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Animated parkour

Parkour Motion Reel by saggyarmpit
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2010 02 03 Anne Galloway Art & design Comments (3)

Climate Refugees

There is no agreed definition of a climate change refugee, according to Future Floods of Refugees, a Norwegian Refugee Council report, but there is a long history of displacement due to environmental degradation.  In his Guardian blog, editorialist George Monbiot and others have picked up on the planned movement of the population of the Carteret [...]

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2009 05 15 Rob Shields Australia & South Pacific
Climate & environment Comments Off

Itinerancy

The Itinerants of Mumbai
The urbanite is often quite uncomfortable with [Mumbai's] most idiosyncratic citizens. That is because they seem to be so at ease in his landscape. Before he sees it coming someone knocks on the car window demanding a few rupees in exchange for a prayer, a flower or a book. Somehow it always [...]

2009 03 16 Anne Galloway Cities & urbanism
Citizenship & publics
Everyday life Comments Off

Inflatable Structure

Superb entry for a portable exhibition venue for Yorkshire Forward, by Various Architects. More at Dezeen.com
-Rob

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2009 03 03 Rob Shields Architecture
Europe
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What should we do with GIS?

How could one avoid being just a technical end-user and late-adopter of Geographical Information Systems – that’s geodata or spatial data in other lingo : Does anyone have truly theoretical and methodological innovations in areas such as GIS for visualization of local and of community issues, locative and mobile media applications, [...]

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2009 01 24 Rob Shields Cities & urbanism
Embodiment & performance
Mapping
Media & communications
Spatiality & temporality
Techno-science Comments (1)