“Searching for the 21st Century socialist city – Venezuela and Latin America"

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Sciences Po - salle Eugène d'Eichtal - 27, rue Saint-Guillaume, 75007 Paris
Presentation of the conference :

"In all countries in Latin America, and more specifically in Venezuela, the concept of 21st century socialism lacks a clear definition, as the evolutions and structures which might come along this concept remain unclear as well. A new conception of an urban sustainable development is emerging, based upon the main objective of making up for the deficiencies and inequalities generated by decades of capitalism: increase of poverty, damages in the environment. Venezuela has been implementing various projects within this new framework of public policies.

What are the relationships between this concept of an 'urban socialism' and the integrated land use and transports modelling system? Tomás de la Barra will show the extent to which such an analytical tool can help assessing new conceptions of urban policies and more globally help addressing a crucial issue for the 21st century: how can new technologies translate socialist ideas and utopias into reality?"

Moderator : Patrick Legales (CEE, Sciences Po)

PLEASE NOTE : Presentation and debates will be in English.

>> Watch an interview of Tomás de la Barra



>> Watch the video of the conference



>> Watch the video of the conference on Terretv website