Dr Monica Degen
This research aims to contribute to debates around the role of time and temporal relations shaping urban redevelopment and urban living. The report brings together insights from a variety of academic disciplines alongside discussions with urban practitioners and community groups. It identifies and examines how different temporal features, such as the temporal constraints and pressures…
Two public dissemination events took place in London and Barcelona on the 29th of November 2016 and 12th and 13th of December 2017. Here is a taster of what happened and was discussed, beautifully written by Clare Melhuish from the Urban Lab, UCL. More insights will be posted over the next few weeks. Timescapes of…
Timescapes of Urban Change in Barcelona 12/12/2016 (organised by Monica Degen, Brunel University) What stories resonate through the temporal layers of the city? How does our perception of it change when we put time at the center of the urban landscape? As part of the Timescapes of Urban Change project, Iain Sinclair reflects on how…
TIMESCAPES OF URBAN CHANGE: El Raval – the process of transformation Public Event: Ian Sinclair – “The Last London: A City Abolished” Monday 12th of December 2016 @ 6:30pm venue: Auditori, CCCB life stream: http://www.cccb.org/en/multimedia/live Tuesday 13th of December 2016 @ 9:30am workshop venue: Aula 1, CCCB Organised by Dr. Monica Degen, Brunel University This event…
Tomorrow I’ll be giving a talk with Astrid Swenson (Brunel University) on Researching time, the senses and the urban In this paper we discuss the ways in which we can access methodologically the diverse and multiple timescapes that converge or conflict in the urban to produce a particular sense of place in the contemporary city….
The aim of this event is to situate questions around temporality at the forefront of the research agenda on urban change. The making of urban space is in many ways a materialisation of the passing of time. On the other hand, those using the city create and inhabit a diversity of temporalities. Focusing on two…
I wanted to make readers aware of our new publication written by Clare Melhuish (UCL), Gillian Rose (Open University) and myself available online now from City and Society : “The Real Modernity that Is Here”: Understanding the Role of Digital Visualisations in the Production of a New Urban Imaginary at Msheireb Downtown, Doha. The article…
I’ve been busy organising the public events for the end of this project as well as writing to start developing my theoretical framework to provide some insights on why a temporal approach to urban change matters. My first article has now been accepted by Space and Culture – the journal. While it will take a…
I have been busy writing and disseminating my first thoughts on this project during the last few weeks. At the start of April I gave a series of talks on my current work on time and urban change at the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia University, Montreal, and at the City Region Studies Centre…
Rob Shields and myself chaired the session “Time and Urban Change” at this year’s AAG 2016 in San Francisco, see outline below. The session looked at time, space and the urban from a range of perspectives: the contestations between queer and straight time in Sao Paolo through the lens of ‘travesti’ everyday practices and the…
Timescapes of Urban Change 2016 || Precious Lite theme by Flythemes