Beyond Big Capital: From Gentrification to Sterilization
In the latest of our keynote invited talks we are joined by Dr Anna Minton. Anna is a renowned author, journalist and commentator. Her books are must reading for anyone working critically on the built environment in the UK and indeed further afield.. Her first book - Ground Control - is a study of the privatisation of the public realm in London. Her second - Big Capital - is a searing study of the housing crisis in London, and of the failures than happen when the market is overly relied on as a solution. Her latest - Regeneration Songs - is an in depth study of hidden assets of the regeneration of East London. Each is a part of a broader thesis, a deep concern with the democratic structures of our cities, and a focus on the lived experiences of individual citizens.
In this talk she takes us behind the forces chasing our city. All are welcome to join what will prove to be a fascinating and thought provoking evening.
About Dr Anna Minton
Anna is a writer and journalist and Reader in Architecture at the University of East London (UEL). She spent a decade in journalism, which included work covering the Northern Ireland peace process during the 1990s. But she grew frustrated with with work both as a result of partisan editorial lines and because of the intense pressure on time and resources which undermined proper investigations.
As a result of this she began to write more in depth reports for think tanks and policy organisations, a series of which formed the basis for her first book - Ground Control, which was published in 2009.
Between 2011-2014 she was the Royal Commission’s Fellow in the Built Environment and in 2013 she joined the University of East London (UEL) as Reader in Architecture, where she is Programme Leader of the MRes programme, ‘Reading the Neoliberal City’. Her book on the housing crisis, Big Capital: Who is London for?, was published by Penguin in 2017.
She is a regular contributor to The Guardian, and a frequent broadcaster and conference speaker. She is a member of the editorial collective of the journal CITY and I am Chair of Trustees of Lambeth & Southwark MIND.
Full information about Anna, including where to buy her books can be found here https://www.annaminton.com