Rob Cowley

Happiest when neither sheep nor shepherd

[B&C Editors @BuildingsCities]

New Commentary! Populist Dissent and Digital Urbanism

How should the research community engage with populist narratives that undermine social justice?

Robert Cowley considers a contemporary form of resistance to datafication:
https://t.co/otJJt6WxVN

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

I've probably spent 10+ hours walking through L'Eixample over the last week. I'd wondered if I'd find some innovative uses of the corners famously shaved off its grid. Mostly, though, they're used for different types of parking, and recycling/rubbish bins. Maybe in future.

[Prof Katherine Brickell @K_Brickell]

@kclgeography have 5 Lecturer posts:

(1) Geography and Social Justice (perm)
(2) Urban and Cultural Geography (3 yr)
(3) Urban Studies (1 yr)
(4) Climate Change and Env Science (3 yr)
(5) Phys Geography and Environmental Science (3 yr)
https://t.co/pt0kBKqqsV

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

Never mind #gentledensity. I've been on the motorway south of Seoul for 35 mins, and the 30-storey blocks of flats have only just ended.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

“Parque Minhocão” in São Paolo: an elevated road that becomes pedestrianised at weekends only. Temporary chairs, chess sets, police watching, rubbish bins.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

My tip for broadcasters in 2023: avoid using the word 'extraordinary' every two minutes. Has anybody else noticed this?

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

"We don’t change the future (a meaningless concept), but rather we are a part of what creates it". I like that.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

At the Home Office, waiting for an appointment to get my passport renewed. The tannoy system is referring to us continually as "customers". Not happy about that.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

@oliverfarr One citizen, one pair of shoes. Why would anybody need more than one?

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

Visiting lots of innovative buildings/developments round Freiburg. Impressive growth of plants up this one (to the 9th floor). Cheap cooling solution at only £7.50.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

And, of course, black forest g....

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

Meanwhile, across town, here's the Black Forest view from Vauban

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

@persistara @maliniranga @PhilippaGeog @DrRuthCraggs @jreades Well done Dr Persis.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

@butwhatifitsall Yes, it's awful. Makes me cringe every time I hear it.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

On the Cablebús at the northern edge of Mexico City. Opened last year; 9.2km long; fare = 29 pence.

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

Lots of slightly asymmetrical building lines in the slowly subsiding Ciudad de México.

[KCL Urban Futures @KCLUrbanFutures]

Lecturing opportunity @kclgeography , involves teaching on our Sustainable Cities MSc this coming year https://t.co/2QQ7PyNc1S

[Phil Hubbard @PhilHubbard1]

Please re-tweet for one of our MSc students: we want to know if you have seen signs like these on Ldn underground, and how they make you feel
https://t.co/4HOC8PyyjF

[Rob Cowley @CowleyRob]

Always sad to hear that somebody who taught you has died. RIP Peter Mackridge. https://t.co/EP4ogrSQAQ