Tehran and Amsterdam: A Comparison of two opposites?
At first sight, the two metropoles compared in this essay possess contrasting, almost opposite, genius loci (‘spirit of place’). Amsterdam,...
Amsterdam
‘Rooting’ for Change
We were ravenous after biking in the hot sun, over 14 kilometers (which let me tell you, is a lot...
Dutch Certifications: Inside Amsterdam’s Food Chain
Authored by Connor White and Catherine Maher Introduction to Food Certifications in the Netherlands Food policy is an integral...
An Imagined Chinatown
Always looking West There is a common Western perception of Chinatown. You may imagine paifang gateways and golden lions, plumes...
Nothing to Hide: Camera Surveillance at Bos en Lommerplein
Normalised surveillance Every day, we are tracked and watched by a vast surveillance infrastructure. Most of the time, we are...
What’s the Buzzz?
Un-Yucking the Insect on our Plate In line with our summer school programme “The Urban Food Experience” at UvA, we’ve...
Back to the basics in Amsterdam: Kitchen chef’s on waste and leftovers
Mediamatic ETEN is a forward thinking restaurant that combines food with art, nature, technology and society to “challenge the senses...
Sex in the City: A Right or a Wrong?
Amsterdam, April 9th 2015. Over a hundred sex workers have gathered at the Oudekerksplein, a square that lies at the...
The social impacts of urban waterfront regeneration projects
This article looks into the social realities of urban waterfront regeneration projects and how their apparent successes are often inaccurate...
Gender Inequality: Still an Issue in Transport
While gender equality is increasingly being taken into account within in a variety of sectors in modern society, it has...
