2015-2016
What are the implications of social entrepreneurialism for a just and equitable change of the city?
How can we address in genuine ways the question of accessibility to the urban realm and what institutional change is required for that?
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Cities are today characterized by two main trends. First, the notion of scarcity is increasingly embedded in a discourse over strategic austerity in providing planning services and spatial policies, as a result of the last financial crisis. Secondly, since the mid 2000 we see a consolidation of a discourse over ‘social-entrepreneurialism’ in cities. The 2016 masterstudio builds upon these two trends: the issue of scarcity in spatial change and a critical view on social entrepreneurialism as the new logic of urban planning.
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