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History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present‐day debates, including questions of academic freedom and free speech, the state's role in research funding as well as the international features of higher ...
Kate Ballantyne   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

To Draft or Not to Draft? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Poutvaara, Panu, Wagener, Andreas
core  

MAKING AN ACCESSIBLE CITY: A Critique of Cartographic Reason through Emphasis on Corpography

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by Gunnar Olsson, this article critiques the use of cartographic reason in the process of creating an accessible city for people with disabilities. It also borrows Gregory's ontological conceptual pair of cartography and corpography, showing the ontological transformations that occur within this pair during the practical removal of ...
Pavel Doboš, Robert Osman
wiley   +1 more source

LIBERTOPIA: An Intellectual Stroll in Berlin's Tempelhof Park

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld, an old airport turned into a public park, stands as a unique urban space. What it is about this simple and massive open space in the heart of a large city that makes it a near‐utopian formation? This essay attempts to explore the meaning of this sociospatial entity, framing it in terms of a ‘libertopia’, to serve as ...
Asef Bayat
wiley   +1 more source

BEYOND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS: Small‐Scale Land Speculation and Displacement in Peri‐Urban Myanmar

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Land speculation is a significant factor contributing to the displacement of poor populations in global South cities. While extensive research has examined how urban expansion increases land values—primarily focusing on state‐led or real estate development projects—it often neglects the speculative and displacement dynamics occurring in ...
Francesca Chiu
wiley   +1 more source

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