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From the Field
Algeria’s
Hirak
: When a Social Movement Puts Citizenship Under the Microscope
Islam Amine Derradji & Amel Gherbi & translated by Oliver Waine
- 26 March 2021
The popular mobilization that rose up in Algeria in 2019 was not only a revolt against living conditions that had...
From the Field
How the Youth of the
Banlieues
See the
Gilets Jaunes
Ahmed & Baptiste & Hachimia & Jeremy & Karima & Lisa-Marie & Louiza & Thibaut & translated by Oliver Waine
- 24 April 2020
Do the “Yellow Vests” and the youth of France’s banlieues share a common vision of the inequalities and...
Essays
Migrants’ Occupation of Lycée Jean Quarré: The Refugee Cause and the Cause of a Neighborhood
Isabelle Coutant & translated by Oliver Waine
- 16 November 2018
The flows of migrants seeking refuge in Europe since the summer of 2015 have led to temporary settlements—legal or...
From the Field
A Geography of Revolt in Alexandria, Egypt’s Second Capital
Youssef El Chazli
- 23 February 2016
How does the layout of a city affect how protest unfolds? How does urban space constrain and enable the choices...
Essays
“I, you, he, she, we are all Charlie”: what feeling concerned means
Gérôme Truc & translated by Oliver Waine
- 5 February 2015
The attacks that took place in Paris in early January have affected French society in a way never seen before, as...
Debates
Designing protests in urban public space
Tali Hatuka
- 14 September 2011
Social and political protests in urban public spaces are multiplying in cities all around the world. Tali Hatuka...
From the Field
New Orleans Post-Katrina: the Uses of the Web in Times of Crisis
Jean Samuel Bordreuil & translated by Oliver Waine
- 24 June 2011
What is the role of the internet media, particularly blogs, in mobilizing action in the aftermath of a major...
From the Field
Making sustainability public: the bayou observation deck in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans
Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Eric Rosencrantz
- 20 June 2011
How can the residents of a flooded neighborhood in New Orleans, torn between reconstruction imperatives and...
Essays
Arab Cities in Revolution: Some Observations
Éric Verdeil & translated by Oliver Waine
- 25 February 2011
Are the revolutions we are currently witnessing in Tunisia and Egypt essentially urban revolutions? Éric Verdeil...
Series
Horizons in the Housing Struggle
Black Power and Black Self-Determination in a New Time and New Spaces
Urban Wastes, Present and Future
New York Dossier: The Food Industry Faces the Covid‑19 Pandemic
Cities in the Age of Financialization
Contemporary Housing Struggles: Crises, Activism, and Critical Research
New York Tech Dossier: The Dark Side of New York’s Tech Economy
Progressive Mayors and Urban Social Movements
Land Rights in the Urban Global South
Featured
From the Field
Covid-19 Transformed New York’s Destination Food Markets
Ivana Mellers
- 5 October 2021
Ivana Mellers analyzes how New York’s destination markets—key spaces of economic and social interactions—coped during...
From the Field
Moving Inside City Limits: The Urban Mobility of Undocumented Youth
Stephen P. Ruszczyk
- 4 June 2019
The urban context and public transportation shape how undocumented youths move within cities. In a comparison of New...
Reviews
Filming Ethnic Diversity in New York
Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 21 October 2016
Frederick Wiseman’s fortieth documentary film, In Jackson Heights (2015), returns to an urban theme explored in...
From the Field
Looking Inward, Across the Border
Harel Shapira
- 19 April 2016
In the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who patrol...
Essays
The Political Aesthetics of Drag
Shaka McGlotten
- 13 October 2015
Drag, or the diverse art form and culture of performance that typically plays with gender and sex, is an integral...
Debates
Disarm the Police
Gregory Smithsimon
- 29 September 2015
In the current political debates about discriminatory policing, there has been a lack of serious discussion of...
Other resources online
“Our hallway’s big enough to play football in!” The council housing...
The Guardian
Boasting two-sink kitchens, Tower Court in north London is tailored for the Haredi Jewish community – but its...
Saudi Arabia: How is Mobility Being Transformed in the Oil Kingdom?
Mobile Lives Forum
04 April 2025, by Aniss Mouad Mezoued The launch of the Riyadh metro in late November 2024 once again highlighted...
Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age (Paul Mees)
Mobile Lives Forum
27 March 2025, by Javier Caletrío Can suburbia avoid car dependence? Can low-density areas enjoy first-rate public...
Geopolitics and Electric Vehicles: The Rise of Climate Protectionism
Mobile Lives Forum
17 February 2025, by Xabier Gangoiti and Graham Parkhurst The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is not just a...
One Way to Fight Rising Food Prices: Public Grocery Stores
The New Republic
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has proposed opening government-owned grocery stores as a solution to...
The Quiet Power of Car-Free Neighborhoods
CityLab
Restricting or banning vehicles in congested city centers pays off with cleaner air and safer streets. We need to...
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