Architecture and Retrenchment
Neoliberalization of the Swedish Modell across Aesthetic and Space, 1968-1994
The author Helena Mattsson will present the content and shortly comment on the process of writing the book - from writing the proposal to printing and marketing.
Tid: Fr 2023-05-05 kl 13.15 - 15.00
Plats: A608
Videolänk: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/67042903633
Språk: English
Back matter: Scholars in architectural and urban history have, over the last decade, been trying to come to terms with architecture's "neoliberal turn" and its various impacts - from municipal policy to the artistic imagination. However, most scholarship has focused on generalisations, with little work to date focusing on specific cases.
Architecture and Retrenchment brings one such case to the fore - investigating the relation between architecture and the Swedish Model of the welfare state. It tracks the respons of architecture to the gradual retrenchment of the Swedish welfare state - which, in its heyday, world-famous for its integration of architecture and the built environment into the welfare system.
Through six in-depth case studies, the book situates the discourse of neoliberalization and privatization in specific architectural sites, from 1968 emancipatory movements to the emerging crises and, finally, the reorganized market in the early 1990s.