When I first decided to look at urban etiquette as a research object in early 2019, it was largely because academics and serious public commentators hadn’t really paid urban etiquette the attention it deserved. At no point in living memory had urban etiquette been rightfully recognised as the fulcrum upon which global urbanised society rests. … More Urban Etiquette, a research postcard, by Alex Rhys Taylor
If sound shapes the mood of a city, how is our mood shaped by the sounds we hear? Sound plays a vital role in our experiences, as we rely on aural symbols and signposts to navigate the unseen, the unusual and the unexpected. In doing so, these noises can lead us to fun, and to fear. Sound can guide us to safety without us even listening. It can … More Sounds of Sirens By Elisabeth Field
by Prof William Lez Henry London July 12, 2021 You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Abraham Lincoln So now we see the light; what you gonna do? We gonna stand up for our rights. Oh, you better Get … More Time to Get Up Stand Up and Stop Taking The Knee
In this edition of Street Signs we meet East Man – aka Anthoney Hart – and talk about his second album Prole Art Threat. Ant is a London-based electronic musician who was born in Hastings, England in 1979, but grew up on the boundary of East London and Essex, playing Drum & Bass on pirate … More Podcast – Grime as Working-Class Creativity – Les Back talks to East Man about his new album Prole Art Threat
Peter Coles, was one of four tree-lovers who set up the first Urban Tree Festival in London In 2018. The aim was to fill a gap left when the Mayor’s Office switched its funding from a Tree Week in May to the London National Park City venture. Back in 2018 we managed to crowdfund a little bit of money and charged a small amount for walks and talks, with the four … More Urban Tree Festival by Peter Coles
25 November 2020 [15:50–16:20] Introduction : Crafting an attentiveness to the unspoken rhythms and textures of life is sociology’s most important gift to understanding cities. It’s noticing those remarkable things that often go unremarked upon and finding ways to record and honour what would otherwise be lost. As cities have emptied during the pandemic … More Writing social isolation in Burgess Park, South London by George Kalivis
The symposium I co-organised in January 2019 in Lisbon called Walking Places, seems long ago for many reasons! I, Alex Rhys-Taylor and Emma Jackson were speakers among Portuguese academics and the symposium was supported by the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London. We have now published the conference proceedings, including my article ‘The Stone … More Walking Places : Postcard from the Research Edge by Anita Strasser
In the last edition of Streetsigns podcast we heard about the Vox Liminis project based in Glasgow that uses creative practices and song writing to help prisoners make sense of leaving prison and coming home. In this edition we meet the award-winning Orcadian songwriter Kris Drever who is part of the Vox Liminis project and … More ‘You Never Step in the Same River Twice’: a conversation about the power of music, cultural exceptionalism and identity with songwriter Kris Drever by Les Back
Introduction : Crafting an attentiveness to the unspoken rhythms and textures of life is sociology’s most important gift to understanding cities. It’s noticing those remarkable things that often go unremarked upon and finding ways to record and honour what would otherwise be lost. As cities have emptied during the pandemic and citizens remain confined to … More Field Notes from Self Isolation by Virginia Bertelli
Introduction : Crafting an attentiveness to the unspoken rhythms and textures of life is sociology’s most important gift to understanding cities. It’s noticing those remarkable things that often go unremarked upon and finding ways to record and honour what would otherwise be lost. As cities have emptied during the pandemic and citizens remain confined to … More Field Notes: connecting with older generations at a distance during COVID-19 by Robin Skyer
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