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Aug 21
68

Festivals can transform cities by making space for overlooked people and cultures

By A McCloskey | Opinion, Opinion - Coproducing Urbanisms

Cities all over the world are facing major crises – from failing services and mounting inequalities, to climate emergencies. And arts and culture have a surprisingly critical role in tackling these kind of urban challenges. Festivals create exciting spaces to experience art, music, culture and…

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Jul 29
68

How social innovation can support citizen participation

By A McCloskey | Opinion, Opinion - Coproducing Urbanisms

Beth Perry, Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson reflect on the findings of the Jam and Justice Action Research Collective in Greater Manchester and discuss how social innovation can support citizen participation. This article was originally published on Open Access Government….

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Jul 23
66

Putting people first: Why citizens are the lynchpin to achieving urban climate action

By A McCloskey | Co-producing Urbanisms, News, Opinion - Coproducing Urbanisms

Blog post by Ryan Bellinson, PhD student. I, like most other researchers, am passionate about the topics I investigate. So when I was recently presented with an opportunity to participate in a TV programme, I was quite excited to share…

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Jun 05
100

PUBLIC BOOK DISCUSSION: VASUDEVAN’S ‘AUTONOMOUS CITY’

By Sophie Rowson | Life At The Margins, Opinion - Life at the Margins

PUBLIC BOOK DISCUSSION: VASUDEVAN’S ‘AUTONOMOUS CITY’ New Roots Co-operative Shop, Sheffield. 7th February 2019. Part of the Making Space exhibition. Public discussion with Alex Vasudevan (AV) author of The Autonomous City & Sam Burgum (SB), associate researcher at the Urban Institute….

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May 30
82

Launching The Radical Housing Journal

By Sophie Rowson | Life At The Margins, News, Opinion - Life at the Margins

Blog post by Michele Lancione (Urban Institute), originally posted via https://www.michelelancione.eu/ I am so proud and energized by the launch of the Radical Housing Journal: a new, peer-reviewed, open-source publication that cuts across the academy and housing movements internationally. Together with…

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Apr 24
63

Interview-Podcast for the Relational Poverty Network: On Collaborative Art Praxis to Challenge Homelessness

By Sophie Rowson | Life At The Margins, Opinion - Life at the Margins

The Relational Poverty Network is a USA-based but internationally driven ensemble, which convenes a community of scholars to develop conceptual frameworks, research methodologies, and pedagogies for the study of relational poverty. It is a project inspired and managed by Vicky Lawson and…

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Apr 16
0

China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?

By Sophie Rowson | Opinion - Infrastructure in Action

China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?

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Mar 27
0

Four approaches to urban air pollution after Brexit

By Sophie Rowson | Climate Urbanism, Opinion - Climate Urbanism

Poor air quality causes over 7 million deaths a year worldwide, especially in large cities.

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Mar 27
0

American cities are in crisis. So why is Richard Florida exporting their lessons?

By Sophie Rowson | Opinion, Opinion - Coproducing Urbanisms, Opinion - Infrastructure in Action

“As difficult as it may be for American urbanists like Richard Florida to admit, the seeds of urban transformation are not found in the U.S.”

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Mar 20
0

A Window Into the Lives of Colonial India’s People, in the Trials of a Surveyor

By Sophie Rowson | Opinion

Aritcle by the Urban Institute’s Hita Unnikrishnan, and colleagues Anushri Visweswaran, and Harini Nagendra originally published via The Wire 17.02.19. When the British expanded their control over India in the 18th and 19th centuries, they began to systematically document the natural…

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