narratives.
Open access in Planning Perspectives: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"What is Radical Planning History?" - a manifesto calling for alternative epistemologies in planning history that foreground history from below, critical-theoretical experimentation and grand narratives.
Open access in Planning Perspectives: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🚨New article alert!!
"What is Radical Planning History?" - a manifesto calling for alternative epistemologies in planning history that foreground history from below, critical-theoretical experimentation and grand narratives.
Open access in Planning Perspectives: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"What is Radical Planning History?" - a manifesto calling for alternative epistemologies in planning history that foreground history from below, critical-theoretical experimentation and grand narratives.
Open access in Planning Perspectives: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In Issue 7.1 #LongRead "Exploring the spatial composition of UK social housing", Nick Clare, Joe Kearsey & Shaun French discuss the challenges of organising in, against-and-beyond social housing, through insights from successful & unsuccessful campaigns.
radicalhousingjournal.org/2025/explori...
radicalhousingjournal.org/2025/explori...
June 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In Issue 7.1 #LongRead "Exploring the spatial composition of UK social housing", Nick Clare, Joe Kearsey & Shaun French discuss the challenges of organising in, against-and-beyond social housing, through insights from successful & unsuccessful campaigns.
radicalhousingjournal.org/2025/explori...
radicalhousingjournal.org/2025/explori...
🚨 New paper out in @urbanstudiesjournal.com 🚨
It discusses the notion of commonist urbanization, a spatial force aimed at the reproduction of the common rather than capital. Rejecting defensive tactics, commonism is framed as a totalizing principle spanning multiple scales. (Link below)
It discusses the notion of commonist urbanization, a spatial force aimed at the reproduction of the common rather than capital. Rejecting defensive tactics, commonism is framed as a totalizing principle spanning multiple scales. (Link below)
June 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🚨 New paper out in @urbanstudiesjournal.com 🚨
It discusses the notion of commonist urbanization, a spatial force aimed at the reproduction of the common rather than capital. Rejecting defensive tactics, commonism is framed as a totalizing principle spanning multiple scales. (Link below)
It discusses the notion of commonist urbanization, a spatial force aimed at the reproduction of the common rather than capital. Rejecting defensive tactics, commonism is framed as a totalizing principle spanning multiple scales. (Link below)
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OUT NOW: New podcast on three key figures in UK anti-racism – Sivanandan, Gerlin Bean, Len Garrison – showing how their work and ideas speak to sociology and to what it means to be anti-racist. Feat. John Narayan, A.S. Francis, Hannah Ismael.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
OUT NOW: New podcast on three key figures in UK anti-racism – Sivanandan, Gerlin Bean, Len Garrison – showing how their work and ideas speak to sociology and to what it means to be anti-racist. Feat. John Narayan, A.S. Francis, Hannah Ismael.
Subscribe: buff.ly/lRwSQSD
Subscribe: buff.ly/lRwSQSD
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#OtD 28 May 1871 the Paris commune, widely considered the most significant early working-class uprising for socialism, was crushed after a massacre of thousands of people to regain the city. Learn more in this compilation of writings by participants: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
May 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#OtD 28 May 1871 the Paris commune, widely considered the most significant early working-class uprising for socialism, was crushed after a massacre of thousands of people to regain the city. Learn more in this compilation of writings by participants: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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😍 That moment when the proofs arrive... @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
😍 That moment when the proofs arrive... @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social