{"product_id":"learning-from-bogota-pedagogical-urbanism-and-the-reshaping-of-public-space-hardback-9781477311042","title":"Learning from Bogotá; Pedagogical Urbanism and the Reshaping of Public Space (Hardback) 9781477311042","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLearning from Bogotá\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePedagogical Urbanism and the Reshaping of Public Space\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRachel Berney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477311042, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 January 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e190 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e[\u003ci\u003eLearning from Bogotá\u003c\/i\u003e] is clearly written and free of excessive academic posing…a worthy book insofar as it discusses several significant urban space projects in a city which was greatly improved in the late 1990s and early 2000s.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Latin American Studies) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLearning from Bogotá\u003c\/i\u003e helps us understand the political nature and contradicaitons of Bogotá's urban planning process...the book delivers an assessment of how specific projects realize (or not) the larger political agenda conceptualized as pedagogical urbanism.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Latin American Geography) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e[Learning from Bogotá]\u003c\/i\u003e is well structured, graphically compelling, and important for considering whether framing urbanism as a platform for knowledge production permits more fundamental solutions than pure formalism, and if so, what civic infrastructure is required.\u003c\/div\u003e (Latin American Research Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce known as a “drug capital” and associated with kidnappings, violence, and excess, BogotÁ, Colombia, has undergone a transformation that some have termed “the miracle of BogotÁ.” Beginning in the late 1980s, the city emerged from a long period of political and social instability to become an unexpected model of urban development through the redesign and revitalization of the public realm-parks, transportation, and derelict spaces-under the leadership of two “public space mayors,” Antanas Mockus and Enrique PeÑalosa (the latter reelected in 2015). In \u003ci\u003eLearning from \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBogotÁ\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Berney analyzes how these mayors worked to reconfigure the troubled city into a pedagogical one whose public spaces and urban policy have helped shape a more tolerant and aware citizenry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBerney examines the contributions of Mockus and PeÑalosa through the lenses of both spatial\/urban design and the city’s history. She shows how, through the careful intertwining of new public space and transportation projects, the reclamation of privatized public space, and the refurbishment of dilapidated open spaces, the mayors enacted an ambitious urban vision for BogotÁ without resorting to the failed method of the top-down city master plan. Illuminating the complex interplay between formal politics, urban planning, and improvised social strategies, as well as the negative consequences that accompanied BogotÁ’s metamorphosis, \u003ci\u003eLearning from BogotÁ\u003c\/i\u003e offers significant lessons about the possibility for positive and lasting change in cities around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Transformation of a City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. From Dystopia to Hope, BogotÁ\u003cbr\u003e Reenvisioned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Independent Mayors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. BogotÁ\u003cbr\u003e’\u003cbr\u003es Public Space Traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Pedagogical City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Learning from BogotÁ\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: The Changing City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589118161176,"sku":"9781477311042","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/learning-from-bogota-pedagogical-urbanism-and-the-reshaping-of-public-space-hardback-9781477311042","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}