1. Updates
Week 8
Term may have finished, but the urbanist team are still busying away - moving, shaking, and planning more events for next year. We wanted to share with you some of the things that the team are getting up to. This week's update comes from Gui Scardini, who has been working on one of our placemaking projects in a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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"Our placemaking intervention at the Rio Comprido neighbourhood was a success! We had to change locations back and forth at the last minute because of the rain, and we ended up with a final product slightly different from what we first intended, but that's the beauty of it" - Gui
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We don't want this to be a one-way conversation, though, so please do send in your pictures and work, and we'll feature it in our newsletter.
As always, head over to Facebook, Twitter, and website pages if the (urban) mood strikes you.
Spotlight on work by the Urbanist team
This week, our very own Max Nathanson treats us to his view on ' How to respond to Chinese investment in Latin America', which quickly got my attention with its pithily observed subtitle, 'the United States can compete without making things worse'.
China's investment in Latin American countries over the past decade has been immense, but the style of investment has tended to take on a particular hue - large-scale infrastructural work and mega-projects have dominated. In this article, Max explores ways in which the United States might be able to reclaim some of its influence in the region by adopting a different style of investing - one which, by taking social and environmental considerations into account, can work to the US's advantage.
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2. Urbanist News around the World
- Down with 'studentification': how cities fought for their right not to party. (The Guardian)
- Apparently, some people view students as a public nuisance. Not exactly news. But this article does take a closer look at some of the measures being put in place to diffuse tensions.
- The illustrated city: aggression and obliviousness - welcome to Liana Finck's New York (The Guardian)
- For those of you who, like me, might get more out of some line drawings on daily micro-aggressions and social awkwardness than out of long pieces with tables and graphs (very useful in their own way). Also check out this accompanying article.
- Surabaya touts waste management to win 2018 Guangzhou award (The Jakarta Post)
- In the second-largest city in Indonesia, plastic bottles can be exchanged for bus journeys. (Meanwhile, a return journey from Oxford city centre to Abingdon will cost you £5 and your basal body temperature)
- Spot of the week: advertisements improving public health (trend watching)
- An advert that's good for your health. Not the product it's selling, but the advert itself. Have a quick look at this very short article - you'll be glad you did
- Smart-city solutions for Asia need not be grandiose projects (The Straits Times)
- Reasons why you need not build a high-tech, futuristic city with robotic-everything from scratch in order to achieve 'smarter' cities
- Why Minneapolis just made zoning history (City Labs)
- How urban planning can help to break down racial and social barriers, and the contestations entailed therein.
- ASEAN Smart Cities Network
- Smart cities! The newsletter wouldn't be complete without them. This is a free ebook on ASEAN's vision of smart cities.
Hungry for more on smart cities? Coming up in 2019, Alois Paulin will publish his book on 'Smart City Governance'. If, like us, you can't quite wait until then, you can read it online - access the introduction here.
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3. Urbanist Events
Events in Oxford
17 November 2018 - 3 March 2019
Penny Woolcock: Fantastic Cities (art exhibition)
- Details: Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street
Monday 7 January
'Publics' and smart cities
- Speakers: Please see link for list of speakers
- Details: St John's College. 9:30 - 16:00.
Tuesday 8 January
'Publics' and heritage
- Speakers: Please see link for list of speakers
- Details: St John's College. 9:30 - 15:30.
Events in the UK
30 November - 11 December (RGS exhibition)
The unknown city
- Details: RGS, 1 Kensington Gore, London
26 February 2019
The City Food Lecture 2019
- Details: Great Hall, Guildhall, Gresham Street, London. 17:30 - 21:45.
Events around the World
2 - 5 April 2019 (Conference)
13th AESOP Young Academics conference
Planning inclusive spaces: An inter- and trans-disciplinary approach
- Speakers: please see link for full list of speakers
- Details: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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4. Opportunities for Urbanists
Oxford Urbanists Team - Work with us in a number of roles!
Fellowship
2019 Cities Engagement Fellowship
CDP North America is seeking two individuals for a fast-paced fellowship programme in its New York City office on its Cities Programme. The duration is mid-January to end-July 2019. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis through 12 December, 2018 or longer if the position is not yet filed. Find more information here
Call for Papers
IV International Conference: Urban E-Planning
Hosted by the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Lisbon, this conference will take place at the university between the 23 - 24 April 2019. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2018. More details can be found here.
Call for Papers
Local and Urban Governance: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations in a Globalising World
The IGU Commission on Geography of Governance and the University of Cape Verde will be hosting this international conference between 4-7 September 2019 at the University of Cape Verde. The deadline for Abstract submission is the 31 January 2019. More details can be found here.
Call for Video Entries
Urban Audiovisual Festival, June 29-30 June - 2019
Theme: Urban Mobilities. Deadline, 15th February 2019
More Information here
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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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