From sculptures to graffiti, urban art can improve quality of life – but it can also do the exact opposite without proper planning.
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They come and go, hoping to attract locals and tourists but are pop-up attractions any good?
City centres have been hit hard by lockdown measures - but can artists and entrepreneurs really breathe life into the space?
City dwellers love their homes but there are different types of love that shape how cities are viewed and how they work.
During COVID-19, boarded-up storefronts host various new types of inspirational, informational and decorative murals that should be read critically as representing political agendas for the future.
In urban Namibia, performance poetry provides a safe space for women to share their experiences and challenge traditional ideas.
Those in charge of urban spaces would like the public to believe that town and city environments have a predetermined function: participatory art challenges this view.
Guerilla street artist Banksy has livened up the new Basquiat exhibition in London with some choice murals outside. But is it an homage or infringement?
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer: photojournalism and digital media, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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MA student, Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Academic in Tourism Management, Bournemouth University
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British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Profesor Catedrático Área de Proyectos Arquitectónicos, Universidad CEU San Pablo