I’ve earlier emphasised the importance of keeping all the records of your activity logs and correspondence (both e-mail and paper-based). This is crucial not only for the need of tracing the roots of your evolving thoughts, but also for the protection of your own reputation. Sometimes, you will need to recount particular events, identify what […]
Open Democracy based in the United Kingdom is running a new series on Cities in Conflict, which according to the series editors “seeks to examine cities as conceptualised, planned or contested sites of conflict, security or resistance.” The series includes a number of themes that range from ‘the insurgent city’, ‘cities of exception’ and ‘the city yet […]
(Please kindly note that a new LSE blog is launched based on the outcomes of the workshop: Field Research Method Lab at http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/fieldresearch) Field Research Method Lab: Addressing Field Research Constraints in China Hosted by the Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science Funded by the LSE Teaching and Learning Centre Dates: 6-7 […]
I’ve been invited to contribute book reviews to a Korean daily newspaper called KyungHyang Daily. It’s going to be one book per month, and I presume it’s going to be also available on its online site. The first one I have chosen is David Harvey’s Rebel Cities (2012). The next one to come is Stephen […]
I’m organising a session on mega-events and urban spectacles, focusing on case studies from the Global South. Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries or send me an abstract by 1st February 2013 for consideration if you’d like to participate. CFP copy and pasted below… RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2013: New […]
Neil R. Smith , 1954 – 2012 http://pcp.gc.cuny.edu/2012/09/neil-r-smith-1954-2012/ The sudden death of Neil Smith, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geograph at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, comes as a shock, and Neil’s premature departure was never expected. A great loss to all those who fought for a better world. I’ve only had a couple […]
An outdoor wall painting that always captures my eyes, and makes me smile. This can be found about 300 metres to the north from the junction between New Cross Road and Deptford High Street.
My last trip to Tokyo was in late December 2010, about three months before the earthquake and the leakage of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear power plants. I haven’t been able to return since then, and if I do, it would be interesting to compare the atmosphere of the city with what I felt during […]
Xining is the provincial capital of Qinghai province in western China. Located at an high altitude (about 2,200 metres above sea level), the city is one of the most populous cities in the western region, having about 2.2 million residents by 2010. I had a chance to stay there for about one week as part […]
Urbanised villages in China refer to former rural villages that have been engulfed by urban expansion. Having lost farmlands, villagers invest heavily in dwellings to gain rental income from migrant tenants. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in China’s Pearl River Delta region. These villages struggle to resist impending threats of demolition, though they give […]