Notes on Political Ecologies (N.O.P.E. 2016)

Collection 01 Notes on Political Ecologies (N.O.P.E. 2016)

Start year: 2016

Notes on Political Ecologies (N.O.P.E. 2016) was an institutional experiment that assembled a collective of artists, writers, and researchers, and invited them to appropriate 221A’s exhibition space as a site of communal study between May and August 2016. The collective convened twice a week to plan and carry out an investigation into the institution’s intimate surroundings: Vancouver’s Chinatown and Downtown Eastside.

Notes on Political Ecologies (N.O.P.E. 2016) was an institutional experiment that assembled a collective of artists, writers, and researchers, and invited them to appropriate 221A’s exhibition space as a site of communal study between May and August 2016. The collective convened twice a week to plan and carry out an investigation into the institution’s intimate surroundings: Vancouver’s Chinatown and Downtown Eastside. These overlapping neighbourhoods have historically been a vital nexus of struggles for immigrant and working class power, Indigenous sovereignty, and the right to housing. At present, this contested terrain is besieged by a campaign of resurgent capital investment—‘economic revitalization’, or eviction, displacement, and gentrification, in brief force.

The books, documents, and ephemera were gathered in the course of the collective’s study to produce a ‘cognitive map’ of Vancouver’s current political conjuncture. Bringing together materials including international case studies of urban planning, social housing design manuals, and printed matter produced in local campaigns for ‘the right to the city’, the collection is intended not only as an interpretive device for understanding Vancouver’s permanent real estate crisis, but moreover provide the tools to transform the present.

Browse Collection 01

108 items
Media link Name Call No. Format Produced by Material Selected by Collection
Artists Against War and Fascism
Artists Against War and Fascism NO16 001 REF Matthew Baigell, Julia Williams Print Vincent Tao 01
The Spirit of the Ghetto
The Spirit of the Ghetto NO16 002 Hutchins Hapgood Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Building Paranoia- The Proliferation of Interdictory Space and the Erosion of Spatial Justice
Building Paranoia- The Proliferation of Interdictory Space and the Erosion of Spatial Justice NO16 003 Steven Flusty Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
A Treatise on Domestic Economy
A Treatise on Domestic Economy NO16 004 Catharine Beecher Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Out of Place: Homeless Mobilizations, Subcities, and Contested Landscapes
Out of Place: Homeless Mobilizations, Subcities, and Contested Landscapes NO16 005 Talmadge Wright Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Seismic Modernism
Architecture and Housing in Soviet Tashkent
Seismic Modernism Architecture and Housing in Soviet Tashkent NO16 006 Philipp Meuser Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Scapegoat 7: Incarceration
Scapegoat 7: Incarceration NO16 007 Nasrin Himada, Chris Lee Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Curating Research
Curating Research NO16 008 Paul O'Neill, Mick Wilson Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Hogan’s Alley
Hogan’s Alley NO16 009 REF Cornelia Wyngaarden, Andrea Fatona DVD N.O.P.E. 2016 01
The Work Wealth and Happiness of Mankind
The Work Wealth and Happiness of Mankind NO16 010 H.G. Wells Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience
Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience NO16 011 Jerold Kayden Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Envisioning Development
Guide No. 1: What Is Affordable Housing?
Envisioning Development Guide No. 1: What Is Affordable Housing? NO16 012 Rosten Woo,John Mangin Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Hardcore Architecture
Hardcore Architecture NO16 013 Marc Fischer Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
Inventing the Future Postcapitalism and a World Without Work NO16 014 Nick Srnicek, Alex Williams Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Creative Community Organizing
Creative Community Organizing NO16 015 Si Kahn Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Invented Emergency
Invented Emergency NO16 016 Broken City Lab Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Unfurlings
Explorations in art, activism, and archiving
Unfurlings Explorations in art, activism, and archiving NO16 017 Daniel Tucker, Rebecca Zorach Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Crisis Folklore
Crisis Folklore NO16 018 The Groundswell Collective Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Leftover Rightunder
Leftover Rightunder NO16 019 Wes Janz Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Towards a Typology of Soviet Mass Housing
Prefabrication in the USSR 1955-1991
Towards a Typology of Soviet Mass Housing Prefabrication in the USSR 1955-1991 NO16 020 Philipp Meuser, Dimitru Zadorin Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
History of Richmond Municipality
History of Richmond Municipality NO16 021 Thomas Kidd Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Interrupting the City:
Artistic Constitutions of the Public Sphere
Interrupting the City: Artistic Constitutions of the Public Sphere NO16 022 Sander Bax, Pascal Gielen, Bram Ieven Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Frontier
Frontier NO16 023 Michael DeForge Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Rise Early, Be Industrious
Rise Early, Be Industrious NO16 024 Olivia Plender Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
The Golden Speculum: A History of the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective, 1970-1983
The Golden Speculum: A History of the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective, 1970-1983 NO16 025 Star Deibert-Turner Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Re-Imagining Policing in Canada
Re-Imagining Policing in Canada NO16 026 Dennis Cooley Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Autogestion, or Henri Lefebvre in New Belgrade
Autogestion, or Henri Lefebvre in New Belgrade NO16 027 Sabine Bitter, Helmut Weber Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Housing Design
A Manual
Housing Design A Manual NO16 028 Bernard Leupen, Harald Mooij Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities NO16 029 Jane Jacobs Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Politics of Study
Politics of Study NO16 030 Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Tom Vandeputte Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Language Rights are Civil Rights!
Language Rights are Civil Rights! NO16 031 REF Public Access Design, The Center for Urban Pedagogy Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Notice of Community Open House
Notice of Community Open House NO16 032 REF City of Vancouver Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Carnegie Community Action Project Newsletter
Carnegie Community Action Project Newsletter NO16 033 REF Carnegie Community Action Project Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Affidavit
Affidavit NO16 034 Jamie Hilder Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
The Red Summer Self-guided Walking Tour: Chicago
The Red Summer Self-guided Walking Tour: Chicago NO16 035 Melinda Fries Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
We Won’t Move! 
Tenants Organize in New York City
We Won’t Move! Tenants Organize in New York City NO16 036 REF Maggie Schreiner Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Asian American & Pacific Islander
Anti-displacement Strategies
Asian American & Pacific Islander Anti-displacement Strategies NO16 037 Lailan Huen Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Evict Your Landlord
Evict Your Landlord NO16 038 REF Vincent Tao Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Carnegie Community Action Project’s 2015 Hotel Survey and Housing Report
Our Homes Can’t Wait
Carnegie Community Action Project’s 2015 Hotel Survey and Housing Report Our Homes Can’t Wait NO16 039 Jean Swanson, King-mong Chan, Maria Wallstam, Mohammad Valayati Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
5 revised questions about Chicago’s architecture.
For Rahm Emanuel
5 revised questions about Chicago’s architecture. For Rahm Emanuel NO16 040 REF Marc Fischer, Hardcore Architecture Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
3 Acres on the Lake: DuSable Park Proposal Project
3 Acres on the Lake: DuSable Park Proposal Project NO16 041 Laurie Palmer, Patricia Phillips, Christopher Robert Reed Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Mobile Phenomena
Mobile Phenomena NO16 042 Temporary Services Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Trauma 1-11:
Stories about the Copenhagen Free University and the surrounding society in the last ten years
Trauma 1-11: Stories about the Copenhagen Free University and the surrounding society in the last ten years NO16 043 Henriette Heise, Emma Hedditch, Howard Slater, Anthony Davies and Jakob Jakobsen Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Publishing ‘Zines for Prisoners
An Interview with Anthony Rayson
Publishing ‘Zines for Prisoners An Interview with Anthony Rayson NO16 044 Temporary Services Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Queens, Hookers, and Hustlers:
Organizing for survival and revolt amongst gender-variant sex workers, 1950-1970
Queens, Hookers, and Hustlers: Organizing for survival and revolt amongst gender-variant sex workers, 1950-1970 NO16 045 Text used is by Mark Friedman Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Copenhagen Free University #4:
The ABZ of The Copenhagen Free University – ABZ Fra Det Fri Universitet i København
Copenhagen Free University #4: The ABZ of The Copenhagen Free University – ABZ Fra Det Fri Universitet i København NO16 046 Copenhagen Free University Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Copenhagen Free University #14: 
Gurellia Television and Activist Video: A view from the last 35 years
Copenhagen Free University #14: Gurellia Television and Activist Video: A view from the last 35 years NO16 047 Copenhagen Free University Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Due Time
Due Time NO16 048 Fats', George Frison, William Jones, Erica R. Meiners, James Piggues, Sarah Ross, Johnny Taylor, Devon Terrell, Fereshteh Toosi, and Alan White Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Power/Exchange
Power/Exchange NO16 049 Deborah Stratman Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Madison Wisconsin: A City in Nine Objects
Madison Wisconsin: A City in Nine Objects NO16 050 Madison Mutual Drift Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
100 Actions for Chicago Torture Justice
100 Actions for Chicago Torture Justice NO16 051 Lucky Pierre Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
The Library Project
The Library Project NO16 052 Temporary Services Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Public Phenomena
Public Phenomena NO16 053 Temporary Services Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Public Phenomena –
Informal Modifications of Shared Spaces
Public Phenomena – Informal Modifications of Shared Spaces NO16 054 Temporary Services Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Designated Drivers
Designated Drivers NO16 055 Temporary Services Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Propositions, Manifestos & Experiments
Propositions, Manifestos & Experiments NO16 056 Cultural Reproducers Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Self Reliance Library
Self Reliance Library NO16 057 Temporary Services Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
How to Write (More) 
Cómo escribir (más)
How to Write (More) Cómo escribir (más) NO16 058 Antena Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
A Manifesto for Interpretation as Instigation –
Un manifesto para la interpretación como instigación
A Manifesto for Interpretation as Instigation – Un manifesto para la interpretación como instigación NO16 059 Antena Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
A Manifesto for Discomfortable Writing –
Un manifesto para la escritura discómoda
A Manifesto for Discomfortable Writing – Un manifesto para la escritura discómoda NO16 060 Antena Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
A Manifesto for Ultratranslation –
Un manifiesto para la ultratraducción
A Manifesto for Ultratranslation – Un manifiesto para la ultratraducción NO16 061 Antena Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Haymarket 1886:2011
Haymarket 1886:2011 NO16 062 Samuel Barnett, Paul Durica, Euan Hague Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Environment Sample
Environment Sample NO16 063 REF Sung Pil Yoon for Spare Room Birdseye/ Pea Gravel (5mm) N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Housing in New York:
A Brief History
Housing in New York: A Brief History NO16 064 Glenn Ligon Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Cities and Insurrections
Cities and Insurrections NO16 065 REF Eric J. Hobsbawm Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Evictions:
Art and Spatial Politics
Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics NO16 066 Rosalyn Deutsche Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
I have a basement apartment. NOW WHAT?
I have a basement apartment. NOW WHAT? NO16 067 REF The Center for Urban Pedagogy Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Ni Québec
Ni Canada
Ni Québec Ni Canada NO16 068 REF Anonymous Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Rent, Repairs, and Rights:
A Guide to Housing Court for NYCHA Tenants
Rent, Repairs, and Rights: A Guide to Housing Court for NYCHA Tenants NO16 069 REF Public Access Design, The Center for Urban Pedagogy Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
How to Look at a Vancouver Special
How to Look at a Vancouver Special NO16 070 Keith Higgins Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
A Community Under Attack:
The displacement of vulnerable Metrotown residents by the City of Burnaby’s Demoviction development policies
A Community Under Attack: The displacement of vulnerable Metrotown residents by the City of Burnaby’s Demoviction development policies NO16 071 Stop Demovictions Burnaby Campaign Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Making Policy Public: We Care!
Your guide to the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights
Making Policy Public: We Care! Your guide to the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights NO16 072 Domestic Workers United, Damon Locks, The Center for Urban Pedagogy Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Belyayevo Forever:
A Soviet Microrayon on its Way to the UNESCO List
Belyayevo Forever: A Soviet Microrayon on its Way to the UNESCO List NO16 073 Kuba Snopek Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Scapegoat Issue 00
Scapegoat Issue 00 NO16 074 REF Adrian Blackwell, Etienne Turpin Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Scapegoat Issue 01
Scapegoat Issue 01 NO16 075 REF Jane Hutton, Etienne Turpin Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Scapegoat Issue 02
Scapegoat Issue 02 NO16 076 REF Adam Bobbette, Jane Hutton Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Scapegoat Issue 03
Scapegoat Issue 03 NO16 077 REF Adrian Blackwell, Adam Bobbette Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Can We Afford This?
The Task Force on Housing is Coming
Can We Afford This? The Task Force on Housing is Coming NO16 078 REF Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
LOOK
LOOK NO16 079 Impractical Labour in Service of the Speculative Arts Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Home Fronts, Housing Struggles
Home Fronts, Housing Struggles NO16 080 REF AREA Chicago Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Carnegie Newsletter, September 15 2016
Carnegie Newsletter, September 15 2016 NO16 081 REF Carnegie Community Centre Association Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Just Listed
1152 E Georgia St- Vancouver East
Just Listed 1152 E Georgia St- Vancouver East NO16 082 REF WestCoast Realty Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Touring Olympia: Exposition Park Los Angeles + an audio tour into post-olympic space
Touring Olympia: Exposition Park Los Angeles + an audio tour into post-olympic space NO16 083 Temporary Travel and Sarah Ross Print/CD N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Making Policy Public: Immigrants Beware!
Making Policy Public: Immigrants Beware! NO16 084 The Center for Urban Pedagogy, Families for Freedom Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Captive Audience
Captive Audience NO16 085 Gallery 400 Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Extra 2:
Hong Kong’s Informal Rooftop Communities
Extra 2: Hong Kong’s Informal Rooftop Communities NO16 086 Rufina Wu, Stefan Canham, Brett Bloom Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Getting Serious About Affordable Housing:
Towards a Plan for Metro Vancouver
Getting Serious About Affordable Housing: Towards a Plan for Metro Vancouver NO16 087 Marc Lee Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Surveying the State of the ILSSA Union
Surveying the State of the ILSSA Union NO16 088 Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
How to Build Language Justice
Cómo construir la justicia del lenguaje
How to Build Language Justice Cómo construir la justicia del lenguaje NO16 089 Antena Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Hardcore Architecture
MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL
Hardcore Architecture MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL NO16 090 Grace Ambrose, Public Collectors Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Hardcore Architecture
January 5, 2016
Hardcore Architecture January 5, 2016 NO16 091 Marc Fischer, Public Collectors Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Hardcore Architecture 
#20 April 2016
Hardcore Architecture #20 April 2016 NO16 092 Justin Blinder, Public Collectors Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Hardcore Architecture
#15 July 2015
CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER
Hardcore Architecture #15 July 2015 CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER NO16 093 Les Evans, Public Collectors Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Hardcore Architecture 
#16 July 2015
Hardcore Architecture #16 July 2015 NO16 094 Bill Daniel, Public Collectors Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
True Buddha News Weekly
May 19, 2016
True Buddha News Weekly May 19, 2016 NO16 095 REF True Buddha Publication Society Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
AREA Chicago #7:
The Politics of Inheritance
AREA Chicago #7: The Politics of Inheritance NO16 096 REF AREA Chicago Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
AREA Chicago #8:
Everybody’s Got Money Issues
AREA Chicago #8: Everybody’s Got Money Issues NO16 097 REF AREA Chicago Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
AREA Chicago #9:
Peripheral Vision
AREA Chicago #9: Peripheral Vision NO16 098 REF AREA Chicago Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Making Policy Public: 房屋法院協助
Making Policy Public: 房屋法院協助 NO16 099 Housing Court Answers, The Center for Urban Pedagogy Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
北杂學運  : 歷史的見證
北杂學運 : 歷史的見證 NO16 100 星島出版社 Print Allan Lee 01
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: A Citizen’s Guide To Rights When Dealing With Police
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: A Citizen’s Guide To Rights When Dealing With Police NO16 101 N.O.P.E. 2016 Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
BC EMPLOYEE FIELD GUIDE: Know Your Rights To Safety, Respect And Fairness At Work
BC EMPLOYEE FIELD GUIDE: Know Your Rights To Safety, Respect And Fairness At Work NO16 102 N.O.P.E. 2016 Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Vancouver’s Feminist Bookstore Opening Soon!
Vancouver’s Feminist Bookstore Opening Soon! NO16 103 Image reproduced by 221A with the permission of the artist, Jo Cook Print Alexandra Bischoff, Vincent Tao 01
Self-Organised
Self-Organised NO16 104 Stine Hebert & Anne Szefer Karlsen (Eds.) Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Suburbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape / Chinese Style: Rediscovering the Architecture of Poy Gum Lee 1923-1968
Suburbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape / Chinese Style: Rediscovering the Architecture of Poy Gum Lee 1923-1968 NO16 105 REF Museum of Chinese in America Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01
Negotiator’s Factomatic
Negotiator’s Factomatic NO16 106 REF H. William Koch Jr. Print Allan Lee 01
Exploring The UBC Endowment Lands
Exploring The UBC Endowment Lands NO16 107 Art Klassen and Jan Teversham Print Allan Lee 01
The Capilano Review, 3.35 / Spring 2018
The Capilano Review, 3.35 / Spring 2018 NO16 108 The Capilano Review Print N.O.P.E. 2016 01

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