1. Updates
Hello urbanists!
We've nothing too earth-shaking to update you about this week. However, our latest job positions of Partnerships Development Associate and South Asia Associate will only be open to applications for a few more days, so get yours in while you still can! More details can be found in the Opportunities section of this newsletter.
In this issue, we're bringing you news on the architecture of creepiness, events on Designing the Future, opportunities to submit papers on food systems, cycling, water, and climate resilience... and much more.
But first...
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We've shared a lot of urban news with you in the history of this newsletter, but it is often the biggest stories which dominate . The Urban Activist provides a platform to raise awareness about local people from all over the world whose actions help to shape better cities. To start you off, check out how street artists spearheaded a cultural transition in Muscat, as told by Susana F. Molina.
Image from The Urban Activist
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As always, please do send in your pictures and work - we'd love to feature them in our newsletter. Head over to Facebook, Twitter, and our website pages for more updates.
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2. Urbanist News around the World
- Moving Indonesia’s capital city won’t fix Jakarta’s problems and will increase fire risk in Borneo (The Conversation)
- Home to 10 million people, Jakarta struggles with severe pollution, traffic jams and floods, and parts of it are sinking --- but moving it might not be the best solution. Luca Tacconi explains why.
- Why are South African cities still so segregated 25 years after apartheid? (The Guardian)
- Large and unanticipated influxes of residents to cities like Johannesburg have been met with fractured urban planning responses, reports Justice Malala.
- Houses of horror (Aeon)
- As Halloween approaches, Francis McAndrew explores the 'architecture of creepiness' - from haunted houses to cramped conditions on the tube.
- Pasig City, Philippines demonstrates the benefits of inclusive climate action (ICLEI)
- An insight into what bottom-up schemes of climate action can look like, courtesy of ICLEI's CityTalk blog. See also these top 5 takeaways for cities from the UN Climate Action Summit.
- Nottingham making progress towards becoming the UK’s first carbon-neutral city (Geographical)
- The Millennial Urban Lifestyle Is About to Get More Expensive (CityLab)
- Well, you weren't expecting it to get cheaper, were you? Derek Thompson argues how the Uber/Airbnb/WeWork era is Lyfting us ever-closer to dystopia... or maybe just a slightly pricier lifestyle.
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3. Events
Events in Oxford
Thursday 31 October
The role of academia in agenda and policy making at the local level: the city working group model
- Speaker: Jacqueline Broadhead
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
Monday 4 November
Skill Diversity and the Evolution of Formal Employment in Cities
- Speaker: Eduardo Lora
- Details: Queen Elizabeth House, Mansfield Road. 17:00.
Wednesday 6 November
Designing the Future: Who is doing it?
- Speaker: Sarah Weir OBE
- Details: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College
Thursday 7 November
French Cities membership in European migration networks: understanding the (dis)involvement in transnational city networks
- Speaker: Aisling Healy
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
Wednesday 13 November
Oxford's housing and homeless crisis: why is it happening and what can be done?
- Speakers: Please see link for full list of speakers.
- Details: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. 17:30.
Thursday 14 November
Transforming intercultural integration internationally: the example of Intercultural Cities
- Speaker: Anne Bathily.
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
Thursday 14 November
Chronicle of an Announced Death: Affiliation, Violence, and the appropriation of Urban Space in provincial Germany in 1934
- Speaker: Ulrike Jureit
- Details: History Faculty, George Street. 17:00.
Monday 18 November
‘I Built this House on my Back’: A Historical Perspective on Care and Property in East Africa
- Speaker: Professor Ambreena Manji
- Details: Seminar Room D, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, OX1 3UQ. 16:30
21 November
Mediterranean Thinking in migration studies: reassessing the role of Mediterranean cities
- Speaker: Ricard Zapata-Barrero.
- Details: 64 Banbury Road. 15:30.
21 November
Towards an Urban Property Formations Framework for Second Wave Subaltern Urbanism Studies
- Speaker: Tara van Dijk.
- Details: Herbertson Room, School of Geography and Environment, off South Parks Road. 16:00.
Events in the UK
(Various dates)
Events in London and the South East - a list
28 October
African realities - Zeinab Badawi and Dr Nick Wescott
- Speakers: Zeinab Badawi and Nick Westcott
- Details: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London. 17:30.
5 November
Planning New York
- Speakers: Marisa Lago and Prof. Tony Travers.
- Details: The Venue, Basement, Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, 1 Sheffield Street, London . 18:30 - 20:00.
6 November
Freight in the City Expo 2019
- Speakers: Please see link for further details
- Details: Alexandra Palace, London. 9:00 - 17:00.
10 - 12 November
At the frontiers of the urban: thinking concepts and practices globally
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: UCL, London. 18:00 (10th Nov) - 20:00 (12th Nov).
- Please note that this event is ticketed (£5 - £55).
19 November
Healthy Lives, Healthy Cities: Public health priorities for Scotland
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh.
12 December
MONICA Smart Cities Showcase
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds. 10:00 - 16:30.
- Limited spaces available.
Events around the World
7 - 8 November
Future Cities Canada Summit
- Please see link for full details.
- TD Future Cities Centre, Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Canada.
11 - 15 November
UCLG Congress
World summit of local and regional leaders
- Please see here and here for further details
- Durban, South Africa
14 November
The Future of Urban Texas
- Please see link for full details
- University of Houston–Downtown, 1 Main St., Houston, TX 77002. 18:00 (14th Nov) - 15:15 (15th Nov)
19 - 21 November
Smart City Expo World Congress 2019
- Please see link for full details
- Barcelona, Spain
22 - 23 November
Urban Innovation Forum
- Please see link for full details
- Singapore
20 - 21 December 2020
1st International Conference on Urban Data Science
- Please see link for full details
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
8 - 13 February 2020
World Urban Forum (UN-Habitat)
- Please see link for full details
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
5 - 9 July 2020
World Cities Summit 2020
- Please see link for full details
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4. Opportunities
Call for blog pieces
Young Academics of the Association of the European Schools of Planning
Write a blog piece of up to 1000 words. A wide selection of topics are available.
More details here.
Partnerships Development Associate
Oxford Urbanists
Help Oxford Urbanists to build new partnerships with relevant organisations around the world (e.g. UN-Habitat, ThinkCity, IGC).
Job description here.
Deadline: 30th October
South Asia Associate
Oxford Urbanists
As part of the South Asia Regional team, collaborate with various organisations and universities. Leverage existing connections and build a well-developed network in South Asia.
Job description here.
Deadline: 30th Octobber
Call for content
The 2020 World Water Congress & Exhibition
The congress is designed to bring together over 10,000 water professionals. Through the underlying theme ‘Water for smart liveable cities’, a concept in which Denmark is leading, the congress will explore smart, holistic and liveable city solutions that utilise synergies between various intelligent systems, empower cities to adapt to a changing climate and meet the Paris agenda, whilst improving the quality of life and well-being of our societies.
The congress will take place from the 18th October 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
More details here.
Deadline: 30th October
Call for abstracts
Urban Food Systems Symposium
The symposium focuses on urban food systems and the role they play in global food security. Under discussion are urban agricultural production, local food systems distribution, climate change, nutrition, urban farmer education, urban ag policy, planning and development, food access and justice, and food sovereignty.
The symposium will take place between 4th-6th June 2020 in Kansas City, USA.
More details here.
Deadline: 1st November
Call for abstracts
Velo-City 2020
They invite you to share your expertise, insights, data, innovation and analysis to reflect our conference theme 'Smart Cycling Inclusion', share stories of success and failure and of visions of future mobility ecosystems, public space, healthier, sustainable and more accessible environments for people.
The conference will take place in Ljubljana between 2nd-5th June 2020.
More details here.
Deadline: 9th November
Call for abstracts
6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector
More details here.
Deadline: 14th November.
Call for papers
The International Conference on Smart Applications and Data Analysis for Smart Cities 2020
The conference will bring together researchers and industry professionals contributing towards different phases of designing, exploiting and maintaining Smart Cyber Physical Systems and their Applications. These phases include requirements engineering, data acquisition/cleaning, storage, deployment, exploitation, and visualisation.
The conference will take place in Marrakech, Morocco between 25th-27th March 2020.
More details here.
Deadline: 9th December.
Call for abstracts
International Urban Planning and Environment Congress
The congress's main theme is 'managing change'. The organisers say they hope the conference "will allow us to share and learn from international professionals on issues facing our profession in the next decades and share noteworthy practices on how we can plan and manage changes affecting our built and social environment".
The conference will take place in Tartu, Estonia between the 20th-23rd July 2020.
Deadline: 15th December.
Call for abstracts
Urban Transitions 2020
Urban Transitions 2020 aims to promote healthy urban development by bringing together different disciplines working within cities including world leading experts on urban and transport planning, architecture, environmental exposures, physical activity, and public health and governance to discuss current challenges and solutions.
The conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain between the 10th-12th November 2020.
More details here.
Deadline: 5th June 2020
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As always, don't hesitate to reach out with ideas and opportunities to share with the greater Urbanist community. Have a great week!
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