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City and Housing

Cities grow, but they do not always provide quality of life. We look at how to reimagine urbanism to create spaces that prioritize dignity and well-being for all.

Art 70. Knowledge that builds feelings and territories

City and HousingCulture and IdentityResistance and Alternatives

In the northern mountains of Puebla, communities defend their territory as a living entity that nurtures life, resisting megaprojects involving ...

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Art 69. Home and territory – regaining autonomy

City and HousingCulture and IdentityResistance and Alternatives

The Nahua community of Ostula, Michoacán, overcame violence and criminal land grabs by reclaiming their lands in 2009 thanks to ...

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Art 63. The Chigüazá: subject territory

City and HousingCulture and IdentityResistance and Alternatives

The middle basin of the La Chigüaza stream in Bogotá is the scene of a community-based process that strengthens territorial ...

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Art 50. A Multigenerational Approach in Future Mode

City and HousingCulture and IdentityProduction and FoodResistance and Alternatives

In Monquentiva, Colombia, the COLEGA cooperative has been demonstrating for 25 years how three generations of farming families are optimistically ...

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Art 59. Rural voices

City and HousingCulture and Identity

El Común is the name of the organization that promotes food sovereignty and agrobiodiversity with strong women in Santander, Colombia. ...

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Art 56. Women who do not stop

City and HousingProduction and Food

Rural women in El Salvador questioning the patriarchy. Men's domains have long since been taken over. The doñas build houses ...

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Art 51. Disasters in a Positive Light

City and HousingCulture and IdentityProduction and FoodResistance and Alternatives

CooperaciónComunitaria works in partnership with indigenous and small-scale farming communities in Mexico to develop holistic reconstruction strategies after climate-related disasters ...

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Art 45. Jarillas and social fabric

City and HousingCulture and IdentityEnvironment and DevelopmentResistance and Alternatives

In Tlacotal, Mexico City, the Las Jarillas Cultural Center evokes the original landscape and strengthens urban identity through self-government, cultural ...

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Art 39. Transitions in Times of the Pandemic

City and HousingCulture and IdentityProduction and Food

During the pandemic, the Ecuadorian Muyu Chakana Foundation chose to distribute native seeds and promote family gardens, rather than temporary ...

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