New podcast on the urban logic of action – COVID19
21 avril 2020
Julie-Anne Boudreau, lead researcher of TRYSPACES has participated to the Urban Political podcast and talked about the urban logic of action in Mexico and Montreal in the COVID19 crisis.
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« Drawing on insights from her latest book « Global Urban Politics », Julie-Anne Boudreau puts the current response to the coronavirus in Mexico City and Montreal in a larger frame of understanding. She elaborates on the difference between urban and state logics of action and its importance to grasping the divergent situations. As a point of hope, she highlights that there is nothing inevitable about the current crisis developing into forms of authoritarian technocracies. »
« The {Urban Political} delves into contemporary urban issues with activists, scholars and policy-makers from around the world.
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The {Urban Political} provides a new forum for reflection on bridging urban activism and scholarship, where regular features offer snapshots of pressing issues and new publications, allowing multiple voices of scholars and activists to enter into a transnational debate directly.
