The sense of Europe

Talk given at the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona on 12th November 2007, as part of the «Thinking Europe» lecture series. Eric Hobsbawm: Thinking about Europe is thinking about an open question and, therefore, it is something that needs discussion and, for this reason, it...

Teheran és una ciutat emblemàtica?

Pensar Europa

Humanism in an age of globalisation

Extended version of the talk held at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona on 6th October 2006, as part of the «Translating the World from Africa» debate. As we leave the shores of the 20th century to move into the uncharted waters of the 21st, we look behind...

Insurgent citizenship in an era of global urban peripheries

Talk given at the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona on 13th December 2007, as part of the «Urban Peripheries» series of debates. We live in a time of unprecedented global urbanization during which countries that were mostly rural have become mostly urban in a matter of...

La vida entendida como ensayo general: Sobre traumas, calamidades y catástrofes

Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona 2004 Conferencia pronunciada en el marco del debate "Traumas urbanos. La ciudad y los desastres", CCCB, 7-11 julio 2004 Sorpresas agradables Desde siempre, la acción humana ha constituido un misterio para sus mismos...

The Geography of Exile

Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona 2004 Conference lectured at the symposium "Urban Traumas. The City and Disasters". CCCB, 7-11 July 2004 In 1994, ten years ago this year, South Africa was welcomed into the global community, when it held its first ever national democratic...

Transversals of Trauma through Urban Africa

Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona 2004 Conference lectured at the symposium "Urban Traumas. The City and Disasters". CCCB, 7-11 July 2004 Urbanization itself often seems traumatized, as cities no longer appear to get away with seeming as if they were capable of enticing or...

Lock living . Paisajes urbanos de la seguridad

En julio de 2001, bastante antes de los atentados del 11 de septiembre en Nueva York, la empresa Visionics Corporation instaló por primera vez el sistema de reconocimiento facial Face it en un espacio público de la ciudad de Tampa, en Florida. El sistema, que actualmente ya ha sido...