Jorge Carrillo

Social Anthropologist, all about the city

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

Says the spokesperson of
@unicef, James Elder :

“Since the ceasefire was announced in October 2025, 265 Palestinian children have been killed across Gaza. That is an absurd and devastating figure. During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months.

“Let us be clear about what this means. These children were not killed in a warzone. They were killed in their homes. In their schools. Playing football. Fishing. They were shot, bombed, and struck by quadcopters.”

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Light in Everyday Things

Mon June 15 — Fulgor

Tue June 16 — Nitidus

Wed June 17 — Familiaris

Thu June 18 — Lenitas

Fri June 19 — Serenitas

Sat June 20 — Praesentia

Sun June 21 — Solstitium
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[David Satterthwaite @Dsatterthwaite]

Arif Hasan reflects on what he has learned about international finance agencies over 50 years. He notes how they have become so detached from the needs of low incomes groups.
They work in air-conditioned offices in a city centre, far away from the homes of low-on income groups, with a fleet of expensive cars, constant trips abroad, workshops in five-star hotels and huge salaries. It is not uncommon to hear people say “they are becoming rich on our problems”
If things don’t change streets will flood more often, additional katchi abadis (informal settlements) will be created, transport will not improve because it will not be maintained and managed, traffic will become more unbearable in the absence of management and, worst of all, women’s development will take place in an environment full of conflicts because the state will not support it
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[Jorge Carrillo @JorgeBKK]

Venezuela’s Bonfire of Dogma: How Chavistas are Adapting to U.S. Domination https://t.co/Jzbf2tUSAn via @crisisgroup

[Francisco Rodríguez @frrodriguezc]

Mi nuevo paper discute un trabajo reciente de Santos y coautores según el cual las sanciones no perjudicaron a la economía venezolana. Dicen que el grueso del colapso las precedió y que la caída no se agravó después de ellas. Esas afirmaciones son falsas.
https://t.co/kqGY6ddyc5

[FAFSP aka 歩く人 @yis347]

ベンチはただベンチなのではない。ベンチのように単純なものの効果は力強く触媒の役割を果たす。街角にベンチ/座席を置くことは、通りがそのコミュニティのものだと立証し始める。通りは通り抜けるものとしての役割を超えて座って楽しむ何かになる... https://t.co/VZtjTdSGT7
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[David Satterthwaite @Dsatterthwaite]

Cities with more than 10 million inhabitants living in informal settlements/illegal tenements/a range of open spaces (pavements, grave yards, construction sites….

Al-Qahirah (Cairo)
Ciudad de México (Mexico City)
Dhaka
Istanbul
Jakarta
Karachi
Kinshasa
Kolkata
Lagos
Luanda
Mumbai
New Delhi

[𝕩Patt @siamesepatt]

ปิรามิดประชากรไทยตอนนี้เป็นแบบนี้แล้ว จากการคาดการณ์ ปีหน้า 2570 ไทยจะเข้าสู่สังคมสูงวัยระดับสุดยอด (super-aged society) (คนอายุ 60 เกิน 20% ของปชก.) แต่ยังแทบไม่เห็นนโยบายเป็นรูปธรรมที่ช่วยลดภาระและสร้างคุณภาพชีวิตที่ดีของผู้สูงอายุได้เลย

[Jorge Carrillo @JorgeBKK]

https://t.co/iTMJBk3Qne

[Colin McFarlane @ColinMcFarlane3]

New piece in @ProgHumGeog, 'Crisis-thinking and critical urbanism'. What might crisis-thinking be doing to how the urban is conceived, researched, and politicised? How might it impact how we see urban possibility?

Open access here:
https://t.co/XaBrPmW1Hz

[Anup Malani @anup_malani]

A city has slums. Two options: bulldoze and move residents to new housing, or upgrade the slum where it stands. New housing sounds better. Chile tested both for 20 years. It wasn't even close.

[Urban Action Lab @UrbanActionLab]

#displacementurbanism
Excited about collaborative book "Displacement Urbanism: Politics of Bodies and Spaces of Abandonment and Endurance" with partners at DPU-UCL. Share widely!
@HakimuSseviiri @pmukwaya @AfricanCities_ @tcourtright23 @DianaMitlin
https://t.co/7eoCEElKFG

[Fernando Mires @FernandoMiresOl]

Esto lo digo en serio.
Si todo lo que ha pasado en Venezuela significa que habrá menos presos políticos, más alimentos, algo de seguridad, más allá de toda posición política hay que alegrarse, aunque sea un un poco.
Ese país ya ha sufrido demasiado.
Eso.

[Jorge Carrillo @JorgeBKK]

@WillGFreeman Well, historically, the US has rarely cared about "the day after" as long as they get their short-term objectives, don't see that changing now

[The Unlock @TheUnlock_TH]

Once promoted as a vibrant food and lifestyle district, Banthat Thong–Sam Yan is now facing visible slowdown, thinning foot traffic, shuttered shops, and rising costs that many small businesses can no longer bear.

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[The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @HURFOM]

📌Today, HURFOM releases Voice Up, Issue 4, the final in our annual series. Our latest includes cases of #VAWG + #CRSV in target areas b/w Oct & Dec 2025. We call for the immediate protection of all survivors + an end to impunity.

🔴 12+ women killed
🔴 40+ women injured
🔴 22+ women arrested

👉PR: https://t.co/16x3Y3FS37
👉Report: https://t.co/vRrsNC3W6D

[Jorge Carrillo @JorgeBKK]

If you read only one thing about Gaza, read this

[Bruno Maçães @MacaesBruno]

I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…

[Jorge Carrillo @JorgeBKK]

Beyond “informal” and “formal”: Bringing the majority economy into the G20’s vision of solidarity, equality and sustainability https://t.co/U8tXxw7zp2

[Jorge Carrillo @JorgeBKK]

Chulalongkorn University, once a symbol of national learning and public service, the university has increasingly become a corporate landlord managing some of the most valuable pieces of real estate in central Bangkok.

https://t.co/GZVl0k3KQ0

[Jorge Carrillo @JorgeBKK]

>> Finis <<

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