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Monthly Archives: December 2011
“My neighbo’hood has what it takes.” – 2 Ideas for a Marginalised City Quarter
by Valentin Schipfer For six years now I’ve been living in Vienna’s 15th district and its image has not yet changed. People still react the same condescending way when they find out about my residence. Once I was even told that everything would be alright at the … Continue reading
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Tagged anholt, ashworth, edcuation project, ethnic community, fashion, jewish past, kalandides, kavaratzis, NEMONA, Place Branding, rudolfsheim-fünfhaus, Vienna, working class
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Call it the Tracey Emin effect: art overcoming austerity outside London | by John Kampfner | The Guardian
Culture-led regeneration and Darwinian (s. dog-eat-dog) logic in John Kampfner’s article: Call it the Tracey Emin effect: art overcoming austerity outside London | John Kampfner | Comment is free | The Guardian.
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Tagged art, galleries, Margate, The Guardian, Tracey Emin, Turner Contemporary
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“Santa’s Office is a place where dreams come true.”
by Hans Pul Where does Santa Claus live? This question circulates in the minds of millions of children around the world around this time of the year. According to a poem by George Walker in 1870, his home is situated … Continue reading
Place Branding for Cyprus: An Interview
Through the Nicosia Wall © photo Ares Kalandides by Ares Kalandides In the last days of October I was in Nicosia for a two-day seminar on Place Branding. I had the opportunity to talk to a journalist from the paper … Continue reading
Alternative Mapping
by Renard Teipelke This article is about maps. If you are thinking back to geography classes in school or your last trip with a roadmap, you will be misled. There has always been more to maps, more in maps, and … Continue reading
Me, myself and I: Germans vs. Greeks or the tale of the cicada and the ant
by Ares Kalandides It sometimes happens in the middle of the night. I am woken up by a horrible racket and find myself fighting – with myself. “You are a lazy bastard” my German self is shouting to my Greek … Continue reading
Smartphone applications augmenting city realities
by Valentin Schipfer A recent post (see here) by Brendan Colgan opened the topic of smartphones and the city. He posed questions such as: Are smartphones leveling the playing field for citizens so they can engage more directly and better … Continue reading
Posted in opinions
Tagged augmented reality, enhanced reality, glow, layar, location-based, mixed reality, national geographic, networked urbanism, smartphones, wikitude
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Greece Deserves Better Than Placemats and Paper Cups, Mister Minister
Article by Gregory C. Pappas in the Huffington Post “Yes, you’ve read the headline correctly. Greece’s brilliant marketers — the very agency responsible for promoting Greece’s image abroad — have resorted to adding the “visit Greece” slogan on seven million … Continue reading
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Tagged destination branding, Greece, Gregory C. Pappas, tourism
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Utrecht Update | Final Programme Now Online
Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce that the finalized programme is now online for the International Place Branding Conference «Roots – Politics – Methods» to be held in Utrecht, Netherlands, between 20th and 21st January 2012. Please visit the official conference website (http://de.amiando.com/FNFBVAT.html?page=594081) … Continue reading
Creative Cities International — The Vitality Index (VI)
by Brendan Colgan Last summer Creative Cities International (CCI) launched a new cultural impact study in the U.S. entitled the Vitality Index (VI) [click here for the report]. The study aims to model the “human experience of the city at its … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta, boston, California, CCI, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Creative Cities, cultural institutions, Detroit, Distictiveness, downtown, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Linda Lees, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, new york, New York City, parks, philadelphia, Phoenix, pittsburgh, pulic access, Raleigh, San Antonio, San Jose, seattle, sense of place, sustainibility, Tampa, Tulsa, U.S., urban space, urbanism, USA, VI, Vitality Index
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