{"product_id":"learning-from-bogota-9781477311042","title":"Learning from Bogota","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearning from Bogotá illuminates how a former drug capital has been transformed into a pedagogical city, where redesigned public spaces teach residents how to reconnect with one another and become more engaged citizens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eLearning from Bogotá\u003c\/i\u003e] is clearly written and free of excessive academic posing…a worthy book insofar as it discusses several significant urban space projects in a city which was greatly improved in the late 1990s and early 2000s. * Journal of Latin American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLearning from Bogotá\u003c\/i\u003e helps us understand the political nature and contradicaitons of Bogotá's urban planning process...the book delivers an assessment of how specific projects realize (or not) the larger political agenda conceptualized as pedagogical urbanism. * Journal of Latin American Geography *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e[Learning from Bogotá]\u003c\/i\u003e is well structured, graphically compelling, and important for considering whether framing urbanism as a platform for knowledge production permits more fundamental solutions than pure formalism, and if so, what civic infrastructure is required. * Latin American Research Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Transformation of a City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. From Dystopia to Hope, Bogotá Reenvisioned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Independent Mayors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Bogotá’s Public Space Traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Pedagogical City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Learning from Bogotá\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: The Changing City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408947126615,"sku":"9781477311042","price":30.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477311042.jpg?v=1730504813","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/learning-from-bogota-9781477311042","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}