Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR)
Most of the world's population now lives in cities. Cities are increasingly key elements within global economic and cultural relations as they seek to establish corporate identities, compete for tourist trade and for the location of multinational headquarters and prestigious sporting events. The question of how to understand urban political and economic landscapes and the emerging forms of urban culture is perhaps the most pressing issue for the new Millennium.
NEWS
The Director of CUCR, Professor Caroline Knowles, is on a reference group for 'Rapid Social Change, Value Transformation and the Field of Culture: the City of Stavanger as a Prism.' International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), University of Stavanger.
Professor Knowles is also going to run a workshop on 'Cities, Homelessness and Mental Health' on February 18th 2012 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
Former students on the MA Photography and Urban Cultures Course, Sayed Hasan and IAMKSO present MY GRANDAD'S CAR, an exciting new photography and video exhibition in Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport. The Exhibition will run from Thursday 26th January until Thursday 26th April and is open to the public. Visit the Grandad's Car poster for more details.
a here and a there.... a new exhibition of Berlin Street Photography at Laurie Grove Baths.
Photograph below by ©David Kendall 2008
