Matt Hern: What A City is For
Djavad Mowafaghian World Arts Centre, SFU Woodward's, 149 W. HastingsThis event will launch Matt Hern’s new book "What a City is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement" (MIT Press, 2016). Using the case of racialized displacement in Portland, Oregon, Hern questions the notions of development, private property, and ownership. How can we reimagine the city as a post-ownership, post-sovereign space?