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USRN vol 6 booklet published!
I’m happy to share that Urban Surfaces Research Network, Volume 6 is now published and available online open access . The booklet brings together all contributions from the 6th workshop and offers a great snapshot of current thinking on urban surfaces. Many thanks to the organisers for putting it together — what a fantastic group to be part of! Foto: S. Andron.
5 days ago


Presenting at the Urban Surfaces Research Network Workshop
Such an honour to be among the great scholars invited to the Urban Surfaces Research Network 6th International Workshop . In my talk, I discussed why we should understand macromurals not as flat surfaces, but as volumetric territories—spaces with material depth, height, folds, and edges, where humans and non-humans together co-create the very surface of the artwork and the project. It was inspiring to listen to and learn from colleagues approaching urban surfaces from so many
Nov 19


The circle is closing!
For the first time in my career, I’ll be giving a lecture in my hometown—the very place where my research journey began. 🌍 On March...
Mar 9


RC 21 conference in Santiago
So lucky to have attended the RC 21 conference in Santiago, “The politics and spaces of encounters: advancing dialogues between and...
Jul 28, 2024


Sciencefair 2024
It was such a pleasure to meet wonderful colleagues Helena Duchková and Pavel Krč, along with the moderator Václav Moravec, at the...
Jun 18, 2024


Invited talk at Areandina
It was such a treat to present at @areandina in Bogota today. Great questions, wonderful atmosphere…thanks @vmhernandezl for arranging!
Jun 13, 2024


Art and the city conference
For the second time, I am honored to contribute my research at the Art and the City conference (conference program), this time at the Max...
May 31, 2024


Presentation at Conference of Urban Studies in Brno
For the first time, I participated in the traditional Czech conference on urban studies in Brno. It was a great opportunity to present my...
Mar 25, 2024


Conference presentation at the ISA
Session: Urban Art between Community and Artwashing Session date/time: Saturday, 1 July 2023, 08:30 Room: 104, Melbourne Convention...
Jun 25, 2023


Presentation at the Art and the City conference
13 June 2023 Session 7: Street Art and Urban Communities in the City 12H40 Petr Vašát, Social Anthropology, Humboldt University...
Jun 10, 2023


Presentation at Rosario and field trip to Buenavista
I recently gave a presentation to students at Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá about macromurals. We even visited one of these amazing...
Mar 16, 2023


Presentation at Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality
It was such a privilege to share my thoughts on defining macromurals with the Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality, led by the...
Oct 4, 2022


Presentation for Agency for Social Inclusion
I had the rare opportunity to learn from researchers at the Agency for Social Inclusion and the Ministry of Regional Development of the...
Sep 5, 2022


Presentation for doctoral students
I had the chance to contribute a lecture to a joint course for doctoral sociology students, organized by the Institute of Sociology at...
Mar 16, 2022


RC 21 conference presentation
Session 65. Matters Turn Political. Loved and Contested Materialities of Cities (July 15 2021, 2–3:30pm) “It was a home; it was ours”:...
Jul 14, 2021


The IAS seminar lecture
I am going to present at the Institute for Advanced Study's seminar. In my talk, I want to introduce macro-murals as a new research...
Nov 17, 2020


Invited lecture in Berlin: From Exclusion to Expulsion
I was invited to present at The Think and Drink Series is presented by the Georg-Simmel-Center for Metropolitan Studies @ HU Berlin. I am...
Oct 14, 2019


Conference: Institutions, Governance and Regional Development: Rethinking Local Economic Development
I am going to participate in the Regional Studies Association conference in Bogotá. It is organised by the Latin America Division and...
Sep 23, 2019


Conference: VISUALISING THE CITY
Together with my colleague Petr Gibas I am going to present the paper "Experiencing like a Homeless: Body, Movement, and the Poetics of...
Aug 6, 2017
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