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Tag Archives: crisis
Optimism in Crisis: Necessary? Useful? Honest?
By Renard Teipelke The defining features in Caracas, Detroit, and Metro Manila are different. But no matter if it concerns crime, bankruptcy, or disaster risks, the defining features are strongly related to urban crises. While some cities enjoy a status … Continue reading
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Tagged catastrophe, climate change, crisis, disaster, flood, international development, resilience, urban development, visioning, vulnerability
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Workshop Announcement: Urban crisis or urban crises?
Athens, 5-7 December 2013 URBAN CRISIS OR URBAN CRISES? Comparing austerity urbanism, everyday life and resistance in Greek and German cities Address: National Technical University of Athens/Tositsa Building/ Patision 142 Organized by: Department of Geosciences / Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am … Continue reading
Is the Greek Tourism Image in the German Market in Crisis? (Part 2)
By Jonas Rehmet (part 1 is here) When I was a little boy (a long time ago) my parents used to take me to Naxos, an island of unrivaled beauty – at least that is how I always used to … Continue reading
Is the Greek Tourism Image in the German Market in Crisis? (Part 1)
by Jonas Rehmet In the past few years, the Greek tourism industry was sent on a rollercoaster ride. While since 2007 numbers of international arrivals decreased, numbers unexpectedly rocketed up in 2011, went down in 2012 and up again this … Continue reading
SOLIDARITY SCHEMES OF THE “OPEN CITY” (ANIHTI POLI) MUNICIPAL MOVEMENT AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS
CAMPAIGN FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT The multi-purpose Venue for Social Solidarity and Culture of the “Open City” (“Anihti Poli”) municipal movement began its activities on December the 20th, 2012. It involves two venues: a. the central two-storey venue at 56 Panepistimiou … Continue reading
Announcement: Prof. Dina Vaiou at Think&Drink Colloquium, Humboldt University, Berlin
Monday, June 3rd, 6 – 8 PM Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Universitätsstraße 3b, 10117 Berlin ( S- und U-Bahnhof Friedrichstraße), Room 205 Title: Changing patterns of care and neighbouring in crisis-ridden Athens Since 2009, analyses and explanations about the crisis in Greece, … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens, crisis, Dina Vaiou, Humboldt University, Think & Drink
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Guest article: The road to utopia
by Nikos Belavilas* “We can prove that we are entitled to dream with realism, defining together and putting into practice what until yesterday was deemed unattainable.” We are experiencing the effects of market design, of a “casino-capitalism” that produces crises … Continue reading
Pick of the day: The Post-Crisis Crises by Joseph E. Stiglitz – Project Syndicate
A new blog post on the economy: “As we struggle with today’s crises, we should be asking whether we are responding in ways that exacerbate our long-term problems. The path marked out by the deficit hawks and austerity advocates both … Continue reading
We Are Moving beyond Numbers (?)
by Renard Teipelke Afterwards, everybody always knows better. We were obsessed with numbers. “We” as in “the majority”, “the public”, “the decision-makers”, or “our/the representatives”. It does not matter if you or I were obsessed with numbers. It was the … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, alternative, capitalism, community, crisis, economy, fetishism, future, number, opposition, politics, statistics
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Calling Things by their Names: of Cicadas and Ants (again)
… or a very different type of Nation Branding.
Places. 