Book: Rewriting Exurbia
2025-08-18
Today I finished the book ‘Rewriting Exurbia: New people in aging sprawl’ by Lawrence Davis (ListLab Publisher). I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in and/orContinue Reading
Book: Urban Gardening and the Struggle for Social and Spatial Justice
2025-07-27
Added to my summer reading stack: ‘Urban Gardening and the Struggle for Social and Spatial Justice’, edited by Chiara Certoma, Susan Noori and Dr.-Ing. Martin Sondermann (ManchesterContinue Reading
Reading ‘Rewriting Exurbia’
2025-06-30
When I learned about the book ‘Rewriting Exurbia: New People in Aging Sprawl,’ I knew I had to read it. I am interested in the urban sphere,Continue Reading
Reading ‘Earth in the Balance’
2025-06-19
I first read Al Gore’s ‘Earth in the Balance’ in the mid or late 90’s. I recall being affected by it then. The paperback I had thenContinue Reading
Temporal Rhythms & Neighborhood Life
2025-05-23
I recently finished the book ‘The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time & Our Planet’ by Carlos Moreno. As a person who spent many yearsContinue Reading
Book: Barcelona Superilla
2025-05-05
Not only am I completely fascinated by ‘superilla’ after my recent first meeting with Francesco, one of the authors of ‘Barcelona Superilla’, but overall also with theContinue Reading
Ordinary Cities: Attention to the Mundane
2025-04-15
I know in my heart and soul how encounters with and presence in mundane yet quality, well-designed, and planned spaces feel, but I am still finding theContinue Reading
Book: The 15-Minute City
2025-01-08
‘The 15-Minute City A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet’ by Carlos Moreno (Wiley) – soon to be extensively underlined, highlighted and of course referenced in my upcomingContinue Reading
An ‘Ecology of Proximity’
2024-12-08
I am busy with my nose in stacks and stacks of books and papers this month My literature review for my dissertation papers spanned years and includesContinue Reading
Streets as Daily Stage
2024-12-08
Dark winter days are upon us here in Warsaw which fits the introverted phase of organization and analysis of fieldwork data I am moving into as wellContinue Reading