

The Places Within
A fabulous sculpture called Deconstruction by Tania Font as part of the Vila Casas collection. Tania's creations exploring Deconstruction...


Place-remaking, Place-building and Place-keeping
Post-crisis conditions as a result of conflict, natural disaster, criminal activity or pandemic are extremely tricky to fully comprehend...


Theory and Practice
A quick post to share with you an event that I've been invited to speak at. The Program on Governance and Local Development at the...


Mosul's Old Town Park Update
Due to be completed in a fortnight and on schedule, the Mosul, Old City Park in Iraq is taking shape. Vegetation is being planed and...


Helping to Reveal The Ex-Combatant Buildings
We are helping reveal and acknowledge a relatively overlooked, yet very important local military character, a socially significant...


The Power of Spray Paint used in Conflict
Image 1: An ISIS symbol for Christian re-appropriated after conflict within a displacement camp in the Nineveh Governorate When I was...


Is Anyone Local Anymore
News websites, social media, apps, and immersive environments have increasingly become places that extend one beyond their physical...

Ways Memory Will Let You Down
Image: Bias Memories....... Memories can misbehave and let us down in 4 major ways and ultimately let people down: Memory can help...


Structures Imbued With Meaning
This Statue of Liberty made from bombed rubble of Aleppo, by Syrian artist Tammam Azzam is fictitious (in so much as its digital not...

Who Works with a Community ?
“It used to be that people were born as part of a community and had to find their place as individuals. Now people are born as...