Metropolitics

Tactical Cycling Urbanism and the Health Crisis

2024-07-05T05:00:00Z

During the Covid-19 health crisis, cyclist numbers increased significantly in urban areas. Public authorities responded by creating new temporary cycling infrastructures in cities. Here, using photographic evidence, a team of researchers analyzes the implementation and long-term consolidation of this tactical cycling urbanism.
In the spring of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic prompted public authorities to rethink the use of public space, particularly roads, in order to develop means of transport

- From the Field / mobilité, Covid-19, espace public, aménagement, voirie, politiques publiques, vélos, urbanisme tactique, photographie

Reinventing Politics Against its Brutalization

Laurent Bazin & translated by Oliver Waine — 2023-10-27T05:00:00Z

In Greece, the violence of anti-migration policies is compounded by that of economic adjustment measures. Christiane Vollaire and Philippe Bazin visited the people and places that are countering this violence with “an archipelago of solidarities.”
Magnificent from every point of view, Christiane Vollaire and Philippe Bazin's book presents the results of investigations carried out in Greece between 2017 and 2020. Its originality lies in the combination of two approaches: field philosophy and

- Reviews / philosophie, histoire, photographie, migrants, Grèce, solidarité