Housing after the neoliberal turn. International case studies.

Abstract

Die Wohnungsfrage ist universell. Sie thematisiert an verschiedenen Orten und auf unterschiedliche Weise die unmittelbaren Herausforderungen, die unsere Zeit definieren: soziale Ungleichheit, ökologische Krise, Vertreibung, Flucht, Migration, Privatisierung. Die Beiträge des Kataloges zur Ausstellung im Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin stammen aus Delhi, Hongkong, Berlin, New York, London und anderen Städten. Die Formate reichen von architektonischer Forschung bis zu literarischen und künstlerischen Arbeiten.The housing question is an universal question. Everywhere, it speaks differently but directly to the challenges that define our times: social inequality, ecological crisis, displacement, asylum, migration, and privatization. This volume interprets the neoliberal context as a defining condition for contemporary housing. The book consists of two parts: a series of essays by authors from the fields of architecture, anthropology, economy, and literature depicting various, often-contradicting contexts, and, part two, an Atlas of global housing that takes the neoliberal turn as its starting point. The essays shed light on the challenges and conflicts of contemporary housing production and the "Atlas" serves as a starting point to discuss and think about housing produced and consumed under a neoliberal doctrine.