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- 1 weeks ago1h 3m
26. COMPARATIVE LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNITY EXCHANGE: A conversation with Jack Makau and Temilade Sesan
In this episode - recorded on location in Kampala, Uganda during an African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) workshop in late April - we delve into questions of how urban communities in informal settlements can build power through their own forms of knowledge and data collection, and how two-way exchanges between cities can strengthen this process. For the main discussion, Tom was there in person with two of the research programme’s ‘City Manager’s - Jack Makau (City Manager for Nairob...
- 3 weeks ago1h 7m
25. ASYMMETRIC URBANISM: Pushback in Portland, +Palantir in Sheffield, +dunking in Trento, +adopting cities, +Pope vs Trump and more
In this episode, Beth and Tom are joined by Ryan Bellinson, researcher/civil servant living in Portland, Oregon, US, to discuss how residents and community groups can mobilise their power to resist democratic backsliding. From Minneapolis to Portland federal immigration enforcement agents have been deploying hostile tactics to identify and seek to deport migrants, even those of legal status. Meanwhile federal programmes of support from housing to environmental protection are being slashed in ...
- Apr 13, 202655 min
24. CHAOS AND DESIRE IN THE CITY: A conversation with Tanya Zack and Tanzil Shafique
Come with us to Johannesburg and Dhaka in this month's feature. Visit the markets and stalls of Jeppe, in inner city Johannesburg, a dynamic ecosystem of informal traders, sometimes called Africa’s shopping Mecca. Head with us to Korail, an informal settlement of 300,000 dwellers, sometimes called Bangladesh’s largest slum. In this double book talk, we are joined by two critically-acclaimed authors. With Tanya Zack we discuss her book The Chaos Precinct: Johannesburg as a Port City, a narrati...
- Mar 23, 20261h 5m
23. PROPERTY AND URBICIDE: Housing in Lebanon, +Nairobi floods, +Banksy, +scam centres, +Habermas and more
This month, Tom and Beth are joined by Hannah Sender, University of Sheffield, and Mariam Bazzi, Beirut Urban Lab to discuss how propertied families in small towns in Lebanon have responded to violence and displacement over the past years (Go to 35:04 for guests). When left with no savings, and little help to repair and reconstruct after military interventions, property becomes a moral relationship, as much as a personal asset: what ought housing to be used for, when urbicide becomes a ...
- Mar 9, 202650 min
22. CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH & THE CITY: A conversation with Cristina Temenos
In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Cristina Temenos from the University of Manchester to discuss a wide range of issues from trust in medicine, responses to COVID-19 and experimentation and evidence in localised healthcare settings. Together, they ask: Faced with crisis after crisis, how do municipalities deliver public health care in Athens, Santiago and Greater Manchester?What forms of experimentation, innovation and alternative provision emerge during crisis, and what does this mea...
- Mar 2, 20261h 8m
21. URBAN ROBOTICS BY STEALTH: Driverless vehicles, + Epstein, + Royals, + drug cartels, + immigration and more
In this episode Tom and Beth are joined by Professor Aidan While from the University of Sheffield to explore how robotic urban infrastructures are already reshaping everyday lives, homes and mobilities. From self-driving taxis to autonomous delivery drones the size of a lorry, we take a closer look at how experimentation in US cities, across Africa and now in the UK foreshadows the stealthy rise of robots across multiple domains. Go straight to 37:33 for this discussion. First in our ra...
- Feb 13, 202654 min
20. SEEING THE CITY: A discussion with Junia Mortimer and Felipe Magalhaes
In this episode Tom and Beth are joined by visiting researchers to the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, Junia Mortimer and Felipe Magalhães. They discuss: How can we see and understand the city in this geopolitical age of conflict and global uncertainty?How can photographs and visual archives make visible the complexities of cities, particularly those in the Global South?When seeing directly is not possible, what other approaches can help us analyse the intense volatility of ci...
- Jan 26, 202653 min
19. THE NEW URBAN GEOPOLITICS: Inside Caracas + urban Greenland, + embassies and disinformation in London, + neighbourhood governance and more
In this first episode of Series 2 of Urban Radar, Beth and Tom start to tackle some of the many ways in which the current moment of geopolitical turmoil is filtering down into in cities and towns across the world. We make the most of our new Sheffield-Manchester partnership by bringing on Dr. Erika Garcia Fermin (29:45 minutes onwards) from the University of Manchester's Global Development Institute, for an in-depth conversation on the Venezuala crisis and its urban dimensions. With Eri...
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About Urban Radar
Urban Radar is a podcast series brought to you by Professors Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry, which reflects on current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life. Drawing on the unique range of urban expertise in the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, we place urban dynamics at the centre of contemporary global affairs.Feedback:Email: urbanradarpod@gmail.comInstagram: @urbanradarpodcastCredits: Podcast production, presentation & editing: Tom Goodfellow & Beth PerryPost-production editing & marketing: Polly CliftonProduction support: Jack ClaytonDistribution, promotion & marketing: Vicky SimpsonMusic: Horizon (music by Tom Goodfellow, produced by Alan Thomson); Falling Down (music by Tom Goodfellow, performed by the Dice, produced by Alan Thomson); Ghosts (music by the Dice; produced by Ala
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