Apprehension. The sounds of the city are all around us, but here inside a brief reprieve. Darkness. Ears relax and open as the harsh streetscape fades. An assault to the nose. Urine. Glass crackles underfoot. Sitting here on my musical stool I begin to sense the city anew. In front, traffic, a busy rush between … More Cours de Poetique: More Than Just a Car Park by Charlotte Bates
My friend Hannah once handed me a badge with a woman’s face on it, she’d been at a feminist geography workshop. ‘I tried to get you Doreen Massey, but they ran out straight away’. This is one of the many things that have popped into my head since learning of Doreen Massey’s death on … More Keeping one eye on the bus: a tribute to Doreen Massey by Emma Jackson
‘Second Class Bath’ The social life of water and washing provides a way to understand the history of cities. In Liverpool in the midst of a cholera epidemic in 1832, Kitty Wilkinson, an Irish immigrant, offered her own house and yard to wash her neighbours’ clothes. Kitty, who became known as the ‘saint … More An Urban Sociology of Water by Les Back
Location: Laurie Grove Baths, Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths College, SE14 6NW Date : 10 March Time : 18:30. All welcome. Exhibition Opening Times / Mon-Sun at 09:00 – 22:00 After six months of hard work in the Photography and Urban Cultures MA programme, we, the small, close-knit group of students, are ready to … More URBAN PAUSE by Lauren Finch
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