– This article is part of the graduate seminar series The Right to the City 2018-2019 –  What can we – students, activists, artists, readers and citizens of cities – do to stop gentrification? It seems that students moving to cities are both victims as well as culprits of gentrification: students come in with little money,…

– This article is part of the graduate seminar series The Right to the City 2018-2019 –  When politicians make decisions you do not agree with, or if the dominant discourse in society neglects issues you stand for, protesting is a way to show your concerns. Often, a protest contains the occupation of a public space,…

– This article is part of the graduate seminar series The Right to the City 2018-2019 –  One of the first things that struck me when I moved to Amsterdam was the apparent absence of street art and graffiti, however blurry and complicated the line dividing those two terms might be[1]. This was a striking feeling…

– This article is part of the graduate seminar series The Right to the City 2018-2019 –  In the interesting work of reflection and analysis that is “The Right to the City”, David Harvey (2008) highlights the connections between society, capitalism and urban transformation. Harvey turns to Marx’s notion of surplus value, capital and production to…

– This article is part of the graduate seminar series The Right to the City 2018-2019 – It is difficult to explain to my German musician peers the idea that in Groningen one cannot simply perform music in the street. The idea that taking up sonic space is restricted, is well-understood: it’s an unwritten rule…