The colloquium will look at the importance and the actuality of the Right to the city concept in the fields of philosophy, urban planning and sociology, as well at its existing and potential implications on urban policies and social practices.
The colloquium (in French) is organized by La ville en commun, Tous Urbains, and l’École d’Urbanisme de Paris, with the support of the Mairie de Paris, Plaine Commune, Maison des Sciencies de l’Home UCLG Commitee on Social Inclusion Participatory Democracy and Human Rights and the Global Platform for the Right to the City.
Among the participants are Laura Colini, URBACT Expert, who will moderate a workshop on Rights to the City and International migrations and Emmanuel Moulin, Director of the URBACT Secretariat, who speaks on 5 April on ‘And now, what?’
Speakers and participants also include key figures of urban research such as:
- Jacques DONZELOT, urban historian and sociologist, Université Paris Ouest (FR)
- Guido BORELLI(link is external), urban sociologist, IUAV(link is external)(twitter(link is external)), Venice (IT)
- Mark PURCELL(link is external)(twitter(link is external)), University of Washington (US), Department of Urban Design & Planning
- Thierry PAQUOT(link is external), philosopher, Ecole d’Urbanisme de Paris(link is external)(twitter(link is external)) (FR)
- Catherine TRICOT(link is external), architect, Vice President of La Ville en Commun(link is external)
- Anne KUNVARI(link is external), journalist and documentary film maker
- Marisol GARCIA(link is external), urban sociologist, University of Barcelona (twitter(link is external)) (ES),CRIT(link is external) research group
- Barbara LIPIETZ(link is external)(twitter(link is external)), UCL, Bartlett School of Planning (twitter(link is external)) (UK)
- Ludovic HALBERT(link is external), LATTS, Université Paris-Est (FR)
- Mauricio VALIENTE(link is external)(twitter(link is external)), Deputy Mayor of Madrid(link is external) (twitter(link is external)) (ES)
- Lorena ZARATE, Habitat International Coalition(link is external)(twitter(link is external))
- Yves CABANNES(link is external), urban Planner, UCL, Bartlett School of Planning (UK)
- Gus MASSIAH(link is external), Forum Social Mondial(link is external)(twitter(link is external)), AITEC-Urbain(link is external)
- Bernard STIEGLER(link is external), philosopher, Head of IRI(link is external)(twitter) (FR)
