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Unfrozen
Daniel Safarik
115. Homegrown Cities
51 minutes Posted Mar 2, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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<p>Intro/Outro: “Coming Up,” by Cornershop</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/730-the-homegrown-city">Homegrown Cities: Reclaiming the Metropolis for Its Users</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharavi">Dharavi</a>, Mumbai (including Koliwada)</li><li><a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/episode-31-emergent-tokyo-346">Emergent Tokyo</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikumen">Shanghai Shikumen</a></li><li><a href="https://urbz.net/articles/slum-outside">Urbz: The Slum Outside</a></li><li>Stewart Brand: “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Buildings_Learn">How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built</a>”</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Scott">James C. Scott</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_(economist)">Hernando de Soto</a> and land title</li><li>“Ad-hocracy”</li><li><a href="https://dsrny.com/project/open-house">Open House: Levittown</a> intervention by DS+R, Droog &amp; EFGH, 2011</li><li><a href="https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2011/07/18/foreclosed-title-and-model-scenarios/">MoMA Foreclosed</a> project: Cicero, 2011</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1400">Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities | MoMA</a>, 2014-2015</p>