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The presentations and discussion explored recent developments in urban studies ranging across topics such as emerging conceptions of urban politics, new approaches to the interpretation of urban culture, and conceptual…
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Recherche exploratoire sur les caractéristiques acoustiques, la dimension et l'identité sonores de cinq grands ports européens - Anvers, Brest, Barcelone, Gênes, Marseille - à…
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For all their vibrancy and liveliness, cities face a growing challenge of providing secure and sustainable places to live. Even the world’s most ‘liveable cities’—Vancouver, Melbourne, Helsinki…
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Chaque matinée de la Ville à l’État Gazeux proposait des témoignages de chercheurs et d’acteurs urbains sur des sujets tout public. La ville sensible, grand thème…
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‘No urbanism without urbanists’ might be a slogan that captures the European and North American urban experience over the past two centuries. Indeed, it is arguable that urbanism is not only an empirical…
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This paper considers the work of one of Indonesia’s most prominent contemporary writers, Seno Gumira Ajidarma. In this paper, I look at how Seno’s writing over the last 30 years traces and documents changes…
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Since 1999 when Indonesia initiated the world’s biggest experiment with democratic decentralization (or regional autonomy ) administrations as the primary unit of analysis without disaggregating these two…
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This talk proposes to explore the complex origins of a unique cosmopolitan culture in 1980s Hong Kong, which among other things represented the historical intersection of a changing colonialism, divisive nationalist…
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Do you ever wonder whether we should be optimistic or pessimistic about the future? If you want more reasons to think things may still turn out for the better, urban futurist and two-time TED speaker Alex…
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Romola Sanyal’s talk will address multiple narratives of Dharavi, Mumbai and how these competing and complimentary narratives produce particular claims to citizenship. Much of the work is based around her recent…
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Que sait-on des parcours urbains des personnes en situation de précarité? Quels lieux publics fréquentent-elles et quels en sont leurs usages? Ces questions se posent plus encore pour les…
Présentation par le diffuseur :
Picon, La Busserine, Fontvert, Saint Barthélemy III, Les Iris, Les Flamands… Autant de cités construites à partir des années 60 et qui faisaient partie de ce que l’on…
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Together with our partners at CoLab Radio, Polis is happy to present our newest project, the Polis Podcast on CoLab Radio. Our goal is to bring you a stimulating series of discussions, debates and interviews on a wide…
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Among the many things that are anathema in contemporary urban planning, one of the most demonised is the large, ceremonial public square. The vast, proverbially windswept plazas built under 'really existing socialism'…
In this 2011 seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London School of Advanced Study, Joseph de Sapio discusses fog in the representation of Victorian London, particularly from the perspective of tourists to the city. He argues…
The first panel of this symposium in celebration of Anthony Orum’s retirement: Great Cities/Ordinary Lives Conference - A look at the city and its residents from the bottom up
Panel 1 : The lives of urban residents in a global world : Europe,…
The second panel of this symposium in celebration of Anthony Orum’s retirement: Great Cities/Ordinary Lives Conference - A look at the city and its residents from the bottom up
Panel 2 : Cities : Place, space and everyday infrastructure…
The third panel of this symposium in celebration of Anthony Orum’s retirement: Great Cities/Ordinary Lives Conference - A look at the city and its residents from the bottom up
Panel 3 : The lives of urban residents in a global world : Berlin,…
