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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryModern slavery bill: migrant domestic workers fall through the gapsUK immigration rules currently prevent migrant domestic workers from changing employers. This removes these migrant...
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Published in: openIndiaThe everywhere of sanitation: violence, oppression and the bodyNew Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had nothing to say on the attacks in Uttar Pradesh, but a debate has emerged in...
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Published in: openSecurityThe urban paradox
As Cities in Conflict goes on hiatus, I take a look back at the past fourteen months of publishing articles, film,...
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Published in: openSecurityDompak eco-city: a tale of corruption
The creation of new master-planned cities is an emerging transnational trend stretching across Asia, the Middle...
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Published in: openSecurityBeyond the Kunming attackThe recent attacks on Kunming train station represent a watershed moment in China-Uyghur relations, as Uyghurs...
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Published in: oDRCrime and politics in Crimea
The link between crime and politics in Crimea has been evident for some time. Now, crime boss Sergei Aksyonov – the...
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Published in: openSecurity25 years of MIPIM is enough
Real estate managers, asset dealers and city sellers at this years MIPIM, the world's biggest property fair, will...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom Olympic spectacle to social crisis: review of Future Suspended
Review: Crisis-Scape's new film invites us in to the shadows of Athens, a city tenuously held together by state...
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Published in: openSecurityAthens: future suspended
Watch: What impact does a global financial crisis have on everyday life in the city? Crisis-Scape's final 35'...
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Published in: openSecurityThe resilience of neoliberal urbanismResilience, the latest urban policy and think tank buzzword extolled upon the world's urban dwellers, operates as an...
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Published in: openSecurityCharter cities in Honduras?Are private cities the miracle cure for Honduras' surging violent crime, state violence and institutional disarray?
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Published in: openSecurityBloomberg's biopolitics: the molecular mayor
Looking back on three terms of Michael Bloomberg we see a mayor who sought to fundamentally change New York’s...
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Published in: openSecurityVisualizing Palestine
Over the past two years, Visualizing Palestine has harnessed visual storytelling to bring public attention to the...
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Published in: openSecurityCity bypassed: the casualties of Mumbai's urban renewal
Watch: A short film exploring Mumbai's urban renewal as seen from Byculla, a multicultural inner-city neighbourhood...
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Published in: openSecurityFootball, politics and protest in BrazilThe protests on the streets of Brazilian cities are by no means anti-Brazil (or even anti-football). Rather, they...
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Published in: openSecurityCopa pra quem?In Belo Horizonte, under the slogan "Copa pra quem?" (Whose Cup?) thousands have taken to the streets, occupied and...
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Published in: openSecurityThe demonstration games
Recent protests over a bus fare increase signal a major shift in Brazilian society as the growing middle class...
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Published in: openSecuritySpectacle and surveillance in BrazilThe unprecedented series of mega-events which are set to take place across Brazil in the coming years have lead to...
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Published in: openSecurityCreating subjects in Lavasa: the private cityThrough a process of devolution to private enterprises, a number of private cities are emerging across the Indian...
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Published in: openSecurityLaying siege to the villages: the Nantou peninsulaPart 1: The urbanization of Shenzhen references three key moments in China's history. Such moments are spatially...
