Alex
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
Oxford prof, writer, experimental geographer. Exploring the radical possibilities of collective city life. Posting in a personal capacity.
The Autonomous City (New ed. Verso, 2023; Alianza, 2023)
Metropolitan Preoccupations (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
The Autonomous City (New ed. Verso, 2023; Alianza, 2023)
Metropolitan Preoccupations (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
A shout out to the audience members who ran across the road to grab a Döner Kebab during the act 2 intermission of Tristan und Isolde at the Deutsche Oper
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A shout out to the audience members who ran across the road to grab a Döner Kebab during the act 2 intermission of Tristan und Isolde at the Deutsche Oper
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Last week I saw another painting by Caravaggio in person: “Supper at Emmaus” (1606), at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. For his technical mastery, innovative methods, and psychological/emotional depth, I regard him as the world’s greatest painter. I wish I could write history the way he paints.
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Last week I saw another painting by Caravaggio in person: “Supper at Emmaus” (1606), at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. For his technical mastery, innovative methods, and psychological/emotional depth, I regard him as the world’s greatest painter. I wish I could write history the way he paints.
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Join the Rent Cultures Network at TORCH on 13 Nov, 5 pm for a book presentation of Debt Trap Nation with @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki. They show how debt and housing insecurity shape everyday life in England and call for urgent structural change.
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/debt-t...
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/debt-t...
Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State
torch.ox.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Join the Rent Cultures Network at TORCH on 13 Nov, 5 pm for a book presentation of Debt Trap Nation with @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki. They show how debt and housing insecurity shape everyday life in England and call for urgent structural change.
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/debt-t...
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/debt-t...
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Our special issue, ‘Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea’ is out!
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Our special issue, ‘Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea’ is out!
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
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You’ll want to listen.
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You’ll want to listen.
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#OtD 1 Nov 1963 Black tenants began a rent strike in Harlem, NYC. By January, about 2000 tenants were withholding rent. The strike caused the city to create a rat eradication program, legalize rent strikes, and pass laws to improve housing conditions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7712...
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
#OtD 1 Nov 1963 Black tenants began a rent strike in Harlem, NYC. By January, about 2000 tenants were withholding rent. The strike caused the city to create a rat eradication program, legalize rent strikes, and pass laws to improve housing conditions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7712...
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Seaside Resort in the South of France http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/klee-seaside-resort-in-the-south-of-france-t06795
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Seaside Resort in the South of France http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/klee-seaside-resort-in-the-south-of-france-t06795
»Das ist unser Haus« www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
Senioren besetzen Haus in Berlin-Pankow: Sie tun es wieder
Vor 13 Jahren rettete eine Besetzung die Begegnungsstätte in der Stille Straße in Pankow. Jetzt ist das Haus wegen Kürzungen im Landeshaushalt wieder bedroht – und die betagten Besetzer*innen erneut z...
www.nd-aktuell.de
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
»Das ist unser Haus« www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
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"David Harvey in Paris: A Tribute for his 90th Birthday" progressivegeographies.com/2025/10/31/d...
@davidharvey.org A short piece about Harvey's writings on Paris, posted to coincide with his birthday.
@davidharvey.org A short piece about Harvey's writings on Paris, posted to coincide with his birthday.
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"David Harvey in Paris: A Tribute for his 90th Birthday" progressivegeographies.com/2025/10/31/d...
@davidharvey.org A short piece about Harvey's writings on Paris, posted to coincide with his birthday.
@davidharvey.org A short piece about Harvey's writings on Paris, posted to coincide with his birthday.
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Today is David Harvey's 90th birthday! To celebrate, preorder his upcoming book The Story of Capital and take 30% off all of his previously published works
David Harvey: Radical Marxist Intellectual
October 31st is David Harvey's 90th birthday. To celebrate, preorder his upcoming book The Story of Capital and take 30% off all of his previously published works. Be sure to check out David Harvey at...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today is David Harvey's 90th birthday! To celebrate, preorder his upcoming book The Story of Capital and take 30% off all of his previously published works
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October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Abstraction with Reference to a Flowering Tree https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/abstraction-with-reference-to-a-flowering-tree-1925
October 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Abstraction with Reference to a Flowering Tree https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/abstraction-with-reference-to-a-flowering-tree-1925
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Two country houses https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/two-country-houses-1918
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Two country houses https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/two-country-houses-1918
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Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025
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Today!!!
Sign up for what will be another landmark contribution/provocation from Professor AbdouMaliq SImone..
Sign up for what will be another landmark contribution/provocation from Professor AbdouMaliq SImone..
Join us online to celebrate our 10th Birthday with Professor AbdouMaliq Simone
"That which is not decided: the edges of black urbanities"
Monday 20 October 2025 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm (UK time)
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
"That which is not decided: the edges of black urbanities"
Monday 20 October 2025 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm (UK time)
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit...
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Today!!!
Sign up for what will be another landmark contribution/provocation from Professor AbdouMaliq SImone..
Sign up for what will be another landmark contribution/provocation from Professor AbdouMaliq SImone..
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Postcard for Bauhaus Lantern Party 1922 (Laternenfest Bauhaus 1922) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67194
October 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Postcard for Bauhaus Lantern Party 1922 (Laternenfest Bauhaus 1922) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67194
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October 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It is hard to do justice to the sheer scale of the housing crisis in the UK
New figures from Shelter show that the number of children homeless or in temporary accommodation in England has reached its highest level since records began.
172,420 kids without a permanent home of their own- an 8% increase in a single year.
172,420 kids without a permanent home of their own- an 8% increase in a single year.
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It is hard to do justice to the sheer scale of the housing crisis in the UK
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Fifth and final episode of Winter Well on air BBC Radio 4 today: how should we anticipate our winters yet to come?
Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Winter Well - Episode 5 - Winters of the Future - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fifth and final episode of Winter Well on air BBC Radio 4 today: how should we anticipate our winters yet to come?
Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
www.econgeog.net
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
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In today’s episode of Winter Well connections get drawn between darkness and dormancy, and we find out why “coorying in” is a seasonal kind of self-care.
Tune in, BBC Radio 4 @ 1.45pm or catch it on Sounds _anytime_!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
Tune in, BBC Radio 4 @ 1.45pm or catch it on Sounds _anytime_!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
Winter Well - Episode 4 - Embrace the Darkness - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In today’s episode of Winter Well connections get drawn between darkness and dormancy, and we find out why “coorying in” is a seasonal kind of self-care.
Tune in, BBC Radio 4 @ 1.45pm or catch it on Sounds _anytime_!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
Tune in, BBC Radio 4 @ 1.45pm or catch it on Sounds _anytime_!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@hesterparr.bsky.social
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
Oh wow. We were on this trail a few months ago!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hikers come face-to-face with grizzly on popular Banff trail | CBC News
Hikers came face-to-face with a massive grizzly bear along Banff National Park's popular Johnston Canyon trail on Oct. 14. The encounter ended without incident, but a bear safety expert says it's a re...
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Oh wow. We were on this trail a few months ago!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Castle Garden http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78806
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Castle Garden http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78806