July 2010
16 posts
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Chinese ex-pat visions (and criticisms) of the... →
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Shanghai: demolitions going on. →
Good report from canadian team “bricoleururbanism”.
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“But the outrage is harder to find among the thousands of poor families who live...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/world/asia/21beijing.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes
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“Beijing Journal: Bulldozers Meet Historic Quarters in Beijing, to Mixed Reaction...”
– nytimes
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Locally-proposed comprehensive Four Rivers... →
”As the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project is directly connected to the lives of local residents, the central government should negotiate with the local governments.”
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The "holistic" opposition to the "Four rivers... →
“We cannot understand why a large-scale project, from which our natural environment is unlikely to be able to recover, must be pushed forward so urgently, even going so far as to circumvent law and procedure, without any citizen consensus.”
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“Empty safes labeled “bankruptcy of the local governments,” and shovels and...”
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Migrant Workers in Shanghai →
As China’s economy turns to globalisation, at home the issue of a floating workforce is becoming more intense and complex. In Shanghai, low-skilled migrants are subject to economic and social segregation. This comes with a social stigma and restricts the migrants to particular economic sectors within a fragmented labour market. Nonetheless, the itineraries the migrants follow allow them to acquire...
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Material Commonalities →
The term ‘material commonalities’ is a reference to Walter Benjamin’s language of things; as we develop new forms of mapping human and non-human actors, questions of representation remain central and continue to take their inspiration from multiple practices of visualization.
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"square foot" gardening in the netherlands →
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condos go green! →
In New Jersey, a community garden with 72 plots is being sectioned off near the community dog run. Starting this month, residents can ride down the elevator, grab tools from the shed, and grow their own.
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