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Philipp Horn

@philipphorn.bsky.social
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Urbanist focusing on indigeneity, informality & youth futures in Latin America based at the School of Geography and Planning, University of Sheffield. More here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography-plann…

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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Melanie Lombard and I are delighted to have received the 2025 AESOP - Association of European Schools of Planning Prize for Excellence in Teaching for our module "Urban Informality" and our related book "Urban Informality: An Introduction." Read more here: aesop-planning.eu/resources/ne...
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AESOP - AESOP 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award - winner announced!
Association of European Schools of Planning
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Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Our members out in force today! 👊
Picket line outside the Jessop west building in the sunshinePicket line outside the geography and planning building in the sunshinePicket line outside the arts tower in the sunshinePicket line outside firth court in the sunshine
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Check out our recently published Otros Saberes Toolkit (www.contested-territories.net/toolkit-otro...) – an overview of 24 experiences in Europe and Latin America that engage with alternative forms of territorial knowledge, particularly those marginalized by hegemonic academic and policy frameworks.
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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
NO CHATGPT Or other artificial stupidity: motivation
First, clarity on distinguishing AIs:
Non-generative: grammar aid, translation, dictionary, text-to-audio (e.g. Natural Reader): no problem
As long as you use the appropriate tools (least intensive in data and server energy use).
Why? Because you provide the content. Your brain is doing the most important work
Generative: ChatGPT & Co. 
You only supply the prompt, the AI supplies the content.
Why is this delegation of work problematic?
3 domains: ethical, environmental, intellectual engagement.

(Caveat: generative is probably ok for computer programming, where it can be useful and save time. Not relevant to this class.)
1) AI and ethics
Mass theft of all and everything
«learning» on books, articles, blogs, social media, images, music, cultural production, without  permission of authors/creators, and leading to their mass joblessness. Profits are not reditributed to originators. 
Permanent destruction of the mental health of underpaid precarious tech workers in the Global South (Kenya, Philippines …):
«correction» to avoid production of violent and pedophile contents etc, tech workers are obliged to watch and correct super violent contents for days on end, leading to extreme psychological suffering and trauma, from which recovery is doubtful. No or little compensation (certainly not at the level of the suffering inflicted). 
In short, an industry built on theft of real human creation and sacrifice of real human health, profiting a few megafortunes. 
2) AI and (un)sustainability

Massive consumption of electricity, water, server capacity for generative AI. 
Outcome: keep fossil fuel companies in business, using up new renewable capacity, without any satisfaction of basic human needs.
Massive misappropriation of the finance necessary for climate and ecological action (renewable generation, efficiency and retrofit for buildings, public transit, infrastructures for cycling etc) towards AI industry. 
Overall: undermine climate action, reinforce fossil industry, waste resources necessary for human development. 
3) AI and intellectual engagement

First, what learning is (or should be) about:
The goal should not (only) be the reproduction of «correct» knowledge,
But mainly personal engagement and experience of thinking about topics of interest. Personal engagement = using one’s own brain. 
The most important activity for learning and intellectual engagement is the experience of making one’s own mistakes, by trial and error, corrections based on new ideas, starting over again. Learning to recognise nuances, knowledge gaps, better explanations 
This kind of learning is possible only through using your own brain, not AI. 
Also, Ais are not «intelligent». At all. 
They simply reproduce pre-existing patterns. They «bullshit», invent false references, false facts, false data, simply because those sound plausible. VERY DANGEROUS. 
If you learn how to NOT use AI, and how to research facts and data on your own, this will serve you and your communities for the rest of your life.
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Great initiative! Look forward to the first episode and to see what made it onto the Urban Radar in February 2025.
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Thomas Graham @thomas-graham.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In the middle of Bolivia’s worst fire season, I went with @umbamoxos.bsky.social to the scorched plains on edge of the Amazon, where archaeologists are drilling into the deep history of the mysterious forest islands. For @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/world/latin-...
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In search of the ancient Amazonians who left only eerie forest islands
In Llanos de Moxos, an expanse of floodplains fringing the Bolivian rainforest, strange clumps of trees offer clues about a lost civilisation
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city-journal.bsky.social @city-journal.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"Memories in the Water: A Testimony from Xochistlahuaca" – In our latest #CoastalCommons video-blog, four voices—a child, a young woman, an adult woman, and a trans woman—share memories and *affects* tied to the rivers of Costa Chica. @urbanstudiesfoundation.org cityjournal.online/memories-in-...
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Memories in the water: a testimony from Xochistlahuaca | City Journal Online
https://youtu.be/MqHHaKRzAy0Memories in the Water: A Testimony from Xochistlahuaca-Dr Ulises Moreno-Tabarez-Dr Dulce María Quintero RomeroWater is more
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Geography for Everyone? Despite growing diversity at GCSE, at A level & uni #geography is one of the least diverse subjects. The subject, & its institutions, are not serving all teachers nor all young people. Change is needed. Read the full report ⤵️ geography.org.uk/geography-fo...
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Geography for everyone? - Geographical Association
The GA has published the Geography for everyone? research report, which explores diversity and inclusion from a range of perspectives...
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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The first domino in what will surely be a cascade. The uni sector needs some radical new political impetus, and quickly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We're delighted to be formally launching Sheffield Urbanism next week with a series of public events (alongside internal workshops to cook up future plans...) All of the below are open to the public, see below for details on how to sign up!
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
2024 finished with a new article (in Spanish) cowritten with colleagues from the UK and Bolivia. It's called: Multilocality and related identity challenges of Indigenous youth in Bolivia p3.usal.edu.ar/index.php/mi...
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
2024 terminó con un nuevo artículo coescrito con colegas del Reino Unido y Bolivia. Se titula: La multilocalidad y los desafíos identitarios de jóvenes indígenas en Bolivia p3.usal.edu.ar/index.php/mi...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/12/2024
‘There was so much fear’: the battle to keep children out of Colombia’s armed gangs
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‘There was so much fear’: the battle to keep children out of Colombia’s armed gangs
War Child supports Indigenous community efforts to protect youth from recruitment into war for drugs and gold • Donate to our charity appeal here The road out of Caloto winds through a lush valley dotted with fields of grazing cows, then into hills past…
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Latest from me: this year, the time I spent travelling around a surreal, forlorn, often broken country was brilliantly soundtracked by English Teacher's This Could Be Texas, an album for our times www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I travelled up and down the UK this year. One album sums up what I saw | John Harris
Weariness, confusion, flashes of anger – for me, English Teacher’s lyrics evoke the texture of British life today, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Malcolm Tait @malcolmtait.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
On the day of the new NPPF, our report out with @wildjustice.bsky.social shows how housebuilders are failing to protect nature. Across 42 new estates we audited only a half of the ecological features they promised are in place. #NPPF #planning #wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Housebuilders supply only half of promised nature-friendly features, survey finds
Developers in England deliver 53% of features such as trees and bird boxes demanded in planning permissions, study says
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Rowland Atkinson @qurbanist.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Year in an unequal and disturbing world - I wrote micro reviews of three books that inspired me this year. alphacity.blog/2024/12/11/t...
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The year in an unequal world, in 3 works of fiction
Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton You want to read this book because you want to combine your interest in the rise of a disconnected and sociopathic class of billionaires with your desire for high qualit…
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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Last Friday we were joined by Paula Meth from @uofglasgow.bsky.social for the launch of ‘Living the Urban Periphery’, co-authored with @goodfellowtom.bsky.social and a range of other authors! With fantastic discussant comments from @philipphorn.bsky.social NB the book is free & open access online!
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Vanesa Castan Broto @vanesilla.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
After four intense years, our project on Community Energy and the Sustainable Energy Transition (CESET) came to an end in September. We came together with this wonderful team of international researchers to share our collective learnings. Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=uY1l...
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Clare Sammells @csammells.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Are you a Bolivianist? Follow our starter pack, and drop me a note if you'd like to join it! go.bsky.app/Pf4B9yW
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
"Colombia outlaws child marriage after 17-year campaign" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Colombia outlaws child marriage after 17-year campaign
Country closes 137-year legal loophole, becoming one of 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean to entirely ban marriage for minors
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Spending my weekend re-reading through Ale Barrientos's and Joaquin Cuevas's "Altopía" which offers such a rich account of urban Aymara (indigenous) futurism (www.gokongo.co/comic/15_alt...).
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Altopía: La traición 1 (de 5) - Gokongo
¿Qué negocios se tramarán en las azoteas de la ciudad del futuro?
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Megan Blake @geofoodie.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
@sheffielduni.bsky.social #Geography and #planning I teach on a module called Environmental Justice at a time of crisis. Today we designed student cafe spaces with #lego. There were circular economies, sharing spaces, accessibility and transport links, and an energy producing dance floor with a DJ.
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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
If you’re looking for some weekend listening, download The Trapped. A shocking expose of the country you really live in. A 4 year investigation in 1 podcast. You won’t regret it. thetrapped.co.uk Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7vwTNdv... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Colin McFarlane @colinmcfarlane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Been thinking about the process of writing lately, partly as a result of chats with different people about how they write. So, apropos of nothing, & on the off chance that this may be of use to someone, here’s three quick things I’ve learnt about writing: cityfragment.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/t...
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Three things I’ve learned about writing
I’ve thinking about the process of writing lately, partly as a result of conversations with different people about how they write. So, apropos of nothing, and on the off chance that this may …
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Manuel Bayón @angrygeographer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Disponible el video del evento "Cartografía y justicia social": youtube.com/watch?v=YRIR... Hasta el 31 de marzo, convocatoria homónima de artículos en "Justice Spatiale" para reflexionar sobre las posibilidades y procesos para la justicia social desde la cartografía: www.jssj.org/contribution...
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
Science fiction is vast and the nature of imagined future worlds is diverse, thank goodness. #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #indigenousfuturism lithub.com/writing-towa...
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Writing Toward a Definition of Indigenous Futurism
Stories are an inherently collaborative experience, and all stories have a purpose. Among Métis and nêhiyawak, as with other Indigenous peoples, there are âcimowina (everyday stories), kwayask-âcim…
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Ah, nee, so viele Wünsche (she/her) @chorimaefabaloba.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
"Latin American Studies through a broad interdisciplinary lens: cultural studies, history, social sciences, environmental and digital humanities." #latinoamerica #latinoamericanistas bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Carlos Iglesias Crespo @iglesiascrespoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
I’m putting together an Iberian & Latin American Studies (literature, film, and history) Starter Pack for those of us migrating from the other site. I’ll be updating the list as more join! go.bsky.app/FQXc4sg
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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🎙️Dr. Stephanie Canizales shares 📚 Sin Padres, Sin Papeles & takes us inside her research with unaccompanied undocumented children, and life in a sanctuary city. 🎧⬇️ @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #AcademicSky @ucpress.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0z44...
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Without Parents or Papers: A Discussion with Stephanie L. Canizales
The Academic Life · Episode
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Indigenous Echoes - Rio de la Plata @indigenousechoes.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Para los nuevos seguidores: muy bienvenidos! Aquí encontrarán una descripción del proyecto.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly mapping the entire world to train a geospatial AI model whose most obvious use cases are for robotic navigation and possibly the military www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
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Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If you are interested in the current crisis of the University of Sheffield, please keep having a look at this page as much useful information is going to be published in the next few days and weeks. @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @unison.org.uk ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st...
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State of the University 2024-25
A series of articles looking closely at the University's current finances, and the management decisions that have led to this point.
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looking forward to this!
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our “Read to Respond” series addresses the current climate of misinformation by highlighting articles and books that encourage thoughtful, educated debate on today’s most pressing issues. Today we share resources on caring for others in uncertain times: read.dukeupress.edu/journals/pag...
Graphic featuring cover of Social Text journal "Radical Care" issue and "dear elia" by Mimi Khúc. At the top are the words Care in Uncertain Times and Read to Respond.
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Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
On Thursday, in an all-staff meeting with over 1000 attendees online and in person, 944 attendees participated in a vote with 93.3% saying they have “no confidence” in the VC and University Executive Board.
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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
High time for the University of Sheffield Executive to resign and be replaced by a more competent and compassionate team, which is prepared to work WITH rather than AGAINST its staff and students. @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.thestar.co.uk/education/re...
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Redundancies loom at University of Sheffield over £50m funding gap
Up to £23m in cuts made primarily from support staff could be made at the University of Sheffield, with hundreds of jobs on the line.
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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
go.bsky.app/TU4z6Q4
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Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details: blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...
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Ideational geographies workshop
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Rowland Atkinson @qurbanist.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Some say that exiting twitter is a route out of tolerating diverse views. Surely the core reason is to help erode the user base (and thus market value) of a platform blatantly run and manipulated by a billionaire owner. Once everyone is on bluesky we can have robust debate here.
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Congratulations @samburgum.bsky.social! Looking forward to reading it.
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Such a nice crisp snow morning in Sheffield. Good time to leave the toxic X environment and join this platform!
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Aya Nassar @ayanassar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Proud to be part of team who has been working on this: “Palestine: Spaces and Politics”. An introductory curriculum to Palestine in context, using a spatial lens. Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors. #menasky, #geosky palestine.araburbanism.com
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Palestine: Spaces and Politics
Introductory Curriculum
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Urban Studies Foundation @urbanstudiesfoundation.org · 30/10/2024
We are now accepting applications for the next round of USF Seminar Series Awards funding! 🏙️ The deadline is 17th February 2025, and you can read more about the call on our website. 📢 Please share 📢 www.urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/semi...
USF Seminar Series Awards 2024
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Olivia Arigho Stiles @oliviaarigho.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
artículo medido y perspicaz sobre la crisis actual en Bolivia por Gabriel Rodríguez García en NACLA nacla.org/bolivia-en-s... '...la falta de renovación interna y la ausencia de alternativas que permitan proyectar un futuro más allá del caudillismo.'
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Bolivia en su laberinto
La crisis económica y política en Bolivia es un síntoma de la decadencia moral del partido Movimiento al Socialismo, que pone en cuestión sus otrora promesas y horizontes revolucionarios.
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Some of you, especially those teaching, researching, or studying informal ways of living, working and governing, may be interested in our new book (written with Melanie Lombard): "Urban Informality: An Introduction" (bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/urban-inform...) @brisunipress.bsky.social
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Urban Informality
Urban Informality - An Introduction; This book provides an introductory overview to the concept of ‘urban informality’, taking an international perspective across the global North and South. It explor...
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Philipp Horn @philipphorn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Reflections from our knowledge exchange on territorial struggles and Otros Saberes in Cali (Colombia): youtu.be/VPXlAgeK9UU?... Part of our Contested Territories network (www.contested-territories.net)
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Luchas que dialogan
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Matt Thompson @mattthompson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Yet another starter pack... For all those interested in critical urban geography, broadly defined! go.bsky.app/RgsNWsi
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