Adrián Gorelik (

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, 1957) is an

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and leading commentator on urban issues in Argentina. His most well-known books are ' (1993, with Jorge Liernur), and ', 1887-1936 (1998). In 2003 he was awarded a

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for a project entitled “The cycle of invention and critique of the ‘Latin American City’.” Gorelik is currently a professor at the

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, as well as a researcher in the Intellectual History Program there. In 2002 he was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre of Latin American Studies at the

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. Gorelik holds several editorial positions at academic culture and design journals including deputy director at ', Editorial Board member of ' and ',Publisher's Author Page
and Editorial Collective member of ''

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''. Gorelik received a degree in architecture (1982) and a Ph.D. in History from the

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(1997).

Selected publications

* “The Past as the Future: A Reactive Utopia in Buenos Aires” (with Graciela Silvestri) in Ana del Sarto, Alicia Rios, Abril Trigo, eds. ''The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader''. Duke University Press, 2004. * ''Buenos Aires'' (with Horacio Coppola Facundo de Zuviria). Lariviere, 2006. * ''Miradas Sobre Buenos Aires''. Siglo XXI Ediciones, 2004. * ''La Grilla y el Parque''. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, 2001. * ''Buenos Aires en cuestión''. Centro para la Gestión Urbana, 1993.

References

External links

National University of Quilmes faculty page
Living people 1957 births 20th-century Argentine historians Argentine male writers Architects from Buenos Aires Historians of urban planning People from Mercedes, Buenos Aires Male non-fiction writers 21st-century Argentine historians {{Argentina-historian-stub