Following a recent opinion piece in the Telegraph, there has been lots of chatter recently about a particular species of urban change being labeled as “Shoreditchification”. Everywhere in London, if we are to believe the crudest analyses, is being transformed into a simulation of Hackney’s most southerly ward. Even, it seems, televisual representations of the … More Eastenders by Alex Rhys Taylor
The second in this occasional series of photo-essays formed by participants on the IVSA Conference Walks held in July, this post focusses on the theme of ‘home’. Thanks for contributions from the following : Jordanna Matlon jcmatlon@gmail.com Orsolya Bajusz so201ob@gold.ac.uk Anya Pechurina Paolo Cardullo p.cardullo@gold.ac.uk
On Friday November 22nd last I took a walk. Here’s the route: start outside Goldsmiths College a few minutes before 2pm, up then down the hill to Lewisham, through Ladywell and on to Catford; pass Bellingham and Southend Ponds; touch Downham and up Bromley Hill; along Bromley Common to the college and then retrace; where … More Walking Backwards & Spitting in the Face of Death by John Levett
Chasing the flip-flop trail through the city of Fuzhou and finding the flip-flop factories was only a beginning. I had to get Michael Tan, the artist/photographer who took the photos in this bulletin, and myself, into one of the factories for long enough to observe the production process and speak to the workers. I started … More Still Further Along the Flip-Flop Trail and Still is Fuzhou, SE China by Caroline Knowles
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