Getting the education for the city we want (original) (raw)

for urban futures p. 1 abhijit ekbote p. 3 aslı duru p. 5 olivia bina, josefine fokdal, luis balula & marta varanda p. 8 gabrielle bendiner-viani & shana agid p. 11 renato d'alençon castrillón global education urban pamphleteer # 5 p. 14 maria augusta hermida, daniela konrad & kris w. b. scheerlinck p. 17 nancy couling, paola cannavò, silvia paldino, alexandra middea, shweta wagh, sonal sundararajan & rupali gupte p. 19 kirsten doermann & solam mkhabela p. 23 mika savela & mo kar him p. 26 gretchen wilkins & ian nazareth p. 29 christian iaione & paola cannavò p. 32 miriam pinto p. 35 adriana allen, camillo boano, alexandre apsan frediani, caren levy, barbara lipietz & julian walker p. 38 caren levy & barbara lipietz p. 40 adriana allen & rita lambert p. 43 giovanna astolfo, giorgio talocci & camillo boano p. 46 beatrice de carli p. 48 ben campkin, paola alfaro d'alençon, daniela konrad, neil klug, solam mkhabela, andrew harris & johannes novy Urban Pamphleteer we are delighted to present urban pamphleteer # 5 In the tradition of radical pamphleteering, the intention of this series is to confront key themes in contemporary urban debate from diverse perspectives, in a direct and accessible-but not reductive-way. The broader aim is to empower citizens, and inform professionals, researchers, institutions and policy-makers, with a view to positively shaping change. # 5 global education for urban futures This issue aims to stimulate a critical discussion about the future of higher education focused on cities and urbanization. In a world that is both rapidly urbanising and globalising, it is widely acknowledged that it is crucial to facilitate urban education that is cross-, interor trans-disciplinary; based on global knowledge addressed towards international issues; and engaged with live projects or taught through approaches defined as practice-oriented or laboratorial. Yet it is not always clear how these ambitions can best be achieved, especially to ensure higher education plays a constitutive role in addressing issues of urban exclusion or inequality, and global disparities in the production of urban knowledge and application of expertise. What challenges do trends in global urban theory, policy and development pose for contemporary educational practice? What are the origins, institutional contexts and futures of international approaches to urban higher education? What good models exist that best facilitate working across different geographical contexts? These are the questions our contributors address. The issue features projects that document, contextualise and comment on existing pedagogies and teaching, as well as critiques of existing models, and suggestions of future challenges and opportunities. It highlights innovative, critical and speculative pedagogies that are inter-and trans-disciplinary, practice-oriented, and comparative; and which help to facilitate international collaboration through visual methods and digital platforms. Urban Pamphleteer is supported by the UCL Urban Laboratory and the UCL Grand Challenges.