A project by Monica de Miranda and Paul Goodwin

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Underconstruction is a project of a creative arts research . It explores perspectives of urbanism in relation to various global migrant flows and (dis)locations in urban space and in the construction of urban neighborhoods. Underconstruction is defined in the urban cities spaces and geographies in transformation, as well as in the consequent impact on redefining the concept of local and national culture and definitions of state and nation.
Is not intended to be an inventory or even a detailed plan, but rather a critical analysis in a perspective of an artistic intervention, dialogue and debate.


«THERE IS NO SINGLE EXPERIENCE OF CITY LIFE”, writes Paul Goodwin. In his words, the subaltern and peripheric Urbanisms, until now understood as local, have been limiting our understanding not only in terms of how these spaces are produced, but also in what they represent and mean, in its complexity and diversity. “Studies of urban changes” do not cover the totality of the culturally diverse urban experience. In other words, culturally diverse communities have contributed much to the current vibrancy of cities in Europe. These communities need to be central to any inner city urban regeneration efforts, such as the 2012 Olympics in London and the regeneration of the outskirts of Lisbon. ..
The paradoxes and contradictions of what he calls “Global Cultural diversity” range from fashion to music, from Jazz to Hip Hop through Funk, responsible for the “rebirth” of a culture in metropolitan cities like New York, London, Paris or Tokyo.