Oli Mould is a lecturer in Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. You can read his blog at www.taCity.co.uk and he tweets at @olimould and @urbansubversion.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFully Automated Luxury Communism: book reviewIf capitalism is failing us, what comes after? Oli Mould finds much optimism – though a few gaps – in Aaron...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDoes “being creative” just mean maintaining the status quo?Whether it’s Theresa May lecturing EU leaders, or bosses lecturing employees, it seems everyone’s being urged to be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy culture competitions and 'artwashing' drive urban inequalityFrom Los Angeles to Liverpool to the new London competition, 'creative cities' policies are designed to soften...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan memorialisation be a form of urban protest?Perhaps the arch footpath of the demolished Heygate estate should be preserved, a reminder of the London that was.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Love where you live’, and other lies of gentrificationLet’s admit that gentrification is an immoral urban process. It is a deliberate policy of social engineering and...
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Published in: HomeWhat do we talk about when we talk about creativity?Neoliberal logics are increasingly being applied to the ways in which we talk about ‘creativity’. The new dogma of...