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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Highway 1 & the Magic of a Simple Road
By Renard Teipelke Have you ever thought about a sabbatical year? Going away. Writing your first novel. Trying to find the meaning of life. Leave all your problems of everyday life behind. Finally succeed in renouncing Twitter, iPhone, Facebook, DirectTV, … Continue reading
Today: The launch of the new city marketing strategy for Bogotá
The launch of the new city marketing strategy for Bogotá will be presented today at 6:30. The document defines the vision: “Bogota is a creative city which is being transformed for everybody’s progress. It is recognized as an emerging business centre; it is a tourist … Continue reading
Toward a “No Tourists” destination brand: the case of Burgundy in France (www.pasdetouristes.com)
Guest Article by Antonios Giannopoulos In Burgundy there are no tourists… the introductory slogan that follows visitors in almost each and every “click” on the website of Burgundy in French is rather appealing. Although there is a general debate over … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged destination brand, destination image, France, tourism, tourism 2.0
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Sex and Drugs and Rock-‘n-Roll: Welcome to Amsterdam
by Ares Kalandides “DNA is the main carrier of genetic information of living organisms. This means DNA determines who you are and what makes you one of a kind.” This is the message in the introduction to the roughly 100-page-long … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Ares Kalandides, drugs, prostitution, red light district, tourism
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B(r)and Aid for Nations
By Renard Teipelke Do you remember the time when some nations or their progressive leaders/decision makers thought of nation branding as an innovative and cool tool to position their country in a globalized world?! That is to say: a time … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged Arab Revolution, Arab Spring, country brand, crisis, crisis management, disaster, economic development, erdogan, Fukushima, Greece, Image, Japan, Middle East, nation branding, recovery, tourism, turkey, US
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Neighbouring, practices of belonging and the rescaling of citizenship. Examples from Berlin and Athens*
Paper presentation by Ares Kalandides and Dina Vaiou** Context A. Concentrations of migrants in certain urban neighbourhoods in European cities have been a constant issue in political and academic debates about ethnic/racial difference with a recurrence of questions such as … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, journals, research
Tagged Ares Kalandides, Athens, belonging, Berlin, Citizenship, Dina Vaiou, European Urban and Regional Studies, EURS, Kypseli, Neighbourhood, Neukölln, RC21, urban regeneration
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Farewell Welfare?
By Renard Teipelke In the typical Hollywood movie, a homeless person is normally sitting in front of a office building and begging for a few cents. In contrast to other features of Hollywood movies, this is actually not an unrealistic … Continue reading
Announcement: Panel Discussion ‘Quo Vadis Creative Economy?’
On July 12th (7 p.m.), Berlin Agora takes the stage at Radialsystem Berlin and organises a panel discussion on creative industries in Berlin. Hosts will be Dr. Bastian Lange (Multiplicities, Berlin) and Ares Kalandides (Inpolis UCE GmbH, Berlin).
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Berlin, creative economy, panel discussion
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Criticism -> Skepticism -> Death-Knell-Attitude
By Renard Teipelke For decades, courageous, enthousiastic, and convinced citizens have fought for a better democracy in Germany: more transparent, more direct, more accountable. What these citizens have achieved can hardly be described by any words. They fought the system, … Continue reading
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Tagged against, chance, crisis, critic, culture, democracy, demonstration, development, economic development, fight, future, growth, no, opportunity, place, Place Development, Place Management, planning, project, protest, risk, skepticism, system, urban planning, urban space, youth
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Neighbourhoods, local scenes & tourist development. Part 1:The LGBT neighbourhood in Schöneberg
by Ares Kalandides and Nils Grube Schöneberg is a Berlin neighbourhood with an established, diverse and strong Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transsexual (LGBT) community, especially around Nollendorfplatz. Over the years it has developed into a magnet for visitors from other … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Berlin, destination branding, destination management, Gay Berlin, gay tourism, LGBT, Schöneberg
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