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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Guest article: The buried statues of war
The hiding of the ancient treasures of the National Archaeological Museum on the eve of the German occupation of Athens, 1941. by Kostas Paschalidis (1) During a period of six months prior to the German invasion of Greece a group of … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens, Diana Issidorides, Greece, Kostas Paschalidis, Margarita Ovadia, National Archaeological Museum
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The Berlin Update: 30th March 2013
by Ares Kalandides As every week here is my pick of news from and on Germany. Today with the following: 1. Save the Berlin Wall! 2. Interview with Heiner Flassbeck, former German State Secretary of Finance 3. Dubious journalism: Institute … Continue reading
Posted in The Berlin Update
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Allianz, Axel Troost, berlin wall, Die Linke, German parties, Germany, Heiner Flassbeck, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Invitation to City Branding Symposium in Beijing
On October 23 to 25 this year, the 2nd City Branding Symposium focusing especially on China will be held at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The conference theme is “Positioning Cities: Innovative and Sustainable Strategies for City Development and Transformation”. The symposium is a … Continue reading
Pick of the day: The ‘reconfiguration’ of London is akin to social cleansing | Anna Minton | Comment is free | The Guardian
“For cynical residents this approach is a continuation of the previous government’s discredited Pathfinder programme, which aimed to increase land and property prices by demolishing existing homes in well-located areas in northern towns to build new properties that could be … Continue reading
Places like, let’s say, highways?!
by Renard Teipelke Studying ‘streets as places’ through in-situ research is nothing new to social science. A classic in this regard is Doreen Massey’s work on the global sense of place with the example of Kilburn High Road in London. … Continue reading
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Tagged corridor, fieldwork, highway, in-situ, Kenya, land use, methodology, nairobi, psychogeography, road, Thika, transect, urban development
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The Berlin Update: 23rd March 2013
by Ares Kalandides Here is my weekly pick of news from or on Germany. Today with the following topics: 1. Belgian government accuses Germany of wage dumping 2. Friedrich Ebert Foundation: Future Scenarios for the Eurozone – 15 Perspectives on the Euro … Continue reading
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Tagged Basel Institute on Governance, Belgium, Euro crisis, Panama, wage dumping
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Guest article – The Philippino way, Part 2: Public Spaces
This is the second part of the guest article by Daniel Wagner. You can find the first part here. by Daniel Wagner* The relationship between the Philippino and the street is a very intimate one. Actually there is no clear … Continue reading
Guest article: Medellín, The World´s Most Innovative City of 2012
by Jaime Hernandez* The Citigroup with the Wall Street Journal,and the association of the Urban Land Institute launched a campaign to determine the most innovative city of the year. From an initial list of 200 cities, online public votes were … Continue reading
Pick of the Day: Emanuel Urban Farm Network – Mayor Launches New Agriculture Plan To Transform Vacant Lots – The Huffington Post
‘Under a recently-announced new agriculture plan, vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side could be transformed into thriving — and profitable — urban farms in just three years. […] In a statement, Emanuel said the farm lots will help “stabilize” the … Continue reading
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