In the (excruciatingly long, even for academia) process of getting this paper to fruition, It was very clear that Fuller is a controversial and somewhat divisive figure, but there's lots to admire about him, notably his radical thoughts on the city. So give it a read before you judge him....!

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Pleased to share a new paper in Cities! @olimould.bsky.social @squirerachael.bsky.social and I revisit Buckminster Fuller through three of his designs and explore how they provide provocations to enrich post-crisis urban imaginaries. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/FullerCity

Pleased to share a new paper in Cities! @olimould.bsky.social @squirerachael.bsky.social and I revisit Buckminster Fuller through three of his designs and explore how they provide provocations to enrich post-crisis urban imaginaries. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/FullerCity

A Fuller City: Rekindling the work of Buckminster Fuller in the age of planetary urban crisis

Crisis increasingly characterises urban life in the twenty-first century, as intersecting ecological, economic, geopolitical and social pressures conv…

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New in TIBG: 'Pandemic geographies of home: Domestic thresholding in response to COVID-19' by Alison Blunt et al. This paper introduces the concept of 'thresholding' to explore how internal & external thresholds are materialised through embodied practice. doi.org/10.1111/tran... #geosky

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With the home at the forefront of political and public health responses to COVID-19, the thresholds between domestic space and the world beyond acquired a new significance in people's everyday lives....

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📢December Issue of Area📢 This issue features Special Sections on 'Gender & Rewilding' and 'Participatory Historical Geographies' alongside papers on topics from Tibetan pastoralist perceptions of the pandemic to research methods for legal geography ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762...

An added bonus to the last day of work for me this year - my latest article has just been published online 🎉 It's all about urban heritage and the politics of the listing campaign associated with the Robin Hood Gardens Estate - please feel free to give it a read 👉 tinyurl.com/y3ykx6sk

The politics of listing and urban heritage: social housing, representation and the case of Robin Hood Gardens

This paper examines how the politics of listing buildings in the UK intersect with urban heritage and redevelopment, focusing on the contested case of the Robin Hood Gardens (RHG) estate in East Lo...

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'Participatory Historical Geographies' Special Section - out now in Area! This collection, guest edited by @ruthslatter.bsky.social & @ed-brookes.bsky.social, reflects on the increasing use of participatory methods in historical geography. Read here⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

2/ First up @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I have written an introduction outlining what participatory historical geography is/could be and why it's important. Read more here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Over the past two decades, historical geographers have increasingly embraced participatory methods to challenge dominant narratives and engage communities in the production of historical knowledge. T...

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1/ All of the papers in the special section of #Area I have co-edited with @ed-brookes.bsky.social are now available online. All focused on #participatory #historicalgeography they are full of practical reflections on innovative pieces of historical research. Follow this thread to find out more!

Delighted to share our AREA special issue on Participatory Historical Geographies 🎉 Co-edited with the brilliant @ruthslatter.bsky.social - exploring the rewards & challenges of collaborative historical research. Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #Geography #AREAjournal

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Over the past two decades, historical geographers have increasingly embraced participatory methods to challenge dominant narratives and engage communities in the production of historical knowledge. T...

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Yes it was 16-odd years ago, and he's grown politically since then, but it exposes his Blairite roots. RHG was an icon; a brutalist manifesto that deserved to be preserved and cherished, not fed to the gentrifying wolves (I wrote about it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) /3

Brutalism Redux: Relational Monumentality and the Urban Politics of Brutalist Architecture

Brutalism is an architectural form that is experiencing somewhat of a revival of late. This revival focuses almost purely on its aesthetics, but there is an ethical dimension to Brutalism that often ...

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He ignored appeals and listening only to the private real estate developers instead of the community groups. There were plenty of options available and he chose the most Thatcherite one possible, you can read work by @ed-brookes.bsky.social on the process here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... /2

Andy Burnham, when he was culture secretary back in 2009, refused listing for Robin Hood Gardens in London, affectively demolishing it. RHG was one the finest example of brutalist architecture and a really important social housing block, and he went all Alice Coleman on it. /1

Secretary of State rejects Robin Hood Gardens appeal

The culture secretary Andy Burnham has sealed the fate of Robin Hood Gardens after rejecting an appeal from the Twentieth Century Society against the government’s decision not to list the ‘Brutalist’ ...

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Transphobe arrested: "we need to look at the laws, clearly something's not right" 80 year old vicars and disabled people carried off parliament square because they said genocide is bad: "these laws need to be tightened if anything"

Free speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says Streeting

The health secretary says ministers wanted police to focus on street crime rather than posts on social media.

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I don't really understand the weird binary that the BBC #r4today and other media seem to be trying to create between books and audio books. Can't we just enjoy both without pitting one against the other?

Join us for a unique opera experience! Funded by the AHRC for the #FromNoahToNow project @uniofhull.bsky.social, this *free* event aims to raise awareness about flooding. Book for: Grimsby Minster 24.03.2025 lnkd.in/dwPpGfyz Hull Minster 26.03.2025 lnkd.in/dJaWTV36 #ArtsEducation #OperaInSchools

In Gaza we witnessed material scholasticide with the physical destruction of universities and people. In the US, we're seeing ideological scholasticide via pulling any critical funding, censoring keywords. In the UK, it's economical scholasticide via total starvation of funds and gov't inaction.

Check out this short piece by Stewart Mottram, Lisa Coates and I which talks about our work on the Noah to Now project at the University of Hull and using Opera to explore flooding with young people 🎭 tinyurl.com/7u3b2485 #arts #opera #flooding #climatechange #noahtonow

Singing in the rain foxes, ferrets and a flood opera

Young voices set to join performances of Britten

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New paper in Area: 'Watery archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement' by @hannahworthen.bsky.social & Claire Weatherall This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Participatory Historical Geography'. doi.org/10.1111/area...

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This paper is based on our experience of running a workshop at the Hull History Centre in the Summer of 2023 and reflects on the value of participatory approaches and co-production to open up access ...

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Car park operators can get in the bin Rentier capital at its absolute worst BBC News - Parking fines: Woman faces £1,906 bill over five-minute payment rule - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Parking fines: Woman faces £1,906 bill over five-minute payment rule

Rosey Hudson paid for parking each time, but is being taken to court for £1,906 by Excel Parking.

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Thrilled to see 2 more articles online from the Area special section on participatory historical geography I am editing with @edbrooks.bsky.social Congrats @hannahworthen.bsky.social (rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) & Lucy Thompson (rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

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This paper is based on our experience of running a workshop at the Hull History Centre in the Summer of 2023 and reflects on the value of participatory approaches and co-production to open up access ...

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I'm excited to be involved with this year's Flood Awareness Centre in Hull, in partnership with Living with Water 🌊 Come visit for: Free exhibition on Hull's Watery Histories Free postcards & info on our projects Free events & workshops all week More info: tinyurl.com/y8k2x9s2 tinyurl.com/y8k2x9s2

Waking up to -1° and then 15° in the space of 48 hours is genuinely insane. Is environmental whiplash a thing?

First post! I had a new paper published in Area @areajournal.bsky.social yesterday 🥳 "Watery archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement" co-authored with my wonderful Archivist colleague Claire Weatherall doi.org/10.1111/area...

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This paper is based on our experience of running a workshop at the Hull History Centre in the Summer of 2023 and reflects on the value of participatory approaches and co-production to open up access ....

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We're co-hosting our first pop-up Flood Awareness Centre with Living with Water partners in Hull city centre next week. Open 10am-4pm, Mon 25-Fri 29 Nov and 10am-2pm, Sat 30 Nov Drop-in or book on a free workshop, inc games, chat and a visit from Bear the dog! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flood-awar...

It was really great to attend the 2024 Centre for Water Cultures Conference today. With some excellent panels and exciting research being done! @universityofhull.bsky.social #centreforwatercultures #water

Late to the party, but finally made the jump from X/Twitter/Elon's hellscape. Here's a picture of my cat, Dave.