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Dominic Hinde’s research at The University of Edinburgh examines the environmental rhetoric of Scandinavian regions. Hinde writes and speaks about different aspects of the Scandinavian countries and their relationship with Britain, but particularly the environment, politics and popular culture. Follow him on Twitter @DominicMHinde On… Continue Reading →
Get The New Metropolitan’s perspective on contemporary Amsterdam with Richard Williams’ December photo-essay. All images Richard Williams, December 2014 1. A’dam tower under construction From the ferry on the river IJ, the A’dam tower under construction, and at its base, the EYE film museum…. Continue Reading →
The New Metropolitan is please to share the following event which is being organised by the International Conference of Critical Geography (ICCG) ‘Precarious Radicalism On Shifting Grounds: Towards a Politics of Possibility’. It takes place on 26-30 July 2015 in Ramallah,… Continue Reading →
Planning and self-organizing citizens: understanding the position of planners and knowledge in times of new urbanisms. Abstracts are invited for the RC21 annual congress, to be held in Urbino, Italy, in August 2015. Organizers: Federico Savini (University of Amsterdam, NL); Mike… Continue Reading →
Costas Douzinas talks to Nick Holdstock about citizenship and public space. This interview was first published by CITSEE in 2013. Nick Holdstock: Why did you start ‘Philosophy and Resistance’ with a reference to Queen Elizabeth? Costas Douzinas: The Queen’s question is like the… Continue Reading →
CONTESTED SPACES OF CITIZENSHIP is a postgraduate conference organised by Durham University’s Department of Geography. The conference takes place on Wednesday 29 April 2015 (Room W007). The keynote speaker is Professor Engin F. Isin. Space is at the core of political struggles and… Continue Reading →
We asked Dr Ljubica Spaskovska, Associate Research Fellow in History at the University of Exeter to describe the response of Skopje citizens to the contemporary reconstruction of the city. Spaskovska is an Associate Research Fellow on the Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘1989 after… Continue Reading →
Can the European Constitution be rewritten using poetry? This is the question asked by a literary group in Belgium called the Brussels Poetry Collective – coordinated by David Van Reybrouck and Peter Vermeersch. They wanted to see whether they could come up with an alternative version…. Continue Reading →
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA in conversation with leading social entrepreneur Lord Mawson, Professor Wolf Prix, co-founder of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU and pioneering writer and journalist Anna Minton chaired by Professor Ricky Burdett, Director of the Urban Age programme at the LSE. Organised with… Continue Reading →
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