On Feminism and the Urban Realm - Silvia FedericiUrban and Environmental Theory Sessions EPFL

HRC is glad to welcome you to the second session of the autumn 2023 “Urban and Environmental Theory Sessions” Seminar! We are honored to have Silvia Federici, a distinguished Italian and American scholar, teacher, and activist, who will be presenting a session entitled ‘On Feminism and the Urban Realm’ placing her work on the commons within the larger social and spatial urban realm. She will also engage in a lively discussion with the audience to share and debate her perspectives on the subject.

Silvia Federici (1942–) is an Italian and American scholar, teacher, and activist. She is a professor emerita and Teaching Fellow at Hofstra University, where she was a social science professor, co-founder of the International Feminist Collective, and the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa. She is the author of numerous books and essays on feminist theory and history and political philosophy, including Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Capital Accumulation; Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, Feminist Struggle; Wages against Housework; Re-Enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons

Source: Women Writing Architecture