Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI) and Department of Applied Social Studies are pleased to announce a lecture by Dr Anna Minton, Reader in Architecture and Programme Leader of the MRes Architecture
Big Capital: Who are our cities for?
Anna Minton will give a lecture investigating the roots of housing crisis and argues that the speed and scale of capital flows into many cities constitutes a new economic process, underpinned by the financialization of land, property and housing. Qualitatively different to gentrification, the process is likened to sterilization. The lecture concludes by offering a brief look at alternative economics which favour regenerative rather than extractive models.
Department of Architecture & Visual Arts, School Of Architecture, Computing And Engineering
Dr Anna Minton is Reader in Architecture and Programme Leader of the MRes Architecture. She is the author of Big Capital: Who is London for? (Penguin 2017) and Ground Control: Fear and happiness in the 21st century city (Penguin 2009). She is currently working on her third book, which examines the sterilization of cities, and which will be published by Penguin in 2026. She is a regular contributor to the Guardian and Financial Times.
Please RSVP for catering purposes to mussi@mu.ie by Friday 15th March, thank you.