Doreen Massey:
“Space, place and politics in the current moment”
Lecture in Barcelona: wednesday 6 June 2012; 7’30 pm
at Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
(c. Montalegre, 5; Barcelona)
Lecture in Madrid: thursday 7 June 2012; 7 pm
at Traficantes de Sueños
(c. Embajadores, 35, Local 6; Madrid)
http://www.traficantes.net
http://bit.ly/L7R1DI
both lectures on the occasion of the launch of the
book:
“Doreen Massey. Un sentido global del lugar”
by Abel Albet & Núria Benach
Barcelona: Icaria Editorial Pub.
Espacios Críticos series, vol. 2
ISBN:
9788498884418
http://www.icariaeditorial.com/
Doreen Massey is one of the most influential
geographers of our time. Her work has been decisive in shaping
current Human Geography and has strongly enhanced the use of
space in all social disciplines. She has brilliantly exposed the
importance of contextualizing space and place in order to
understand and transform the world. Her diverse interests
related to the theory of space and place include: a critical
view of globalization, uneven regional development, the
relevance of the local and the political commitment of
geographical analysis. Massey easily crosses disciplinary
boundaries, regularly participates in political debates in the
UK and decisively contributes to the spread of various forms of
political and social activism.
This book is a critical essay on the author and her
work; it also includes a selection of her basic texts and a
brand-new article.
Abel Albet is Assistant Professor of Geography at the
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is interested in critical
spatial thinking, urban studies and new cultural geographies.
Núria Benach is Assistant Professor of Geography at the Universitat
de Barcelona. She is interested in the new trends of
geographical thought, discourses on urban change and the
socio-spatial construction of diversity.
Icaria Espacios Críticos (Icaria Critical Spaces) is a book series directed by
Abel Albet and Núria Benach aimed to be an approach to authors
from various disciplines that have chosen the spatial
perspective to address the critical examination of social
reality.