Writings

Sara Bissen. “Take.” In: Aslıhan Demirtaş (ed.) Graft with the Graham Foundation for SALT Istanbul. In print.

Sara Bissen. Pretty Prairie Farm. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume IX, 1&2/2020–21. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen & Stefano Serafini. The Viridity of Heaven. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume VIII, 2/2019. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. The Immensity of Teodor Shanin. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume VIII, 2/2019. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. Il made in Italy è una verità raccontata male. L’addio a un sarto italiano. Il Covile, No. 596/XIII. May 23, 2021.

Sara Bissen. Yes, U.S. Farmer Suicide is Significantly Higher Than the National Average. Organisms: Journal of Biological Sciences, Volume IV, 1/2020. DOI: 10.13133/2532-5876/16959

Sara Bissen. A Forest of Words. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume VIII, 1/2019. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. Made in Italy is a Truth Told Badly: The Passing of an Italian Sarto. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume VIII, 1/2019. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. This Is Not Topsoil. Artena: Artena Anarchist Press, 2019.

Sara Bissen. New US Tragedy: Farmer Suicides. Il Giornale: InsideOver. May 21, 2019.

Sara Bissen. German Pitre—Newark has always been known for that edginess. Newark Withheld Series. International Society of Biourbanism. June 30, 2018.

Sara Bissen. Kaide Plinth. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume VI, 1&2/2017. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. Manuel Acevedo—In Newark, I can imagine a new building but in decay. The way I see it, the completion is relative. Newark Withheld Series. International Society of Biourbanism. December 10, 2017.

Sara Bissen. Biorural—An Interview with Dr. Michael R. Rosmann. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume V, 1&2/2016. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. Housing as a Verb: A Critique of Habitat III’s New Urban Agenda—An Interview with Robert Neuwirth. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume V, 1&2/2016. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. Free Soil Republic. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume V, 1&2/2016. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. Newark Withheld. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume V, 1&2/2016. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen. James Wilson—Newark, ‘when it’s your hood then you’ve never felt more at home’. Newark Withheld Series. International Society of Biourbanism. August 29, 2017.

Sara Bissen. Cesar Melgar—Razing history to make surface lots is a famous Newark administration pastime. Newark Withheld Series. International Society of Biourbanism. February 20, 2017.

Sara Bissen. Gladys Barker Grauer—Newark sensed it. Newark Withheld Series. International Society of Biourbanism. February 1, 2017.

Sara Bissen. Kevin Blythe Sampson—Newark is in danger because of its realness, power, and history. Newark Withheld Series. International Society of Biourbanism. January 15, 2017.

Sara Bissen. Newark—On Heterogenesis of Urban Decay. International Society of Biourbanism. January 15, 2017.

Sara Bissen. 1067 PacificPeople—the Sociality of Weeds. International Society of Biourbanism. December 19, 2016.

Sara Bissen. “Editor’s Note.” Editor in Chief of the Journal of Biourbanism, Rural Issue entitled The City Smells of Decay., Volume IV, 1&2/2015. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen, Mauro Quagliati, & Stefano Serafini. Il cadavere della rivoluzione non va in onda. Istanbul. Passione, Gioia, Furore. Megachip, Democrazia nella Comunicazione. May 11, 2016 & Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica May 15, 2016.

Sara Bissen. The City Smells of Decay. Journal of Biourbanism, Volume III, 1&2/2014. January 15, 2016. ISSN 2240-2535.

Sara Bissen, Samantha Clements. Bastardized and Idealized:  The Rural in the Urban. Cities+ Secrets, 5. October 2015.

Sara Bissen. Guatemala is Stillness. International Society of Biourbanism. September 1, 2015.

Sara Bissen. Topsoil. Defiance-San Andrés Itzapa-Newark-Istanbul:  Artena Anarchist Press, 2015. ISBN 978-88-940505-0-9.

Sara Bissen. “At the Limits.” The Inge Morath Foundation. Magnum Photos. June 15, 2012.

Public Lectures and Workshops

Sara Bissen, “The Ruralist Body.” Designing a Home of Language. Presented an artistic practice and a scholarly body of research on rurality. The Ruralist Body with the International Society of Biourbanism. Artena, Italy, July 15 & 18, 2019.

Sara Bissen, “Lucciole.” Public lecture as Editor in Chief of the digital and print version of the rural issue “The City Smells of Decay.” Journal of Biourbanism, Volume IV, 1&2/2015, ISSN 2240-2535, ARCI Bar Angelini, Artena, Italy December 10, 2017. —“Decadenza Urbana e Prospettive: Il Libro di Sara Bissen.” La Nuova Tribuna by Luigi Biagi, December 16, 2017.

Sara Bissen, Stefano Serafini, “The City Smells:  Biophilic Design, Soil, Financial Dispossession.” Contribution to Heroes, Maratea, Italy September 22, 2017.

Sara Bissen, Stefano Serafini, Body in Ruins. “The Story of Dhumavati:  Lived From the Homes and Bodies Where the Rural Overlooks the Urban.” The Ruralist Body with the International Society of Biourbanism, Artena, Italy April 19, 2015.

Sara Bissen. The Ruralist Body. Contribution to Temporary Rural Projects in the City Workshop  / Interim Spaces and Creative Use at the Re-Imagining Rurality Conference, University of Westminister, London, United Kingdom March 1, 2015.

Sara Bissen, Samantha Clements, “Bastardized and Idealized:  Urban Farms as Imagined Rural Oases.” Contribution to the Re-Imagining Rurality Conference, Expanded Territories, ARENA Architectural Research Network, University of Westminister, London, United Kingdom February 27—28, 2015.