“Planning the just city In the age of (material and digital) displacement”
Oren Yiftachel (Ben-Gurion University)
The lecture will analyze the rising condition of displaceability as characterizing urban citizenship in the 21st century. It will focus on both material right to the urban space and resources, as well as the recent ‘digital revolution’ during which urban societies are increasingly subject to ‘algorithm governance’, with clear implications to the planning of a just city. The lecture will draw on Yiftachel’s comparative urban international research with a focus on Israel/Palestine. This seminar is part of the PhD course in Urban and Regional Development (Politecnico di Torino and Università degli Studi di Torino).
Chair:
Francesco Chiodelli (Università di Torino)
Discussants:
Mara Ferreri (Politecnico di Torino),
Loris Servillo (Politecnico di Torino)
and Stefano Moroni (Politecnico di Milano)
The lecture will analyze the rising condition of displaceability as characterizing urban citizenship in the 21st century. It will focus on both material right to the urban space and resources, as well as the recent ‘digital revolution’ during which urban societies are increasingly subject to ‘algorithm governance’, with clear implications to the planning of a just city. The lecture will draw on Yiftachel’s comparative urban international research with a focus on Israel/Palestine. This seminar is part of the PhD course in Urban and Regional Development (Politecnico di Torino and Università degli Studi di Torino).
Prof. Yiftachel teaches urban studies and political geography at Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba and is currently a visiting professor at Politecnico di Milano. His research focuses on critical understandings of the relations between space, power and conflict. He recently co-edited the volume "Urban Throwntogetherness in Hostile Environments" (City, 2022 Vol. 32), as well as “TheoriSE – debating urban theories from the global southeast” (ACC, Cape Town). Yiftachel is a social activist who is member of several organizations working for social justice, equality and peace.
Sala Comoli - Castello del Valentino (Torino)
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