Culture
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UCS #2: The Vancouver Stampede (Coming to a neighbourhood near you!)
See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch.
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UCS #1: It’s irresponsible to spend money on something we don’t need, like an elected Park Board…
*** See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate. And also, announcement by CityHallWatch.
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Urban Cartoon Syndicate (UCS): Introduction and Call
Political cartooning has been a significant form of social and political commentary for centuries. It took off in the 18th century when artists like James...
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S101S – Understanding Shadow Studies: Why They Matter
Shadow studies often get lost amid the seemingly more pressing issues related to current urban planning and design. However, the relevance of shadow...
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Seeing Consciousness
I walked into a room one day, and for a moment I could literally see the fierce neural blaze of consciousness in the people around me, and the shimmering...
By Derek DeLand -
I Kant Exit Anywhere
stockholm stockhausen syndromeminimal liminal nordic disneylandare you socialist capitalismor capitalist socialismno lingonbarriers to social mobilitywe...
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Book Review – Urban Magnets: How Activity Subcultures Can Be a Catalyst for Rejuvenating Cities
Authors: Bruce Haden, Mark Holland and Bruce Irvine (Urban Magnets Press 2020) Urban Magnets: How Activity Subcultures Can Be a Catalyst for Rejuvenating...
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Inequality, Gender, Intersectionality, Gentrification, and the City: An interview with Leslie Kern
Cities are political and economic centers of power. This comes with its fair share of challenges like poverty and inequality. Spacing Vancouver...
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On Interior Urbanism: An Interview with Jeremy Senko
Interiors and urbanism are often considered opposites of one another. But are they so different? Spacing Vancouver’s Erick Villagomez recently had a...
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Digging Into Where The Sun Needs Shine – BROADWAY PLAN – Part 2
Expand upon our embedded assets This lyric essay digs inside the psyche of planning processes. It uses the oblique projection of poetry to throw light on...
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The Blue Cabin: A Dream of Home in Uncertain Times
Amidst widespread housing instability, many feel that we may never again be able to dream of a home to call our own. There’s a deep, unsatiated sense of...
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Book Review – Meet Me By The Fountain: An Inside History of The Mall
What was your mall? Mine was Oakridge Centre in Vancouver. It wasn’t particularly glamorous with its exterior of boring brown brick, but it was the town...
By Christopher Cheung