Building Cultural Symbols: Battling for Creative Status
TPAC and M+: creativity under construction In the heart of Taipei’s vibrant neighborhood Shilin a new theatre – the Taipei...
Year: 2015
The Bicycle in the 21st Century
The bicycle as the main mode of transportation in the 21st century In the history of capitalism every period had...
Non-Gentrified Neighbourhoods?
Gentrification is a social and economic phenomenon which generates controversial issues in the academic realm. On the one hand, it...
Graffiti: Urban Art as a Gentrifier
Graffiti: A socio-politically expressive gentrification device Graffiti is a form of urban art that has allowed people for decades to...
Amsterdam Dance Event: for the Masses?
It all started when the neighbor on my right knocked at my door to borrow the extra mattress I had...
Amsterdam: A cognitive cultural city?
Organic supermarkets are popping up all over Amsterdam. These chic, alternative supermarkets mimic similar designs, styles and quirks of the...
Bijlmer Euro: Tracing Money in the Local Economy
There are hundreds of local currencies - on the scale of cities or even neighbourhoods - but not many are...
Knowledge of Place: Connecting Generations with Ondergronds Amsterdam
As the city fluctuates to accommodate new locals and develop new trends, certain residents and their experiences are overlooked and...
Imagineering Cultural Vienna: A Book Presentation
Suitner, Johannes (2015) Imagineering Cultural Vienna. On the Semiotic Regulation of Vienna’s Culture- led Urban Transformation. transcript, Bielefeld Not only...
Observing Urban Form in Dili, East Timor
There is something to be said of the journey between Darwin in Australia's tropical North over to Dili, Timor Leste....
