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City centres have been hit hard by lockdown measures - but can artists and entrepreneurs really breathe life into the space?
City dwellers love their homes but there are different types of love that shape how cities are viewed and how they work.
During COVID-19, boarded-up storefronts host various new types of inspirational, informational and decorative murals that should be read critically as representing political agendas for the future.
In urban Namibia, performance poetry provides a safe space for women to share their experiences and challenge traditional ideas.
Those in charge of urban spaces would like the public to believe that town and city environments have a predetermined function: participatory art challenges this view.
Guerilla street artist Banksy has livened up the new Basquiat exhibition in London with some choice murals outside. But is it an homage or infringement?
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Lecturer: photojournalism and digital media, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Geography, Simon Fraser University
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MA student, Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Principal Academic in Tourism Management, Bournemouth University
