Tag Archives: cities
Workshop w/ Jennie Savage 15.08.09 @ Volume
Nutopia workshop w/ Jennie Savage August 15th, 2009@ Volume, 3pm As cities become architecturally homogenised, “Nutopia” will ask, “What and where are our new Utopias?” “Nutopia” follows a symposium of the same name organised by Jennie Savage as part of … Continue reading
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Event: Cities in Crisis
Cities in Crisis Institute of Contemporary Art, London 15 July 2009 British cities have never been so cool: buzzing with cultural centres, farmers’ markets and late-night venues. Regeneration and loft-living have transformed seedy neighbourhoods into desirable urban villages. Yet media … Continue reading
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Event: Nutopia Symposium, Cardiff
Nutopia Symposium 2/3 April 2009 @ Cardiff, UK “Nutopia: Exploring the Metropolitan Imagination is a mapping process which seeks to explore the possibility of re- imaging utopia in relation to ‘the city’. The ways in which we can challenge the … Continue reading
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Event: World-Information City / Paris
World-Information City / Paris Urban In/visibility, Access and Zoning Conference: 30/31 May 2009 http://world-information.org/ Speaker: John Urry from Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University Video: http://world-information.org/wio/program/paris/1245864116 or http://world-information.org/wio/program/paris/1245864116/htmlPublicWIOPlayer?mid=wio/john_urry_lecture.flv Mobility Futures “This paper examines a range of future possible scenarios as … Continue reading
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Article: US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive
US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive By Tom Leonard in Flint, Michigan Telegraph.co.uk Published: 6:30PM BST 12 Jun 2009 “Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic “shrink to survive” … Continue reading
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