In this episode of The Three Bells / 2022 (S2:E10), host Stephanie Fortunato speaks with Simon Cane, Director of Cultural Engagement at UCL, and Chair of the King’s Cross Knowledge Quarter. They talk about the ingredients and deep understanding of context required to shape cultural and educational powerhouses that prom…

The life and work of women artists has been, more often than not, neglected and excluded from history. There are artists, groups, authors and institutions around the world who have made and continue to make efforts to shed light on excluded artists by showing their work in exhibitions, compilations, websites or…

This ‘Art and Activism in Public Space’ special issue of The Journal of Public Space presents a spectrum of practices and theoretical reflections on creative practices in public space, across a diverse range of public environments including in the Sudan, China, Australia, UK, Mexico, Cuba, Italy and Colombia.  T…

The Aesthetics of Climate Change Activists Extinction Rebellion From 2011’s Occupy movements to the Umbrella Movement Hong Kong to the recent Climate March in September 2019, typified by Extinction Rebellion’s performative acts of resistance, there’s been an exponential increase in protests around the world. Peop…

The Role of Graphic Heritage and Toponymy in two Contrasting Urban Places Hundreds of public places across the world are named in honour of Nelson Mandela. However, there is no consistent level of expectation in terms of what we might learn about this great man when visiting these places. This paper examines an…

"Welcome to 'Makanuna', our place … home of our inner spiritA trove of things crafted by our hands … is waiting for you to find inside this space."Malak Alaa Eldeen, 2023Makanuna Al-Khalifawas a participatory placemaking project empowering adolescents in al-Khalifa  neighbourhood in historic Cairo to redesign th…