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Cautionary placemaking, urbanism and the Venetian ghetto
The urban scene above is where “small-g” ghettos come from, the Ghetto in the Cannareggio section of Venice. This small island, with seven-story “high-rises” dictated by necessity, became the namesake of overcrowded and segregated urban neighborhoods around the world.Yet, at the same time, from its roots in the sixteenth century to the... [read more]
Watershed Down
[Image: Mike Bouchet's Watershed being towed through Venice towards the Arsenale basin, against a backdrop of Italian palazzi].Note: This is a guest post by Nicola Twilley.The 2009 Venice Biennale opened this week with an unexpected and quite beautiful piece of performance art. Artist Mike Bouchet had built a one-to-one scale replica of... [read more]
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