Intervention – “The ‘Outdoor’ Paradox: Public Policies and Scientific Evidence during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Portugal”

Simone Tulumello (Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa; Urban Transitions Hub, https://urbantransitionshub.org/) On 15 January 2021, amid a dramatic spike in cases of...
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Featured video – 'A Buzz in My Hub: Gender, Race, and Performing the Creative City'

by Heather McLean, York University Toby Sharp is an urban philosopher, a think tank hipster, a TED-talking ‘creative city’ guru with the vision to transform any city. A composite character...
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Video abstract – Pauline McGuirk and Phillip O’Neill talk about 'Critical geographies with the state: The problem of social vulnerability and the politics of engaged research'

"The debate over relevance in geography was not really about relevance (whoever heard of irrelevant human activity?), but about whom our research was relevant to..." David Harvey's (1974: 23) lesson,...
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Video abstract – Jessica Pykett talks about 'The new maternal state'

Is the state becoming too much like your nanny? Does it act like your dad or more like your uncle? Does it tell you what to do, protect you from harm, or nurture you just like a mother? Which...
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