René Boer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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critic, curator, organizer | founding partner https://t.co/gfsxghfm2R | editor @FailedArch | author 'Smooth City' (Valiz, 2023)

4 books

Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It

Ruben Pater

René Boer

Hosting the book launch of CAPS LOCK by Ruben Pater/@unlisted_roots tomorrow @De_Zwijger in Amsterdam & online, at 8pm. Together we various collectives we will be discussing the relation between design and activism in the context of the contemporary city. https://t.co/pk8g5hMovR https://t.co/i0fKIBEGTF

Paperback, 2021

$27.50Member price:$13.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

Sara Ahmed

René Boer

“In the previous chapter I discussed heterosexuality as a form of RSI. I now want to discuss whiteness as a bad habit” Thoroughly enjoying re-reading every sentence of @SaraNAhmed’s Queer Phenomenology

Paperback, 2006

$26.95Member price:$25.60 + Free shipping5% off

The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture

Abdoumaliq Simone

René Boer

Highly recommended. The Surrounds by Abdoumaliq Simone @XazaarAdjame is pushing the boundaries of urban theory in a much needed direction, recognizing the importance & the ambiguity of everyday forms of resistance in the urban realm. Based on research in ao Jakarta and Kinshasa. https://t.co/m0se26Yyjh

Paperback, 2022

$24.95Member price:$23.70 + Free shipping5% off

Smooth City: Against Urban Perfection, Towards Collective Alternatives

Rene Boer

René Boer

For the upcoming Smooth City publication, visual artist and graphic designer Kees de Klein composed a series of #smoothscapes, which together provide an associative visualisation of how contemporary smoothness manifests itself in the urban realm today. Here's a quick preview: https://t.co/MsTihnStfm

Paperback, 2023

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book