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)
Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It
Ruben PaterRené BoerHosting 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
$27.50$13.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others
Sara AhmedRené 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
$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture
Abdoumaliq SimoneRené BoerHighly 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
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Smooth City: Against Urban Perfection, Towards Collective Alternatives
Rene BoerRené BoerFor 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
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book