Description
This issue of New Geographies aims to foreground the significance of political thinking in the process of space production. It proposes the concept of commons as a mode of thinking that challenges assumptions in the design disciplines such as public and private spaces, local and regional geographies, and capital and state interventions.
Mojdeh Mahdavi, an architect and urban designer, is a Doctor of Design candidate at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Liang Wang is an architect and urban designer, the Harry der Boghosian Fellow at Syracuse University, and a Doctor of Design candidate at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.