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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Revolution Under Construction: The SAAL Housing Process\, 1974–76
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of this illuminating study of one of the most remarkable housing initiatives in European history. With the author\, Sara Almodovar Pereira\, in conversation with architect and theorist Dr Dubravka Sekulić.\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK: \n\n\n\nThe fall of the dictatorship in 1974 saw the start of Portugal’s revolutionary period and with it one of the most remarkable housing initiatives in European history. As an immediate response to the vast portion of the population living in slums and shanties\, the SAAL (Mobile Local Support Service) was established to equip impoverished people to build the new homes they needed. Initiated by architect Nuno Portas\, the SAAL connected citizens with planners\, architects\, engineers\, and builders to collaborate on the design and construction of new developments\, to be built on requisitioned sites as close as possible to the inhabitants’ former homes. The resulting estates were intimately informed by their inhabitants’ needs and hopes. Through their uniquely participatory process they developed a celebrated new architectural language. \n\n\n\nIn this book\, Sara Almodovar Pereira collects the experiences and reflections of those who participated in the SAAL\, reconstructing this extraordinary chapter in architectural and social history through the voices of those who were there\, at the protests and meetings\, on the building sites and barracks. The experiences recounted are revelatory\, demonstrating truly participatory architecture and offering new understandings of housing as right and provision\, far from prevailing paradigms and their perpetuated logic of ‘crisis’. This immersive oral history traces the unfolding of a historical moment at ground level and reminds us of ways of working and building that could transform the future. \n\n\n\nSara and Dubravka will talk for around 45 minutes followed by a Q&A.  \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.live\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.live. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading…
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SUMMARY:50 FEMINISM IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW: Maya Oppenheim in conversation with Sian Norris
DESCRIPTION:Come and join feminist critics Maya Oppenheim and Sian Norris in conversation as they go over the essential foundations of feminist thought \n\n\n\nHousmans is thrilled to welcome writer and journalist Maya Oppenheim to the shop alongside fellow author and journalist Sian Norris to celebrate the publication of Maya’s second book\, ‘50 Feminism Ideas You Really Need to Know’. \n\n\n\nThe book delves into the history\, ideas and battlegrounds that have defined and divided feminist movements. In 50 accessible essays\, the writing spans the worlds of pop culture\, art\, politics\, the criminal justice system\, economics\, conspiracy\, sexuality\, and activism. The book delves into a range of contemporary issues – from the manosphere to tradwives to conspirituality – which feminist movements wrestle with today as the far right swells in power. There is also a strong historical and theoretical element to the book\, with chapters on postmodern feminism\, women’s suffrage\, marxist feminism\, anarcho-feminism\, Black feminism\, abolitionist feminism\, queer theory\, psychoanalytic feminism\, and much more. The book has been endorsed by Mel B (Scary Spice)\, Gina Martin\, Deborah Frances-White (The Guilty Feminist podcast)\, Amnesty International UK\, Poorna Bell\, Charlie Craggs\, Sian Norris and Andrew Bernie Bernard. The book is part of the popular 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series\, which includes books on art\, literature\, psychology\, politics\, physics\, fashion\, literature and much more. Maya and Sian will unpick the book’s themes together. This will be followed by a Q&A. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.live\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.live. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading…
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