Last thursday, about 60 people gathered on the Bayou Bienvenue Platform overlooking the swamplands along New Orleans’s eastern margin. Situated next to the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood and the Inner Read more
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Nov
SITUATED ECOLOGIES gathers art, design and research collaborations to contest and democratise ecologies.
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James Evans focuses on boda-boda motorcycle taxis in Uganda to ask how current thinking in Geography might help us re-think the role of informal transport in achieving more inclusive and Read more
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Nov
The first time I realised there was something funny going on was when we were discussing shebeens- informal drinking spaces usually found in townships. I asked my students “where do Read more
During 2014 we are organizing a series of special sessions on “Pluralizing the Approaches to Urban Political Ecology in a ‘World of Cities’”. The aim is to discuss how we in Read more
During November Jonathan Silver will be undertaking new research as part of his role in the LSE Cities ‘Urban Uncertainty‘ project. Below he gives a brief commentary of the work. Read more
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Oct
Mary Lawhon teaches urban geography at University of Pretoria. In this first of a mini-series of commentaries Mary reflects on the experience of teaching her first undergraduate module. I’m in Read more
Rethinking urban ecologies of the global South We’ve have just published a new article in the geography journal Antipode on “Provincializing Urban Political Ecology: Towards a Situated UPE Through African Urbanism“. In Read more
Henrik Ernstson takes a look at a cultural mobilization against a backdrop of contestation in one part of Cape Town. This Saturday, on September 28, 2013, Emile YX? and his Read more
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SepImportant phase finalized in the Cape Town Civic Network study
Categories: Announcements, MAIN NEWS, NEWS: General, NEWS: MOVE Cape Town CIVNET Study, NEWS: MOVE Project
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Recently our MOVE project concluded a major research phase in the Cape Town Civic Network Study about citizen associations, the urban environment and local democracy. With our diverse and multi-lingual field-work team at Read more
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SepGreat PhD course on ‘Urban Ecology as Science, Culture and Power’
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Integrated with our book workshop on ‘Grounding Urban Natures’ we also had the great opportunity to run a PhD course on ‘Urban Ecology as Science, Culture and Power‘ from 10-14 June in Read more
