Author: Marco Reggiani
News: Giappomania Goes International!
Almost one year after its first Italian edition by Rizzoli, Giappomania journey continues! Thanks to our readers, the book – written by URT’s Marco Reggiani and illustrated by Sabrina Ferrero – was sold out and republished in spring 2019. At the same time, Giappomania started to attract international attention and, this April, the book was translated and published in Spanish by Lunwerg Editores. Titled Japomania, this new edition is available in bookstores, online, and as an eBook in Spain and across Latin America.
Additionally, two more translations are planned for the autumn. In September, the book will be published in German by Prestel Verlag under the title Japan. Der illustrierte Guide. One month later, the French edition of the book, Japorama, will be published by Casterman. Hopefully, many new readers will have a chance to embark on our colourful journey through Japan and discover the charm of the Land of the Rising Sun!
News: City Futures IV Conference
Between June 20 and 22, 2019, the City Futures IV Conference was held at the UCD Dublin O’Brien Centre for Science in Dublin, Ireland. Jointly organized by #EURA and #UAA, the theme of the conference was ‘Creating Just and Sustainable Cities’ with a special focus on issues of inclusion, smart specialization and diversification, environmental challenges, democracy, smart and cultural cities.
URT’s Zdenka Havlova and Marco Reggiani joined with a paper titled ‘Hijacking Culture for Corporate Gains: The Forfeiture of Diversity in Corporatized and Commercialized Urban Space of Shibuya, #Tokyo’. Presented within the Cultural Cities track, the paper investigates ways corporations hijack and manufacture #culture, and how this ‘fabrication’ affects the diversity of the urban realm of #Shibuya.
News: Marco Joins New Project in Glasgow
It has been a time of shaking things up for URT. After coming back from Los Angeles, we said goodbye to Japan: parting was not easy, and each of us set for a different destination. However, we are excited about the goals ahead and the new streams of research we will be able to engage with. In Marco’s case, he started to work as a Postdoc Research Associate at his new academic home, the University of Strathclyde in #Glasgow, #Scotland. Read more in our most recent news by Marco Reggiani
Book Review: The Architecture of Neoliberalism by Douglas Spencer
Published in 2016, Douglas Spencer’s The Architecture of Neoliberalism offers an empowering perspective to a profession that seems to have lost much of its purpose in the run towards the market. Read more about it in the new book review by Marco Reggiani
Ongoing Project – Investigating Relationships Between Shinkansen and Depopulating Regions : The Case of Aomori Prefecture
URT’s Marco Reggiani and Dr. Fernando Ortiz-Moya (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) are investigating the effects of Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) in Aomori Region, northern Japan. The current focus is […]
Giappomania, Marco Reggiani’s New Book
Apart from research and education, URT members are also engaged with various initiatives to reach the general public. Recently, Marco Reggiani published an illustrated book for Rizzoli. Titled Giappomania, it […]
URT Members Published a New Paper on Public Space in Shinjuku, Tokyo!
URT members published a new paper in UA 城市建筑 Urbanism and Architecture journal (ISSN 1673-0232CN 23-1528/TU), 2018(4), pages 26-34. The paper is titled The Metamorphosis of Contemporary Public Space: The […]
Investigating Place in the Age of Mobility: A Short Introduction
A few decades already passed since the recognition of the effects of globalization on the identity of territories. On the one hand, economics and politics rearrange cities and regions into […]
Today We Launch Our Website
Today we launch our website, Urban Research Table. Back in the summer of 2016, we founded Urban Research Table (URT) while pursuing our doctoral studies in different labs at the […]