Building territories to protect life and not profit. The RHJ in conversation with Raquel Rolnik

Michele Lancione and Raquel Rolnik

Keywords: UN Rapporteur for Housing, urban warfare, public intellectual, sentipensante, research and activism

Abstract:

In this conversation between the RHJ and Raquel Rolnik, she reflects on the makings of her latest book Urban Warfare (2019), discusses the importance of a commitment to a form of intellectual praxis that cannot be detached from direct engagement with housing struggles, and offers insights on the challenges and opportunities brought forward by the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://doi.org/10.54825/IQJF2355

Raquel Rolnik is Professor of Planning and Architecture at the University of São Paulo (USP), former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, and Coordinator of the Evictions Observatory. Michele Lancione is member of the Radical Housing Journal Editorial Collective.

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Building territories to protect life and not profit. The RHJ in conversation with Raquel Rolnik

Michele Lancione and Raquel Rolnik

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ISSN // 2632-2870
All articles published by the RHJ are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.