The following is a list of recommended readings and works related to the themes of the guest lecturer series. Each reading can be easily accessed by individuals with an active UIUC NetID by clicking on the hyperlink and signing in with your NetID. Note: For certain works, the link will direct you to the physical copy located in the university library system.
The list is as follows:
- Rivera, Danielle Zoe. (2020). Disaster Colonialism: A commentary on disasters beyond singular events to structural violence.
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Pp1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.12950 - Miraftab, Faranak. 2018. Insurgent practices and decolonization of
future(s). In M. Gunder, A. Madanipour and V. Watson (eds.),
Routledge handbook of planning theory, Routledge, New York, NY. - Vasudevan, R. and Novoa, M. 2021. Pluriversal Planning Scholarship:
Embracing Multiplicity and Situated Knowledges in Community-Based
Approaches. Planning Theory. - Huq, E. (2020). Seeing the Insurgent in Transformative Planning Practices. Planning Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095219901290
- Friendly, Abigail. 2020. Insurgent Planning In Pandemic Times: The Case of Rio de Janeiro IJURR. DOI:10.1111/1468-2427.13000 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-2427.13000
- Gautam Bhan, Teresa Caldeira, Kelly Gillespie, and AbdouMaliq Simone. 2020. “The Pandemic, Southern Urbanisms and Collective Life.” Society and Space. https://www.societyandspace.org/articles/the-pandemic-southern-urbanisms-and-collective-life
- Klein, N. (2018). The battle for paradise: Puerto Rico takes on the disaster capitalists. [17 minutes] https://theintercept.com/2018/03/20/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-recovery/
- African history of PR, Black art and culture and construction of race and racialism in PR [12 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHwEm4yUMr4
- Bengelsdorf, C. & Cerullo, M. & Chandrani, Y. (Eds.). (2006). How to tell when the rebels have won. Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad, 13-23.
- Cabral, A. (1979). Destroy the economy of the enemy and build our own economy. Unity & struggle: Speeches and writings of Amilcar Cabral. 239-241.
- Invisible Committee. (2017). End of work, magical life. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-invisible-committe-now
- Naomi Klein, The islands of sovereignty converge. In The battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico takes on the disaster capitalists (2018), pages 64-78 [15 pages total]
- Manuel Castells, The city and the grassroots: cross-cultural theory of social movements. London: Arnold, ?; Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992.
- Mike Davis, Planet of slums. London: Verso, 2017
- David Harvey, Social Justice and the city. London: Arnold, 1971
- David Harvey, Rebel cities. London: Verso, 2019
- Leslie Kern, Feminist city. London: Verso, 2020
- Raquel Rolnik, Urban Warfare. London: Verso, 2019
- Lapp, Michael. “The rise and fall of Puerto Rico as a social laboratory, 1945–1965.” Social Science History 19, no. 2 (1995): 169-199.
- Bonilla, Yarimar. (2020). The coloniality of disaster: Race, empire, and the temporal logics of emergency in Puerto Rico, USA. Political geography, 78, 102181.
- Melendez, Edwin & Venator-Santiago, (2018). Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane Maria: Origins and Consequences of a Crisis.Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. Vo. 30, No. 3.
- Torruella, Juan R. “Why Puerto Rico does not need further experimentation with its future: A reply to the notion of territorial federalism.” Harv. L. Rev. F. 131 (2017): 65.
- Duany, J. (1997). From the Bohio to the Caserio: Urban Housing Conditions in Puerto Rico. In R. B. Potter & D. Conway (Eds.), Self-help Housing, the Poor, and the State in the Caribbean (pp. 188–216). The University of Tennessee Press; Knoxville & The Press University of West Indies: Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago.
- Martocci, F. T. (1946). Urban rehabilitation in Puerto Rico: The rehabilitation, conversion district of the zoning regulation. Journal of the American Institute of Planners. 12 (4): 32-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944364608979256
- Dinzey-Flores, Z. Z. (2017). Spatially Polarized Landscapes and a New Approach to Urban Inequality. Latin American Research Review, 52(2), 241–252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.89
- Pico, R. (1952). Puerto Rico’s Planning Board. The American City. Jan-Jun (67): 126-128.
- Martocci, F. (1948). Puerto Rico Planning Board Exhibits Works at Inter-American Congress of Municipal History. The American City. Jul-Dec (63): 78-79.
- Howell, Brandon (1952). The Planning System of Puerto Rico.
The Town Planning Review
, Oct, 1952, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 211-222.
- Santurce no se vende! http://www.santurcenosevende.org/
- García, I. 2019. “Four Plans for Shaping the Future of Puerto Rico.” American Planning Association (APA) (blog). January 2019. https://www.planning.org/blog/blogpost/9170787/
- García, I., R. Olshansky, and D. Carrasquillo. 2019. “Puerto Rico Lurches Toward Recovery.” Planning Magazine, 2019. https://www.planning.org/planning/2019/aug/
- Loh, C.G. (2012). Four Potential Disconnects in the Community Planning Process. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 32 (1) 33-47
- https://www.planning.org/podcast/resilience-roundtable-ivis-garcia-zambrana/
- Loh, C. G., & Kim, R. (2020). Are We Planning for Equity? Equity Goals and Recommendations in Local Comprehensive Plans. Journal of the American Planning Association, 1-16.
- Garcia, I. 2021. Deemed Ineligible: Reasons Homeowners in Puerto Rico Were Denied Aid After Hurricane María. Housing Policy Debate https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/Deemed_Ineligible_Garcia_2021.pdf
- Lucilla Marvel “The Planning Framework in Puerto Rico” Chapter One in Listen to What They Say: Planning and Community Development in Puerto Rico, pages 31 -53. La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico.
- Lucilla Marvel 2008. “Building a Just, Integrated and Sustainable Housing system: The Puerto Rican Experience” by Lucilla Fuller Marvel. keynote presentation at the opening of the 52nd International Federation of Housing and Planning World Congress (IFHP) in 2008 in San Juan.
- Bayne, Martha (2019). Puerto Rico’s new land-use zoning map strikes a nerve with fed-up citizens. The World. September 6, 2019
- Agua Mala (Caño Martín Peña): [15 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPPbFM-Rvok
- Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust – Puerto Rico, World Habitat Awards 2015-16 winners: [7 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNbjXzgnR88
- After the Dark [12min] Project Sunroof de Google Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF6fficXegk
- Arturo A. Massol-Deyá, “Our Energy for Our Country,” Scenario Journal 07: Power, January 2020, https://scenariojournal.com/article/energy-for-our-country/
- Puerto Rico’s Energy Insurrection, The Intercept.
- Massol-González, A., A. Andromache-Johnnidis, A. Massol-Deyá. 2008. The Evolution of Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico: From Mining Opposition to Community Revolution. Gatekeeper, 137b:1- 20. https://pubs.iied.org/14568iied
- When the Government Failed Puerto Rico, Local Communities Stepped Up YES Magazine
- Adjuntas Pueblo Solar con Alex Honnold y Rivian [5min] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dMVnUhU8i4
- Trailer Paris to Pittsburg [1min] National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr33_1ZKTmw
- Honnold y Adjuntas Pueblo Solar.
- Massol-Deyá, A., J. C. Stephens and J. L. Colón. 2018. Renewable energy for Puerto Rico. Science 362 (6410): 7.
- Milián Bernal, D. (2020). Temporary uses of vacant and abandoned urban spaces in Latin America: Anexploration. In Built Environment and Architecture as a Resource: Proceeding Series (1 ed., Vol. 2020, pp. 181-209).
- Hernandez Hiraldo, Samiri & Ortega-Brena, Mariana. (2006). If God Were Black and from Loiza”: Managing Identities in a Puerto Rican Seaside Town. Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 33, No. 1, Struggle and Change in Puerto Rico. Sage Publications.
- Dieppa, Isabel et al. (2019). Turning the Tide: In Loiza, Puerto Rico, A Community Fights for its Future. Latino USA. https://www.latinousa.org/2019/09/16/loizaerosion
- Petra R. Rivera-Rideau (2013) From Carolina to Loíza: race, place and Puerto Rican racial democracy, Identities, 20:5, 616-632, DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2013.842476 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2013.842476
- Rinaldo, Rachel (2002). Space of Resistance: The Puerto Rican Cultural Center and Humboldt Park. Cultural Critique , Winter, 2002, No. 50, pp. 135-174.
- Mina Bloom, 2019. “Humboldt Park Stretch Renamed ‘Puerto Rico Town’ In Effort To Preserve Area’s Culture” https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/01/03/humboldt-park-stretch-renamed-puerto-rico-town-in-effort-to-preserve-areas-culture/
- García, I. 2017. “Paseo Boricua. Identity, Symbols, and Ownership.” América Crítica 1 (2): 117-138. https://doi.org/10.13125/américacrítica/3014.
- Miraftab, F. 2011. “Faraway Intimate Development: Global Restructuring of Social Reproduction.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 31(4):392-405.
- Garcia, I. 2018. “Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development.” Societies 8 (3): 81-94. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8030081.
- Abadía-Rexach, Bárbara I. (2016) The New Puerto Rican Bomba Movement, African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, 9:1, 32-43, DOI: 10.1080/17528631.2015.1055653 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/17528631.2015.1055653
- Makhubu, Nomusa and Ruiters, Greg (2020). “This land is not for sale’: Post-1994 resistance art and interventionism in Cape Town’s precarious publics.” City, Culture and Society, volume 23, pp1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2020.100368 .
- Isabel Sophia Dieppa “Residents say that quality of life is under threat from increasing tourism and rising rents that are pushing out young people and poorer families.”
- Frances Negrón-Muntaner The Emptying Island: Puerto Rican Expulsion in Post-Maria Time,
- Efrat Eizenberg 2018. Patterns of self-organization in the context of urban planning: Reconsidering venues of participation Planning Theory Vol. 18(1) 40–57