I am giving a public lecture at Humboldt University, Berlin, on Monday 1 July. https://www.gbz.hu-berlin.de/events
Author: knavickas
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Public Order acts and public space
Sometimes the shorter articles provoke the most interesting of thoughts for this project. I’m increasingly finding really rich material in…
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environmental protest and county identity
I’m interested in the overtly ‘county’ identity displayed by the anti-fracking campaigns. Lancashire has been at the forefront, and the…
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orange peel
I’m currently working on the history of litter, litter bins, and anti-litter campaigns. Orange peel comes up a lot in…
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plenary lecture, Urban History Group conference, Queen’s University Belfast, April 2019
‘contested public space and protest in urban Britain from the 18th century to today’
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moral ecologies of resistance
A couple of weeks ago, news of private developers netting hedges and trees to prevent migratory birds nesting in them…
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commons (2)
I’ve been reading some legal scholarship on the registration of commons and village greens. One of the main themes throughout…
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a revival of interest in land reform
I’m curious as to why there has been an upsurge in academic and trade books on the issue of land…
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Interview on North Manchester Radio
Hannah Priest of North Manchester Radio interviewed me last week for her programme A Helping of History. Listen to hear…
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definitions of public space
I’m starting to compile as many definitions of public space as I can from here. 2011 First, the definition from…