_COLUMN_ door Marleen Buizer
Hoe kán er iets zijn met concepten, het zijn ‘maar’ verwijzingen, zoals ieder woord. Sommige concepten zijn overdonderend in hun werking – neem duurzame ontwikkeling, dat houdt het al decennia lang vol en mobiliseert jan en alleman om duurzaamheid te omarmen.
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As continuation of the Roaring Reporters series, a report of the situation during winter in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital. The city’s climate and latitude have caused a certain urban culture that deals with the challenges posed by a long and dark winter. But not everyone can harness themselves against the cold in Stockholm.
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Since this year, Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning students report from a broad scope of places where they are based during their international exchange. This results in a series of local reports concerning spacial issues from around the globe. This time Tim den Duijf reports from the far end of Europe.
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_COLUMN_ door Gerben Hartgerink
To kick off the series about international exchanges from Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning students, this column will dive into the revitalisation of post-industrial Sheffield.
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_COLUMN_ door Maarten Jacobs
The idea that public trust in science and scientists in decreasing is frequently propagated in the media. Well, is this trust indeed eroding? The climate change debate and human nutrition debate are two example cases suggesting distrust amongst the public.
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_COLUMN_ door Koen van Niekerk
It has been some time since the world met Donald Trump and some of us are even getting used to his ‘particular’ way of thinking and saying what he thinks. And now that he is mister president of the United States of America we can begin to imagine the consequences that might have, for example on the topic of climate change and his impact on the landscape.
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_COLUMN_ door Paul Roncken
For those of you who haven’t spent time in really good comic book stores, these examples will hopefully improve your status anxiety and increase the respect for the work of illustrators and their scriptwriters.
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_COLUMN_ door Marleen Buizer
Some metaphors work brilliantly well. Take tips of icebergs, or glass ceilings, or better still, the cherry on the cake. Other metaphors are less friendly. Did you notice, that war-terminology is on the rise?
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_COLUMN_ door Martijn Duineveld
Since the creation of problems is deeply related to funding (for research and other projects) and can have many societal and political consequences, it would be great if we would invest a little bit more effort in problematizing problems before immediately solving them. To do so I propose the problem police. They are cool, sexy and rock and roll.
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_COLUMN_ door Nienke Schaars en Gerben Hartgerink
Verslag van het Symposium over Virtual Landscapes op 14 maart 2017, georganiseerd door BuitelHucht en TOPOS. Met Ron van Lammeren als moderator spraken hier Neelson Witte, Joske Houtkamp en Jolanda de Jong.
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