Giulia Catarina Verga
works as an architect and urban designer as part of the Brussels based cooperative Karbon' architecture et urbanisme. She is also a researcher at the ULB, where she teaches. She has developed projects on an architectural and urban scale in Belgium, where she currently lives.
Tips
1. Boek: Jeanne Burgart-Goutal - Être écoféministe. Théories et pratiques
waarom? “This book emerges from the author's PhD journey, where she explores the complexity of eco-feminist movements. She underlines how difficult it is to identify a unified theoretical framework behind them. Instead, eco-feminism appears as an organic ecosystem of thoughts and actions, driven by women and those who associate with them (not necessarily in a biological sense). Eco-feminism brings together diverse revendications and struggles from different contexts, born from a deep necessity to recognize the overlapping of multiple forms of oppression. Many different women are involved, in diversity and, somehow, solidarity. Thus, eco-feminism is action-based, context-specific, dynamic, and resists being reduced to a static, theory-based model.”
wat en wie? Être écoféministe. Théories et pratiques is een boek van Jeanne Burgart-Goutal, dat in 2020 werd uitgegeven door L’Échappée.
2. Boek: Fatima Ouassak - Pour une écologie pirate. Et nous serons libres
waarom? “This book is refreshing, thought-provoking, and invites us to question our ecological privilege, especially how ecology is often seen from the perspective of more privileged social classes. It challenges the paternalistic attitude often directed at quartiers populaires and calls for a more inclusive and grounded approach to ecology. The author argues that real ecology must start in the quartiers populaires. It needs to break away from middle- and upper-class views and be reinvented and reclaimed by those who live in these areas. The challenge is to create space for liberation, where other voices, ideas, and ambitions, ones that go beyond the usual eco-bobo narratives. She also emphasises the role of mothers in creating and supporting maisons d’écologie de quartier, portraying them as powerful figures, like dragons, who have the strength to reshape the world.”
wat en wie? Pour une écologie pirate. Et nous serons libres is een boek van Fatima Ouassak, dat in 2023 werd uitgegeven door Éditions La Découverte.
3. Boek: Édith Maruéjouls - Faire je(u) égal. Penser les espaces à l’école pour inclure tous les enfants
waarom? “This book is practical, short, and easy to read. It offers a hands-on example of how to observe and address spatial inequalities in school settings. It focuses on key areas where injustice and exclusion are often reinforced through design, and provides tools and suggestions to fix and improve how these spaces are organized and managed. It’s especially insightful when it comes to school courtyards, play areas, and even toilets, spaces that are often overlooked but play a big role in children’s everyday experiences.”
wat en wie? Faire je(u) égal. Penser les espaces à l’école pour inclure tous les enfants is een boek van Édith Maruéjouls, dat in 2022 werd uitgegeven door Double Ponctuation.