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24:31

You Are Here. But Nowhere Means Anything

Cartography, culture, and the end of reference in our hyperreality

May 4 •

21:38

Cities on the Brink, Faster Than You Think

How elite tensions and spatial dimensions spark social reinventions

Apr 27 •

21:34

Between Urban Order and Emerging Meanings

When power fades and meaning waits cities echo uncertain states

Apr 19 •

20:30

The Hollow City

Urban form in the age of absence

Apr 12 •

Behavior

14:45

Shape-Shifting Systems of Survival

2024 reflections on progress, power, and place

Dec 29, 2024 •

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From Paternalism to Partnership: Rethinking Western Response to Global Displacement

Advocating a shift from dominance to devotion in global displacement dilemmas

May 27, 2024 •

17:14

Does Biden's "Cannibal" Gaffe Reveal A Deeper Colonial Mindset?

Unpacking the tensions between state sovereignty and Indigenous peoples' rights

May 7, 2024 •

21:18

Contours of Control Creep Onto Campus

Charting cartography as a tool of power over the powerless

Apr 27, 2024 •

Cartography

14:45

Shape-Shifting Systems of Survival

2024 reflections on progress, power, and place

Dec 29, 2024 •

9:01

2023 Year End Summary

ChatGPT offers a summary of the top five most viewed Interplace posts of 2023

Dec 30, 2023 •

13:40

The Interwoven Splatial Dimensions of Space and Place

The Ever-Unfolding Significance of Spatial Relationships and Human Dynamics

Jun 25, 2023 •

12:11

R.E.M. Takes a Stand on Space

Four Western notions of space a hit tune has already put into place

Jun 18, 2023 •

Economics

14:45

Shape-Shifting Systems of Survival

2024 reflections on progress, power, and place

Dec 29, 2024 •

10:37

Light, Land, and Lessons of Equity

Watersheds and wealth in a winter soltice reflection

Dec 22, 2024 •

19:49

Woke and Wealth

The political geography of words and power

Dec 11, 2024 •

16:08

Main Street to Metropolis: The Split Defining State of the United States

Prosperity meets periphery in the mapping of the great American divide

Nov 27, 2024 •

Environment

14:45

Shape-Shifting Systems of Survival

2024 reflections on progress, power, and place

Dec 29, 2024 •

21:34

DEVO, Darwin, and the Evo-Devo Dance

When nature and nodes network, new natural novelties are nurtured

Sep 23, 2024 •

12:31

Fires, Foothills, and Flourishing

The cyclical survival saga of plants and people

Sep 9, 2024 •

21:36

Record-Breaking Temperatures and the Uncertainty of Climate Predictions

Temperature turbulence and the trials of tomorrow

Jul 31, 2024 •

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