Jacopo Galli's sobering reflections on #colonial anxieties' influence on #spacemaking in British #Africa is a stark reminder that science is not always 'objective' and can often be misguided by social biases and even #racism: #Hypochondria as a form factor: The role of colonial anxieties as shapers of buildings and urban spaces in British Africa
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Part of our latest special issue #Epidemics, #Planning and the #City,
Have you registered for the exciting #symposium where you can hear more insights from the authors and guest editor on 22nd April? It's free! Register now: link in bio
Image credit: A hypochondriac at home with his anxious nurse. Wood engraving is marked with CC BY 4.0. Wellcome Library no. 12116i
There is no doubt that #townplanning is an #interdisciplinary endeavour. Julie A. Collins & Peter Lekkas's reflection reminds us of #healthcare professionals' role in the planning of our #urban space: Consumption crusade: the influence of #tuberculosis on the emergence of town planning in South Australia, 1890–1918
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Part of our latest special issue #Epidemics, #Planning and the #City,
Have you registered for the exciting symposium where you can hear more insights from the authors and guest editor on 22nd April? It's free! Register now: link in bio
Image credit: "How the germs of tuberculosis are carried from the sick to the well" by Government & Heritage Library, State Library of NC is marked with CC BY 2.0. Illustration from the August 1918 issue of North Carolina's Health Bulletin (p.48).
There has been much talk referring back to the 1918 Influenza #pandemic as we go through the pandemic of our time. Read Mrunmayee Satam's critical reflection on the power dynamic between the colonial authority and local communities in Bombay: Influenza pandemic and the development of public health infrastructure in Bombay city, 1919–1935
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Part of our latest special issue #Epidemics, #Planning and the #City
Have you registered for the exciting #symposium where you can hear more insights from the authors and guest editor on 22nd April? It's free! Join now: link in bio
Image credit: "Bombay #6" by Thomas Leuthard is marked with CC BY 2.0.
Save the Date! *Drumroll* We are thrilled to announce this exciting symposium Epidemics, Planning and the City to take place on the 22nd April (to mark the publication of the special issue guest-edited by Prof Juliet Divis from the @wsofarchi ). It's a free online event. Booking info in bio.
#weekendreads📚 Still finding it daunting to travel? Take a journey to Jerusalem, Phnom Penh, and Toronto from the comfort of your home through one of our latest articles by Giorgio Talocci, Donald Brown & Haim Yacobi: The biogeopolitics of cities: a critical enquiry across Jerusalem, Phnom Penh, Toronto (link to the journal in bio)
#weekendreads Rome wasn't built in one day, but have you wondered how this ancient city was shaped and transformed in the early 20th century? Read our latest article by Francesca Romana Stabile to find out: Shaping early twentieth century Rome: the AACAR and the contributions of Filippo Galassi and Gustavo Giovannoni
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The @rgs_ibg annual international conference 2020 #London
#geographiesoftroubleandhope theme
#Conference theme: Geographies of trouble and hope
FANTASTIC theme and loads of exciting #urbangeography #urbanplanning #environmentalhistory sessions to choose from.
The most #inspiringgeography conference out there. One for #planningperspectives readers and contributors.
#orange and full of #geographical #goodness
#planningperspectives the journal of planning and environmental history
#planninghistory #planners
#historicalgeography #historicalgeographers
#environmentalhistory #environment #environmentalhistorians
#urbanplanners #urbangeography #urban
#urbandesign
@planningperspectives spotted in a heavy weight line up of #Routledge journals at the @rgs_ibg 2020 #internationalgeographyconference #London #southkensington
#planning
#urbangeography #urbanandenvironmentalplanning
#environmentalhistory
#historicalgeography
Last day of the @royalacademyarts #summerexhibition2019
So much there for #urbanists, #urbanplanners, #geographers, #historicalgeographers to think and teach with.
Can't wait for #summerexhibition2020
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