1. Updates
Week 8
Hello Urbanists! The exam period in Oxford is almost well and truly up. Fortunately, unlike exams, a love of all things urban has no expiration, so we want to comfort you that your fill of urban updates will continue in earnest once term has ended. If that doesn't sound like it will quench your urban appetite, why not apply for the role of Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Urbanists? Whether you have been involved with our work in the past or not, we welcome your application. Scroll down to the 'opportunities' section of the newsletter for more information. We're a lovely bunch, and would love for you to join us!
Read on for news on the Guardian's Tokyo Week, opportunities to attend conferences and summer schools, events happening from Oxford to Singapore… and much much more.
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The latest article to be published in the Oxford Urbanists magazine is now available to read on our website. 'Squatting, Citizenship, Ecology, Method: An Interview with Alex Vasudevan' examines squatting and citizenship, 'cityness' and 'autonomous urbanism', the urban commons, and urban natures. The piece, written by William Conroy, is available for your enjoyment and edification here.
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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
- Making Indian cities inclusive means making them more walkable (IIED)
- As India's cities expand and car ownership increases, pedestrians are being marginalised – and their safety is being put at risk.
- Why Don't Americans Use Their Parks At Night? (City Lab)
- Why deliberately reduce opportunities to picnic + boogie?
- Guardian Tokyo Week (The Guardian)
- A collection of articles ranging from 'A city built on water: the hidden rivers under Tokyo's concrete and neon' to 'Has Tokyo reached 'peak city'?'
- The global south is rich in sustainability lessons that students deserve to hear (Nature)
- How a limited Western view of sustainability is stifling change
- Why French cities could be set to lose thousands of parking spaces (The Local)
- A seemingly mundane piece of news but with some far-reaching impacts.
- The Rise, Fall, and Possible Rebirth of 100 Resilient Cities (City Lab)
- An article shedding some light on the resilience of Resilience
- Lakes as urban classrooms (The nature of cities)
- Looking beyond ideas of urban lakes as an object of study, and instead toward understanding them as a critical component of connecting with urban nature
- UN-Habitat outlines five resolutions in its assembly (Urban Gateway)
- ...And hopefully they'll be more successful than the resolutions I made in January
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3. Events
Events in Oxford
Monday 17 June
Voluntary apartheid in fast-growing settler cities: New Orleans and Odessa (1803-1856)
- Speaker: Olivia Durand
- Details: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road. 12:00.
17 & 18 June
digital | visual | cultural 3 — models, volume, and digital 3D visualisation
- Speaker: Clancy Wilmott
- Details: St John's Auditorium, Oxford
- Booking required
Tuesday 18 June
The Welfare Consequences of Formalizing Developing Country Cities: Evidence from the Mumbai Mills Redevelopment
- Speakers: Mike Gechter
- Details: Room 2, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, 13:00.
Thursday 20 June
Urban segregation in behaviours: A data-driven approach
- Speaker: Dr Xiaowen Dong
- Details: 66 Banbury Road (Wolsey Hall). 14:00.
Thursday 20 June
Creating healthy, sustainable, city food environments
- Speaker: Please see link for full list of speakers.
- Details: 75 George Street (Hayes House). 17:30.
Thursday 20 June
Cities and the global agendas
- Speaker: William Cobbett
- Details: Lecture theatre, Rewley House, 1-7 Wellington Square. 17:45.
Wednesday 26 June
Urban and rural landscapes in the medieval Mediterranean
- Speakers: various speakers
- Details: St John's College, St Giles. 9:00,
Wednesday 26 June
Beyond the Gap : How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet
- Speaker: Julie Rozenberg
- Details: Gottman A, Dyson Perrins Building
off South Parks Road
Events in the UK
Monday 24 June
City, Essay, Film: Handsworth Songs
- (Film screening)
- Details: Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick Centre, London. 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday 27 June
Urban identities: past and present
- Speakers: Various speakers
- Details: Humanities Building, University of Warwick. 9:30.
- Booking required. Limited places available.
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 July
SPACE International Conference 2019 on City Planning and Urban Design
- Speakers: Please see link for full list of speakers
- Details: Antoinette Hotel, The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD
Tuesday 9 July
City, Essay, Film: The Concrete Revolution
- (Film screening)
- Details: Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick Centre, London. 18:30 - 20:30
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 July
The Pursuit of Global Urban History
- Speakers: Various speakers.
- Details: John Foster Hall, Oadby Conference Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester.
- Pre-registration required.
24 October
We The Young Strong
- (Film screening and panel discussion)
- Details: Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London. 19:00 - 21:30.
Events around the World
17-23 June (conference)
Designing Change
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, 1019 HC, Amsterdam
21-22 June (conference)
International Conference on Affordable And Sustainable Housing
- Speakers: Please see link
- Details: Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical, Prague, Czechia.
24-26 June (conference)
12th conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFOU)
Beyond Resilience
- Speakers: please see link for full list of speakers
- Details: Department of Architecture and Planning, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta.
27 June
2019 Global Walking Tour
- On 27 June, you can join a tour happening in your city, or follow along on Twitter or Instagram using #CTBUHWalks.
31st August - 28th September
Festival 'no conocí el Palma’ 2019
- Please see link for full list of speakers and further details
- Barranquilla, Colombia.
- More information also available here.
2 - 4 October
CIVITAS Forum 2019
- Please see link for full list of speakers and further details
- Graz, Austria
15 - 17 October
Asia-Pacific Urban Forum 7
Largest and most diverse Urban Forum in Asia Pacific
- Please see link for full list of speakers and further details
- Penang, Malaysia
11 - 15 November
UCLG Congress
World summit of local and regional leaders
- Please see here and here for further details
- Durban, South Africa
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4. Opportunities
Oxford Urbanists Team - Work with us in a number of roles!
Call for submissions
UCLG congress (Local4Action track)
A world summit of local and regional leaders
Deadline for submissions is 30 June
To apply, go here
City Lab
City lab #2 – how are cities putting sustainable urban development into practice?
URBACT is organising a city lab exploring the practical ways cities understand and implement the concept of sustainable urban development.
The City Lab will take place between 2 - 3 July in Brussels at See-U, a temporary space at the heart of Ixelles neighbourhood.
To find our more or to take part, go here.
Call for submissions
Civil Society Review Journal, Oxford
The journal is currently looking for peer-reviewers and article submissions for their first issue. They provide independent research and original data on the contribution of civil society to humanitarian assistance, food security, education, human rights and the nexus of international relations & development.
If you are interested, please email bertie@oxfordomnia.org, and do pass this on to anyone else who may be interested.
Call for citizens
Citizen science - Greco project
GRECO are looking for citizens to actively participate in a citizen science project which will see researchers seek citizens' opinions and include them in the photovoltaics process. All you have to do is fill in the form (and find more information) here.
Call for Papers
Urb-Iot
The goal of the conference is to solicit original and inspiring research contributions from technology experts, designers, researchers, urban planners, and architects in academia and industry. Bringing together practitioners and researchers to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices, Urb-IoT 2019 seeks multi-disciplinary contributions in the areas of Citizen Engagement, Urban Analytics, and IoT Applications and Services in Urban Context. Find 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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