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Shezad Dawood, Leviathan Cycle, Episode 8: Cris, Sandra, Papa & Yasmine, 2023. Single screen, HD video, 17:33. Commissioned by Hybrid Futures (a multi-part collaboration focusing on climate, sustainability, collaborative learning and co-production between Castlefield Gallery, Manchester; Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; Touchstones Rochdale; University of Salford Art Collection and Shezad Dawood Studio, and generously supported by Arts Council England and Art Fund), Leviathan — Human & Marine Ecology Ltd, The Void, Derry.
Episode 8: Cris, Sandra, Papa & Yasmine’
The CURE project aims to:
Help establish Centres for Urban Re-manufacturing in different cities
Evaluate if CUREs facilitate waste prevention through reuse and re-manufacturing
Document and analyse how the centres operate
Facilitate knowledge exchange between the different centres and initiatives involved
Promote improvised re-manufacturing among the general public and interested actors
Help establish Centres for Urban Re-manufacturing in different cities
Evaluate if CUREs facilitate waste prevention through reuse and re-manufacturing
Document and analyse how the centres operate
Facilitate knowledge exchange between the different centres and initiatives involved
Promote improvised re-manufacturing among the general public and interested actors
Das "Haus der Transformation" versteht sich als Plattform innerhalb der HTW Berlin, die Studierende, Lehrende, Forschende und Akteur_innen aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Zivilgesellschaft vernetzt und die vielfältigen Engagements in den Bereichen Zukunftsfähigkeit und Nachhaltigkeitstransformation bündelt. Gemeinsam sollen interdisziplinäre Transformationsprojekte geplant und ihre Sichtbarkeit erhöht werden. Im Fokus stehen zukunftsfähige Projekte und Transformationsgedanken mit regionalem Bezug. Zu den Projekten gehören
Some surveillance technologies are so dangerous that they inevitably cause far more problems than they solve. The use of facial recognition and remote biometric technologies in publicly accessible spaces enables mass surveillance and discriminatory targeted surveillance. In such cases, the potential for abuse is too great, and the consequences too severe.
We must ban such practices once and for all. More than 200 civil society organizations, activists, technologists, and other experts around the world have already joined together to sign the open letter below calling on decision makers to stand up against rights-abusing uses of biometric surveillance technologies. Will you join us to #BanBS?
We must ban such practices once and for all. More than 200 civil society organizations, activists, technologists, and other experts around the world have already joined together to sign the open letter below calling on decision makers to stand up against rights-abusing uses of biometric surveillance technologies. Will you join us to #BanBS?
Working on sustainable and healthy cities is now the objective of almost all spatial development in the Netherlands. Yet we see that the current way of working does not lead to essentially sustainable and inclusive cities. In our view, we therefore need to think fundamentally differently about the way we design our cities. To do this, we need to think beyond the economic growth paradigm and develop a good alternative.
Based on years of research, interviews and workshops I wrote a book about the urban condition I refer to as the 'smooth city'. It departs from the observation that in cities around the world this urban condition, characterised by ever-increasing levels of ‘perfection’, efficiency and control and the active eradication of any aberration or alternative, is spreading rapidly. In the smooth city, urban space is sanitised and urban life compressed into a seamless experience. While the need for safe, clean, and well-functioning urban environments is clear, the rise of the smooth city undermines the democratic nature and emancipatory potential of cities while leaving almost no space for anything that is experimental or incompatible with dominant norms. This publication offers a critical analysis of the origins, characteristics and consequences of the smooth city, while also offering a starting point to challenge the obsession with perfection and instead collectively work towards porosity in the urban realm. The book has been designed by Kees de Klein, who also contributed with a visual essay. Order a copy directly from the publisher.