Pick of the Day: African Cities and the Evil of Global City Development...
By Renard Teipelke A critical discussion about “Global Cities” is neither new to this blog (see for instance 1, 2, 3) nor to the community of critical geographic research. However, our understanding of...
View ArticleBogotá – the Decades of Transformation*
by Ares Kalandides When, in 2012 UNESCO decided to include Bogotá in the network of creative cities, the surprise was huge: the city of drugs and kidnapping, of violence and of civil war, a “creative...
View Article“Culture is economy” – or maybe not?
by Ares Kalandides On 20th of February 2014, the Greek Minister of Culture and Sports Mr. Panos Panagiotopoulos delivered the opening speech of the EU conference ‘Financing Creativity’ in Athens. The...
View ArticleCULTURE IS ECONOMY – OR MAYBE NOT? (TAKE 2)
by Ares Kalandides The other day, following an unfortunate speech by the Greek minister of Culture and Sports, I offered some thoughts on culture and the creative economy (here on this blog). Only the...
View ArticleFashion Businesses in Berlin – Resources and Challenges (Part 1)
id dress by Vasso Consola by Ares Kalandides When the next Berlin Fashion Week opens its doors on 8th July, fashion aficionados from all over the world will flood the city, filling up show rooms and...
View ArticleFashion Businesses in Berlin – Resources and Challenges (Part 2)
Origami hat by Vasso Consola. Photo: Vana Cotsia By Ares Kalandides This is the second part of the final report of the small research conducted by INPOLIS in association with the UK AHRC CREATe...
View ArticleFashion Businesses in Berlin – Resources and Challenges (Part 3 – end)
Nemona pop-up store 2014 by Ares Kalandides This is the final part of the blog series on fashion businesses in Berlin. The series was based on the final report of a small research conducted by INPOLIS...
View ArticleWHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? FOSTERING EQUITABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND...
by Ares Kalandides On May 7th, 2015, I had the opportunity to open the Berlin-Sydney online dialogue with a short presentation, followed by a Q&A session about urban development in Berlin. The...
View ArticleFrom the “Bridge of Spies” to the Smart City: a Berlin narrative
The Reichstag building. By Jürgen Matern (Own work (JMatern_071104_8454-8458_WC.jpg)) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commonsby Ares Kalandides [1]...
View ArticleNaples: The anti-tourist city
by Ares Kalandides I’m not often a tourist – a real tourist I mean. I usually travel to places for work or in order to meet friends. But last week I visited Naples in Italy for the third time in my...
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