Canberra is the capital of Australia, but not everyone in the world knows it. Why should a small, new and little-known city host the seat of political power? Wouldn’t it be more logical to use the most important cities from an economic and cultural point of view, such as Melbourne or Sydney? Australia’s choice to … Continue reading
Sebastien Darchen (UQ) and John Willsteed (QUT) will discuss their new book “Electronic Cities” published by Palgrave Mc-Millan. The whole UQ|UP community is invited! When: Wednesday 14 July, starting at 6:30pm Where: on Zoom (link to be sent upon registration) or in person (Avid Reader book store, West End) Register: avidreader.com.au/events/s%C3%A9bastien-darchen-and-john-willsteed-electronic-cities Buy book: Amazon AU … Continue reading
A retiring SEES academic is offering a large collection of books in several social sciences disciplines free to staff, postdocs and HDR students in SEES and other Schools. All in good or very good condition, the books are on display from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from this coming Wednesday 7th to Friday 9th April … Continue reading
Urban planning and cultural policies often neglect electronic dance music (EDM). Now the pandemic is forcing the EDM world to come up with new strategies to survive. Read the full story in Sebastien Darchen in The Conversation. Continue reading
“Electronic Cities: Music, Policies and Spaces in the 21st Century” is a welcome contribution to the ‘urban turn’ in popular music studies. It moves beyond the analysis of styles and venues, setting musical practice within complex networks of policy, economic history and metropolitan politics. These fascinating case studies take us beyond the self-proclaimed ‘capitals’ of … Continue reading
By now, planners everywhere know – more or less – what the ingredients of a sustainable city are, in theory. The problem is that only bits of solutions are being implemented in the cities that most need them, the majority of which are located in the Global South. UQ|UP’s Dorina Pojani presented her latest book … Continue reading
Most parking research to date has been conducted in Western countries. Parking: An International Perspective is different. Taking a planetary view of urbanism, this book examines parking policies in 12 cities on five continents: Auckland, Bangkok, Doha, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Nairobi, Rotterdam, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Tokyo. Chapters are similarly structured, and contain … Continue reading