We re-launched the Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network (AECURN) with a panel at the Institute of Australian Geographers annual conference in Newcastle, NSW.
Re-launch of the Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network (AECURN)
Urban Surfaces session at the Society of Architectural Historians annual conference in Atlanta, 2 May 2025
I organised the session "Urban surfaces: architectural perspectives on public walls" at the Society of Architectural Historians annual conference in Atlanta on my birthday - 2 May 2025.
Writing on the Wall: Sabina Andron and Tom Dyckhoff on the mediated city
Writer, broadcaster and educator Tom Dyckhoff and urban scholar Sabina Andron study transgressive aspects of the urban conditions — at vandalised and marginalised spaces as opportunities made and found in the city. This tender and candid conversation draws on personal experiences that drive their respective practices of writing about space.
Graffiti removal presentation at the Urban Affairs Association conference in Vancouver
Taking the graffiti removal work to Canada for the Urban Affairs Association conference in Vancouver! My paper was titled "Visual orders and legal slippages in graffiti removal practices" and was aptly hosted at the WALL CENTRE 😉
New radio interview on graffiti removal
I went live on Sydney community radio 2SER to talk about why graffiti is rarely seen as belonging to urban spaces, and the ways in which buff (or graffiti removal) can be seen as an aesthetic form, rather than just an act of erasure.
Article on graffiti removal out now in The Conversation
Graffiti removal is the practice of removing, erasing or obliterating unauthorised displays from publicly visible urban surfaces.
Urban Surfaces book forum
A million thanks to the team at Nuart Journal for publishing a book forum on URBAN SURFACES - open access and with the best design ever!
Urban visual culture in Kampala, Uganda
I recently did the first round of fieldwork on a project on public signage and images in Kampala, Uganda.
How 2528 words help to tell the story of a suburb
UNREDACTED CITY got a full feature in the local newspaper Brunswick Voice.
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