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How is “wokeness” constructed in newspaper articles about British heritage institutions move to be more diverse? Increasing use of the term “wokeness” in the UK has arisen from the Black Lives Matter movement that challenges anti-Black racism from police. BLM has led to the challenging of decision-making arou...

Published a paper exploring talk about wokeness and heritage in UK newspapers with @heritagejohn.bsky.social, Mirko Demasi and Shani Burke.

Heritage is presented as apolitical and a refuge from the world raising questions about inclusivity

@ree-uwe.bsky.social

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Understanding heritage significance in planning decisions in England: the current state of play This research focusses on the challenges contained within the urban planning system of England which is meant to aid historic environment decision-making for Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) acros...

My first solo peer reviewed article has been published! The research identifies some challenges within planning for our historic environment when it comes to understanding and managing heritage significance. It's open access so free to read! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Before and after street transformations in Amsterdam.

Before and after street transformations in Amsterdam.

If you think Amsterdam managed to avoid being overrun by cars, you’re wrong.

They too surrendered their streets to cars for many decades.

But the people fought back, and forced leaders to see their mistake.

There's nothing magical about #Amsterdam.

They just saw their mistake, and changed it.

This is my goal to be this relaxed!

CFP: Carleton University's School of Canadian Studies & Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism present the 17th Annual Carleton University Heritage Conservation Symposium, On the Edge of Collapse: Changing Heritage for a Climate in Crisis. Deadline 17 Mar.

The National Trust have had that scone debate too for using vegan butter with news outlets calling them "woke scones!" What an insult to British identity! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

SAVE THE DATE & CALL FOR PAPERS "Caring for the City -
Entangled Challenges for Sustainable Urban and Tourism Development".
🌇🌱 vom 24. – 26.09.2025 im Rahmen meiner Stiftungsprofessur für nachhaltige Stadt- und Tourismusentwickkung an der FHWien Wien
www caringforthecity.org

Thanks for creating this am happy to be added also!

This is a great help, happy to be included too!

If you are looking for something to do next Thursday night (6th February 17:30-20:30), the University of Westminster are hosting an RTPI Lecture on Prefigurative Planning: Enacting utopias in the here and now. In person and online! See here for more information. www.rtpi.org.uk/events/2025/...

It was interesting to attend a talk on Preservation, Planning & Progress: The Circular Economy at 1 Victoria St, London. Some interesting discussion, selling all the doors and windows for one, reusing the concrete frame and foundations need to be thinking about embodied carbon! #circulareconomy