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May

Eight Guidelines to Keep Creativity at the Heart of Cities

Categories: Arts and Culture, Governance, People

by Silvie Jacobi

The buzzword ‘creativity’ comes in handy when making top-down planning strategies sound somewhat more positive, inclusive or even alternative. However, what creativity signifies in some cultures is very different from others. Read more

May

Urban Ideology in Obama’s Brand of Regionalism

Categories: Governance, People, USA and Canada

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by Scott Beyer

According to a new book, Obama aims to “abolish the suburbs, ideally by having cities annex suburban municipalities.” Is the author right that Obama's policies are “hostile to traditions of individual freedom”? Read more

May

Rethinking Cities: Demonstrating the Opportunity of Meanwhile Use

Categories: Arts and Culture, Community, People, UK

Tags: cc, London

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by Joe Peach

This Big City is partnering with London-based charity 3Space on 'Re:THINK' - their new event kicking off May 1st in Blackfriars, London. We got the chance to put a few questions to the event's organisers. Read more

Apr

Rethinking Cities: Creating New Platforms for the Arts in 2013

Categories: Arts and Culture, People, UK

Tags: cc, London

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by Meg Peterson

Oscar Wilde stated that, “all art is quite useless,” and “art never expresses anything but itself”. Flash-forward to present day and there still exists a strong elitist element associated with art. However, artists and arts organisations are increasingly looking to engage in a more open and meaningful way. Read more

Apr

The Ancient Antagonism Between Street Artists and Governments

Categories: Arts and Culture, Europe, Governance, People

Tags: Barcelona, cc

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by Ian Currie

If you have ever found yourself growing bored of walking around the city, you should love Street Art. Imagine you find a beautifully crafted artwork that stops you in your tracks, makes you laugh, think and feel inspired - you would appreciate it, wouldn’t you? Unfortunately, this is not the case in many cities. Read more

Apr

100 Urban Interventions in 1 Day

Categories: Community, Latin America, People, Placemaking

Tags: Bogota, cc

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by Joe Peach

There's a limit to the amount of physical change one person can initiate in a city, but what if hundreds of citizens united, each putting in place the changes they want to see in their city all on the same day? That's the goal of 100en1día - a social movement which aims to inspire citizen driven change. Read more

Apr

Margaret Thatcher and the Argentine Dictators: Enemies with Similar Views on Train Travel

Categories: Governance, Latin America, People, Public Transport, Transport, UK

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by Drew Reed

And so it is: Margaret Thatcher has finally rusted out and been sent to the great scrap heap in the sky. The media has responded with a flood of historical recaps of her legacy, with one obvious highlight being her brutal (and politically fruitful) war against Argentina. But despite the feud between the two countries, their respective governments shared a similar outlook on transportation Read more

Apr

Pacific Island Trials Aquaponics for Food Supply. Will Cities be Next?

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Energy and Services, Governance, People, Planning

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by Forum for the Future

Aquaponics - a type of farming which combines aquaculture (raising fish) with hydroponics (cultivating plants without soil) - could hold the answer to food supply for islands in the Pacific. Could it also provide cities with a new method of food production? Read more

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