Goldsmiths - University of London

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.

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FILM SCREENING:
Documenting the City. AN AVENUE IS GOING TO BE BUILT. Avenida Brasília Formosa "Defiant Brasília". A hybrid documentary by Garbriel Mascaro, Brazil, 2010. The film will be followed by discussion with researchers from the Centre for Urban and Community Research. Through the day-to-day routine a poetic web of encounters, memories and desires is drawn, providing a sensorial insight into the contemporary reality of the residents of the Defiant Brasilia neighbourhood and their relationship with a newly constructed avenue. Thursday June 14, from 19.00-21.00pm in the Cinema, RHB, Goldsmiths. Free.

SYMPOSIUM: ARCHITECTURE OF SPECTACLE

Friday 6th July 2012, 11:30 am - 18:00 pm
(£15/£10 conc).
Zilkha Auditorium, Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel High Street London E1 7QX
View Whitechapel Gallery Calendar or book now: whitechapelgallery.org/  tickets@whitechapelgallery.org

What is at stake culturally, socially and physically in the staging of a modern Olympic Games? What does it mean for East London beyond the Games? Architects, artists, sociologists and urban theorists consider the transformation of an area into a centre of global attention. 
In association with the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Public Works and This is Not a Gateway. 

Diaspora Voices: Candid views on the London Somalia conference. See film.


a here and a there.... a new exhibition of Berlin Street Photography at Laurie Grove Baths.

Photograph below by ©David Kendall 2008

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URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY SUMMER SCHOOL 2012 July 9-21 2012 Deadline June 3rd About the programme: Designed for photographers, artists and urbanists whose work addresses notions of urban space and culture the international Summer School provides a highly intensive two week practical and theoretical training in key aspects of urban visual practice. The course aims to offer participants a wide range of relevant skills resulting in the production of a photography portfolio drawn from London's urban environments combined with a collective final exhibition. The programme will explore how the practice of urban image making informs the development of a reflexive and critical research perspective and will include assignments and guided fieldtrips focusing on (1)urban landscape, (2)street photography and (3)material objects. For more information follow the link to our Summer School page shown above in departmental events.

Upcoming events

Carer's Congress: Wednesday 23 May 2012 - Serpentine Gallery, London

Carer's Congress will illuminate the forthcoming report Art + Care: A Future, which explores urban transformation and the politics of care. The report relays the findings of three years' research undertaken by Goldsmiths Centre for Urban and Community Research into the Serpentine's Skills Exchange Project. More details via Serpentine Gallery.