Gripe porcina: el monstruoso poder de la industria ganadera MIKE DAVIS* fuente: http://proceso.com.mx/opinion_articulo.php?articulo=68327 México, D.F., 28 de abril (apro).- La fiebre porcina se originó por la falta de cumplimiento de leyes sanitarias por parte de las trasnacionales, así como de una política errada de la OMS, concluye Mike Davis, autor de la prestigiada investigación sobre…

Place for All or No Man’s Land? The Experiential Approach in the Quality of Downtown Rio de Janeiro Denise de Alcantara Date & Time: April 30, 2009, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Location: Deutz Room, IOA Complex, UCSD Campus Campus This work presents the results of a cognitive study of urban design in the historic center…

JG Ballard (RIP) Unos de los autores de ciencia ficción mas importantes del siglo XXI. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8007331.stm

This lecture is in collaboration with UCSD Visual Arts Dept. and Woodbury University School of Architecture. Wednesday April 22, 2009 7:00pm Raumlaborberlin began working on the issues of contemporary architecture and urbanism in 1999. in various interdisciplinary working teams we investigate strategies for urban renewal. raumlabor does urban design, architectural design, build, interactive environments, research.…

Canclini would be proud!!! ill stick to being a modernist for things like this!

estare en este evento el viernes. Aesthetics vs Post-Aesthetics In response to the pressure that globalization exerts upon our world, often resulting in homogenized environments/aesthetics, art theory there is increasingly has returned to an apolitical, universal, and transcendental definition of aesthetics that relies upon the autonomy of the object. This perspective offers a seductive appeal,…

Ultima Conferencia del Semestre Andrew Zago Zago Architecture Es un placer tener a Zago en Woodbury, uno de los arquitectos que mas aprecio y admiro Jueves 2 de Abril 7 pmWoodbury University School of Architecture2212 Main StreetSan Diego, CA 92113en Barrio Logan

Zocalo de Tijuana El proyecto en el que colabore con, Adriana Cuellar (CalPoly/ Harvard) Marcel Sanchez (Ibero/UCLA) Jose Parral (UC Berkely/AA Londres) Miguel Escobar (UABC/ETSAB) Daniel Carrillo (IIT) y Arturo Gonzalez – Jose Blas (alumnos de Woodbury University) , esta publicado en la pagina zocalotj.blogspot.com. Es el Proyecto Invisible 2 – Hoja Urbana. Junto con…

Marcelo Spina Lecture/Conferencia26 Mar 2009, thursday/jueves7pm/6pm (hora de tijuana)Woodbury San Diego main gallery2212 Main St.San Diego, CA 92113 Fresh $1.00 tacos made on-site, live performance by Sol Jibe andbartender to follow lecture. For more info on Marcelo Spina:http://www.p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s.net/index_content.html For more info on Sol Jibe:http://www.soljibe.com/

<!–[if !mso]> <![endif]–> Today, and for only 200 pesos I bought this great book at Comercial Mexicana, titled “df a la mano” – a sort of illustrated guide of Mexico City with a pinch of ethnographical perspective. The book covers all kinds of things to do, buy and experience in the infamous mexican capital, from…