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The urban paradox

Published on: 2 May 2014

Written by: Tom Cowan All articles by Tom Cowan

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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Splintering Tunis

Published on: 4 March 2014

Written by: Afifa Ltifi All articles by Afifa Ltifi

Three years after the revolution, Tunisia is searching for a new urban identity.

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Tunnelling borders

Published on: 26 November 2013

Written by: Bryan Finoki All articles by Bryan Finoki

The growing ubiquity of militarized borders has with it produced a subterranean network of cross-border tunnels. In...

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Schwarzwohnen: The spatial politics of squatting in East Berlin

Published on: 21 October 2013

Written by: Alex Vasudevan All articles by Alex Vasudevan

East Berlin's squatter movement erupted across the city after the fall of the wall in 1989. But what role did...

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Monuments to resistance

Published on: 16 October 2013

Written by: Joel White All articles by Joel White

With the rise and repression of popular political protest on the streets of southern Europe, new monuments to...

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Corporate colonisation of new India

Published on: 8 October 2013

Written by: Graham Peebles All articles by Graham Peebles

Twenty years of corporate colonisation of the Indian countryside has fuelled conflict, forced-urbanisation and the...

Photo of waste ground and shanty-like buildings in a cityscape

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City forgotten

Published on: 18 September 2013

Written by: Ayona Datta All articles by Ayona Datta

Watch: Through the eyes of residents, local activists and civil society members, 'City Forgotten' tells the story of...

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Violence and displacement in suburban Dhaka

Published on: 14 August 2013

Written by: Shahadat Hossain All articles by Shahadat Hossain

A combination of violent rural and urban displacement have produced rings of poverty and exploitation on the...

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Mount Zion: the city within

Published on: 2 August 2013

Written by: Carlos Delclós All articles by Carlos Delclós

Rather than submit to the noxious dynamics of Spain’s colossal underground economy, the migrant workers of Mount...

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An uncertain future for Tunis

Published on: 23 July 2013

Written by: Afifa Ltifi All articles by Afifa Ltifi

Two years after the revolution, Tunisians have reclaimed public spaces in the city. But failing municipalities, a...

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The case for city status in post-war Gulu

Published on: 8 July 2013

Written by: Moses Odokonyero All articles by Moses Odokonyero

In northern Uganda, local leaders are pushing for Gulu to receive city status. But does the municipality have what...

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Dakar unsettled

Published on: 12 March 2013

Written by: Caroline Melly All articles by Caroline Melly

State ambitions to build a 'global' Dakar alongside a proliferation of diaspora-financed luxury development,...

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Urban security and the 'tricks' of endurance

Published on: 14 February 2013

Written by: Abdou Maliq Simone All articles by Abdou Maliq Simone

Urban security is often thought of as strategies to protect and disarm city populations, however security may also...

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