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[urban interfaces] seminar 2025-2026: The Risky City
After a hiatus of two year, [urban interfaces] returns with a new edition of our seminar series! This year, the theme is The Risky City. Dates: 6 May 2026 14:00 – 16:30 20 May 2026 10:00 – 12:00 3 June 2026 14:00 – 16:30 + drinks For more information, see the seminar webpage >>. Registration…
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“Queer in the City” Dossier Part 4 – Leaning on each other: queer-feminist approaches to urban catastrophes
This blogpost by Gustavo Rigon is part 4 of a four-part dossier on “Queer in the City”. Leaning on each other: queer-feminist approaches to urban catastrophes Image: City-tent camp at Kahramanmaras stadium, Turkey. 2023. Photo: Reuters[1] Syrian people are doubled displaced, they are displaced from their home in Syria and they come to Turkey, and…
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“Queer in the City” Dossier Part 3 – Let’s go out? queer dancefloors and the “outside world”
This blogpost by Gustavo Rigon is part 3 of a four-part dossier on “Queer in the City”. Let’s go out? queer dancefloors and the “outside world” Image: Fun House Party in Amsterdam, 2014. “I dance alone” project[1] Clubbing culture has gained popularity within urban scenarios in the last decades, serving as a meeting point for…
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“Queer in the City” Dossier Part 2 – Queer temporalities in the urban landscape: challenging normative time structures
This blogpost by Gustavo Rigon is part 2 of a four-part dossier on “Queer in the City”. Queer temporalities in the urban landscape: challenging normative time structures Image: Pexels, “Man walking around”, 2024 In the urban, time seems hard to grasp, although perceived in multiple ways. Time is inscribed within cities rhythms, density, work culture,…
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“Queer in the City” Dossier Part 1 – Introduction
This blogpost by Gustavo Rigon is part 1 of a four-part dossier on “Queer in the City”. Introduction Image: UCL, “Queering Urbanism: thinking climate change through queer time” lecture, 2023[1] Queer (being) in the city How can the city be observed through queer lenses? What bodies, subjectivities, epistemologies, and politics may we encounter from a…
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