Jan van Duppen
@jvdup.bsky.social
Cultural geographer, Humboldt foundation fellow at the HU Berlin. Writes on play, work, urban gardens, trees, multispecies commons, climate crisis, mobility, travel, ethnography, photography and participatory design.
Uni profile: https://tinyurl.com/jvdup
Uni profile: https://tinyurl.com/jvdup
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The piece I was writing about this has just been published, taking the "play pavilion" as a starting point - thought you might be interested: www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/citi...
When Cities Aren’t Playable: Placing Children’s Play in Urban Environments
Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, Alison Stenning discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored,...
www.mediapolisjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The piece I was writing about this has just been published, taking the "play pavilion" as a starting point - thought you might be interested: www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/citi...
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On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
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Studenten wonen steeds vaker in het ouderlijk huis.
Deze grafiek laat zien dat minder studenten aangeven op zichzelf te wíllen wonen. Maar deze trend lijkt mij dat gevolg van een bewustzijn van de hoge kosten en de grote druk.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Deze grafiek laat zien dat minder studenten aangeven op zichzelf te wíllen wonen. Maar deze trend lijkt mij dat gevolg van een bewustzijn van de hoge kosten en de grote druk.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
September 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Studenten wonen steeds vaker in het ouderlijk huis.
Deze grafiek laat zien dat minder studenten aangeven op zichzelf te wíllen wonen. Maar deze trend lijkt mij dat gevolg van een bewustzijn van de hoge kosten en de grote druk.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Deze grafiek laat zien dat minder studenten aangeven op zichzelf te wíllen wonen. Maar deze trend lijkt mij dat gevolg van een bewustzijn van de hoge kosten en de grote druk.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
🧵
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
🧵
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New open access paper in Social & Cultural Geography!
Meghan Flood and I study how nonbinary and genderqueer young adults experience and navigate housing precarity in Amsterdam.
Very happy this is out. A thread sharing some key take-aways:
(1/n)
>>>
doi.org/10.1080/1464...
Meghan Flood and I study how nonbinary and genderqueer young adults experience and navigate housing precarity in Amsterdam.
Very happy this is out. A thread sharing some key take-aways:
(1/n)
>>>
doi.org/10.1080/1464...
Queer in a housing crisis: how nonbinary and genderqueer young adults navigate housing precarity
As many cities experience housing crises, those of minority identity within these cities are more vulnerable to housing exclusion and discrimination. This article explores how nonbinary and genderq...
doi.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
New open access paper in Social & Cultural Geography!
Meghan Flood and I study how nonbinary and genderqueer young adults experience and navigate housing precarity in Amsterdam.
Very happy this is out. A thread sharing some key take-aways:
(1/n)
>>>
doi.org/10.1080/1464...
Meghan Flood and I study how nonbinary and genderqueer young adults experience and navigate housing precarity in Amsterdam.
Very happy this is out. A thread sharing some key take-aways:
(1/n)
>>>
doi.org/10.1080/1464...
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Tomorrow at 2 pm! Jan van Duppen's seminar on the temporalities of community gardening in Berlin 🌿 Organised by the Department of Ecological Anthropoloy in Prague. Join us in person or online: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Next week: 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?' 🌿
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Tomorrow at 2 pm! Jan van Duppen's seminar on the temporalities of community gardening in Berlin 🌿 Organised by the Department of Ecological Anthropoloy in Prague. Join us in person or online: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
"My choice in these volatile times is backing British brilliance," says Keir Starmer, who promises to deliver "British cars for British workers"
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Currently writing the script for my talk 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?', that I will present at the @czechacademy.bsky.social Institute of Ethnology on Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Hope to see you-all in Prague or online.
Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms Amidst the Climate Crisis - The Institute of Ethnology CAS
www.eu.avcr.cz
April 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Currently writing the script for my talk 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?', that I will present at the @czechacademy.bsky.social Institute of Ethnology on Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Hope to see you-all in Prague or online.
Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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amazing how the cyber attack on the British Library still means that all recently published work (and that's a definition that stretches back several years) is completely unavailable to researchers, since they only acquired ebooks and that system is still down
April 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
amazing how the cyber attack on the British Library still means that all recently published work (and that's a definition that stretches back several years) is completely unavailable to researchers, since they only acquired ebooks and that system is still down
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Next week: 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?' 🌿
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
April 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Next week: 'Tuning into the Garden's Rhythms amidst the Climate Crisis?' 🌿
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
A special addition to our Department of Ecological Anthropology's seminar series by @jvdup.bsky.social next Thursday, 10 April, at 2 pm. Join us in Prague or online! 🌍
To register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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In Peterborough Cathedral there is a panel explaining that during the Reformation, when soldiers came to smash the monuments, steal the gold and burn the books, a monk managed to save just one book from the library, claiming to the illiterate soldiers that it was a bible that must not be burned.
February 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In Peterborough Cathedral there is a panel explaining that during the Reformation, when soldiers came to smash the monuments, steal the gold and burn the books, a monk managed to save just one book from the library, claiming to the illiterate soldiers that it was a bible that must not be burned.
Shell offering its Dutch employees opportunity to enrol as part time reservists in Dutch army…
February 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Shell offering its Dutch employees opportunity to enrol as part time reservists in Dutch army…
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This is something I’ve been thinking about for ages, and am pleased Leisure Studies’ special issue on “grey spaces” gave me a change to explore it.
As access to green space is widely promoted, I argue *for* play in grey space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As access to green space is widely promoted, I argue *for* play in grey space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is something I’ve been thinking about for ages, and am pleased Leisure Studies’ special issue on “grey spaces” gave me a change to explore it.
As access to green space is widely promoted, I argue *for* play in grey space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As access to green space is widely promoted, I argue *for* play in grey space.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Vandaag spraken we met Francesca Albanese over de gruwelijke realiteit in Palestina. Als VN-rapporteur voor de Palestijnse gebieden waarschuwt ze al tijden voor genocide door Israël. Maar de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken kijkt liever weg en weigerde haar vandaag te ontvangen. 🤔 1/2
February 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Vandaag spraken we met Francesca Albanese over de gruwelijke realiteit in Palestina. Als VN-rapporteur voor de Palestijnse gebieden waarschuwt ze al tijden voor genocide door Israël. Maar de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken kijkt liever weg en weigerde haar vandaag te ontvangen. 🤔 1/2
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What does the more-than-human city look like?
Our Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social Global Roundtable is out: www.thenatureofcities.com/2025/02/12/w...
- with Ferne Edwards, Lucia Alexandra Popartan, @cqualmann.bsky.social, @idilgaziulusoy.bsky.social, @butterflyup.bsky.social, and many others
Our Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social Global Roundtable is out: www.thenatureofcities.com/2025/02/12/w...
- with Ferne Edwards, Lucia Alexandra Popartan, @cqualmann.bsky.social, @idilgaziulusoy.bsky.social, @butterflyup.bsky.social, and many others
What does the more-than-human city look like? – The Nature of Cities
www.thenatureofcities.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What does the more-than-human city look like?
Our Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social Global Roundtable is out: www.thenatureofcities.com/2025/02/12/w...
- with Ferne Edwards, Lucia Alexandra Popartan, @cqualmann.bsky.social, @idilgaziulusoy.bsky.social, @butterflyup.bsky.social, and many others
Our Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social Global Roundtable is out: www.thenatureofcities.com/2025/02/12/w...
- with Ferne Edwards, Lucia Alexandra Popartan, @cqualmann.bsky.social, @idilgaziulusoy.bsky.social, @butterflyup.bsky.social, and many others
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Duitsland gaat economisch kapot aan zijn eigen gierigheid. Weet Nederland de dans te ontspringen? Mijn nieuwe @groene.nl column www.groene.nl/artikel/duit...
Duitsland gaat aan zijn eigen vrekkigheid ten onder
Apetrots spraken de oosterburen over hun ‘Wirtschaftswunder 2.0’. Nu is de groei nagenoeg stilgevallen. Verrassend?
www.groene.nl
December 11, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Duitsland gaat economisch kapot aan zijn eigen gierigheid. Weet Nederland de dans te ontspringen? Mijn nieuwe @groene.nl column www.groene.nl/artikel/duit...
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PhD Position in #geography
🔊 @sandrajasper.bsky.social & @jprior.bsky.social are recruiting a PhD student to work on their AHRC-DFG Research Grant, 'Networked through #Sound: Listening to 20th Century #Wildlife Sound #Archives'.
💫 An exciting opportunity not to be missed!
www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/doctora... #DigitalEcologies
💫 An exciting opportunity not to be missed!
www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/doctora... #DigitalEcologies
Doctoral Researcher in Geography (1.04.2025) TV-L E 13, 75% (Prof. Dr. Sandra Jasper) - AHRC-DFG funded project
www.jobs.fau.de
December 9, 2024 at 12:42 PM
PhD Position in #geography
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15 years and two doctoral theses in the making! Here we try to reterritorialize Ignasi de Solà-Morales' concept of the terrain vague within the "reconstruction" of Barcelona in the 80s and 90s, intervening into the never-ending discourse around urban voids. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is the terrain still vague? Reconsidering indeterminate spaces
Wastelands, urban voids, interstices: especially since the 1990s, there has been a proliferation of terminologies projected on (supposedly) empty urban spaces by designers, scholars, and artists. T...
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December 3, 2024 at 8:37 AM
15 years and two doctoral theses in the making! Here we try to reterritorialize Ignasi de Solà-Morales' concept of the terrain vague within the "reconstruction" of Barcelona in the 80s and 90s, intervening into the never-ending discourse around urban voids. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Animal Geography Working Group is now on Bluesky. Give us a follow @rgs-agwg.bsky.social to keep up with new essays, events, and more!
November 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM
The Animal Geography Working Group is now on Bluesky. Give us a follow @rgs-agwg.bsky.social to keep up with new essays, events, and more!
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Listen to Nick Beech talking about the Stuart Hall Archive Project. Now can't wait for Hall's previously unpublished manuscript of 'A Cure for Marriage' to come out.
The Stuart Hall Archive Project with Nick Beech
Podcast Episode · Conjuncture · 18/11/2024 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Listen to Nick Beech talking about the Stuart Hall Archive Project. Now can't wait for Hall's previously unpublished manuscript of 'A Cure for Marriage' to come out.
I learned a lot from reading this article on the floods in Valencia t.co/MRx5SETwxp
https://jacobin.com/2024/10/spain-disaster-floods-climate-denialism
t.co
November 1, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I learned a lot from reading this article on the floods in Valencia t.co/MRx5SETwxp
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London folks! Come along to this? It'll be great... #UrbanSalon #walkingasmethod #theurbansalon 🌃🚶♀️
October 3, 2024 at 9:52 PM
London folks! Come along to this? It'll be great... #UrbanSalon #walkingasmethod #theurbansalon 🌃🚶♀️
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Great days at #POLLEN24 earlier this week, where we also got to do an Urban Natures book launch www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Edward...
June 16, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Great days at #POLLEN24 earlier this week, where we also got to do an Urban Natures book launch www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Edward...
If you are wondering how Dutch ‘democracy’ is faring, new extreme right coalition is about to appoint the former director of the secret service as prime minister, they are also planning to double the VAT on print media and most cultural events. Putinesque?
May 28, 2024 at 2:39 PM
If you are wondering how Dutch ‘democracy’ is faring, new extreme right coalition is about to appoint the former director of the secret service as prime minister, they are also planning to double the VAT on print media and most cultural events. Putinesque?