By Richard J Williams First published August 2014 at Richard J William’s Blog Peter Hall, who died last week aged 82 was a planner, but also one of the most lucid writers about cities in any language. I routinely give… Continue Reading →
What does it mean to be a citizen today? An Interview with David Harvey conducted by Igor Stiks. First published in June 2011 in webmagazine ‘Citizenship in Southeast Europe’ www.citsee.eu What, in your opinion, does it mean to be a citizen today?… Continue Reading →
By Peter Geoghan First published February 2014 in webmagazine ‘Citizenship in Southeast Europe’ www.citsee.eu Cupar Way, West Belfast Pictured above is one section of an imposing 800-metre long multi-level barrier that has, in various forms, separated the largely Protestant Shankill Road from the largely Catholic Falls Road… Continue Reading →
Saskia Sassen is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is currently Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. Her books include Territory,… Continue Reading →
Sharon Zukin is Professor of Sociology at CUNY Brooklyn College, New York. One of the United States’s most widely read sociologists, she has been an active participant for many years in public debates on cities. Regeneration, and the place of culture… Continue Reading →
I’m interested basically in why cities look the way they do. It’s an unusually perfect day in Edinburgh and I’m sitting in Richard’s 1878 tenement flat, in the kitchen to be precise where sun is streaming through the big sash… Continue Reading →
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