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Summer is almost over…

Monday, August 24, 2009

Things have been awfully quiet over here at Space and Culture the past few months, but that’s about to change.
As the journal’s Web & Book Reviews Editor, I’ll be posting some outstanding book reviews and asking people who would like to review books for us to get in touch with me.
I’m also looking forward to [...]

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Three Urban Salons

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

We’re going to assemble a list of urban theory events and discussions.  First up, two active series, one based at London universities and the other at Berkeley and Stanford, and an online, global research network, of “world cities” based at Loughborough University, UK:

Urban Salon, London.  Recent talk of note: Illegal’ Geographies of the City: Everyday [...]

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University of Alberta Tenure-Track, Research Chair, Postdoc and International Grad Student Funding

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Space and Culture Research Group
The University of Alberta welcomes applications from both Canadian and international applicants for fully funded positions for Masters and Doctorates across the range of social science and humanities disciplines starting in Sept. 2009.   Competitive awards at the Masters, Doctorate and Postdoctoral levels of research.  Now in our centennial year, The [...]

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How we look in print: Vol. 10 and 11

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Volume 10
 
No. 1 Food Mobilities, Sarah Gibson (Guest Editor)
No. 2 Visual and Material Culture of Cities, Karen Wells (Guest Editor)
 
No. 3 Table of Contents
No. 4 Table of Contents

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thinkToronto: Urban Design Ideas Competition

Friday, June 13, 2008

From the urbanists at Spacing Magazine, blog, etc. comes an urban ideas competition for individuals and groups no older than 35:
thinkTORONTO invites people 35 years old or younger with creative ideas on how to improve Toronto’s public spaces. The competition will help celebrate the magazine’s 5th anniversary in December 2008. Architects, urban planners, landscape architects, [...]

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