Theory Talks: Theory Talk #20: David Harvey What is, according to you, the biggest challenge / principal debate in current IR (International Relations)? And what is your position or answer to this challenge / in this debate? I think the principal challenge is to theorize ‘correctly’ the relationship between the territoriality of political power and the spatiality of capital accumulation. To clarify that statement, one has to inquire into the nature of these respective processes. What are, for instance, capital flows? It is capital constantly moving around in space and time and therefore constitutes almost a molecular kind of flow or movement. I’ve tried to work out for myself how to think about these two logics but I understand that my answers might not necessarily be the correct ones, but I think we should be having a far more serious debate on that question. How did you arrive at where you currently are in IR? What would a student need to become a specialist in IR or understand the world in a global way? Mackinder. Related links
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Design History and Theory | Team Univ.Prof. Alison J. Clarke PhD, MA (RCA) BA (Hons) Design History MA (RCA) History of Design with Distinction PhD. Chair, Department Design History and Theory Research Director Victor. Email Alison J. She joined the University of Applied Arts Vienna, as a full-professor in 2003 having previously held a senior faculty position in Design History and Material Culture at the Royal College of Art, London. Clarke has presented research and lectured internationally at institutions including Parsons School for Design, NYC; National Museum of American History, Washington DC; University of Oxford: University College London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Centre for Consumer Science, Sweden; and Institute of Historical Research, London. Media For media inquiries contact Capel & Land, London. Professor Clarke has most recently contributed to a ground-breaking six-part television series, The Genius of Design (BBC 2010), exploring the social impact of design over the last two centuries.
Digital Urban The Meaning of Emergent Urbanism, after A New Kind of Science What Exactly Is A Smart City? Having worked in the smart cities space for several years now, I am encouraged by the growth of the sector and the pace of technological advancements being developed for urban environments. However, I believe that the smart-cities movement is being held back by a lack of clarity and consensus around what a smart city is and what the components of a smart city actually are. While some people continue to take a narrow view of smart cities by seeing them as places that make better use of information and communication technology (ICT), the cities I work with (and most of the participants in the #smartchat, a monthly Twitterchat about smart cities held on the first Wednesday of each month) all view smart cities as a broad, integrated approach to improving the efficiency of city operations, the quality of life for its citizens, and growing the local economy. Later this year, I’ll publish my annual rankings of smart cities here on Co.Exist. Step 1: Create a Vision with Citizen Engagement
The Creativity Post Urbanscale | Design for networked cities and citizens DIY Urbanism Competition Call for Artists Now Available « Pop UP Pearl 22 Mar Park(ing) Day, San Francisco. [photo courtesy of SPUR] Call for Artists Now Available! Pop UP Pearl (and Cleveland!) Inspired by Park(ing) Day and the University of Cincinnati’s DIY Urbanism Competition, the Pop UP Pearl DIY Urbanism Competition aims to inspire local designers to rethink how they look at public spaces. (UC DIY Urbanism Competition) Like this: Like Loading...