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Improvised Thoughts on Planning Theory #4

Fighting divergence, advancing convergence

Why push our theoretical aspirations towards the edges of radicality? Why not argue for a peaceful, incremental process of change that does not disrupt the basis of the social systems we…

Improvised Thoughts on Planning Theory #3

Towards an Insurgent Planning Theory

As I argued before, planning theory aspires to become a liberatory discipline through a pragmatic philosophy that is intertwined with, first, critical theories; second, an explicit critique to…

Improvised Thoughts on Planning Theory #2

On Pragmatism and Critical Theory

In theory, social emancipation sounds like a compelling aspiration for the planning discipline — at least to those who believe that solving immediate problems is not enough in a world afflicted…

Improvised Thoughts on Planning Theory #1

On the Creativity of Theorizing for our Social Emancipation

Note: The following set of reflections was written for my Advanced Planning Theory Seminar at Cornell University, and it’s inspired…

Thinking Small

Reflections on Daniel Immerwahr’s Essay About “The United States and the Lure of…

Seeing Like a State

Reflections on James C. Scott’s celebrated critique on high modernism

Música social: Desencadenando cambios desde la resonancia

Arte y reconstrucción: el trauma urbano como oportunidad

Culture, Oppression, Capabilities and other definitions

My master’s thesis, The Sparking Cycle, is built on several concepts that can adopt different meanings depending on the context where they are used. All the concepts exposed are defined in the text according to existing literature and…