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Audio note: The sound quality may not be the best, as AI-based noise reduction was used during a digital recording.Chuck Wolfe, author of three books on urbanism and place, lawyer, urbanist, and photographer, speaks about his journey from land use law into writing, observing, and ...  Show more

Sanda Tcacencu, projektledare på Boo Folkets Hus, om platsutveckling, kultur och trygghet i våra städer.Vi pratar om kulturhusens roll som mer än bara byggnader – som demokratiska mötesplatser där gemenskap, identitet och delaktighet formas. Vems kultur får ta plats? Hur integrer ...  Show more

What does it mean to settle, to be in a settled place? This week’s guest, AbdouMaliq Simone has dedicated his work to investigating the specifics of urban organization as they are created by people. In this erudite and globally-positioned conversation, Ayana and AbdouMaliq medita ...  Show more

Computational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban ...  Show more

What makes some cities world class? Increasingly, that designation reflects the use of a toolkit of urban planning practices and policies that circulates around the globe. These strategies—establishing creative districts dedicated to technology and design, “greening” the streets, ...  Show more

Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Why we need to write about difficult topics. Four American towns trying to save themselves. The structural processes behind poverty. A discussion of the book The Fight to Save the Town. Today’s book is: The Fi ...  Show more