Ed Brookes
@ed-brookes.bsky.social
Research Fellow at the University of Hull. Interested in - Urban/Cultural Geography, Participatory Research, Water, Climate adaptation, Doors, Architecture
I'm pretty sure this guy's is called 'The Carbonated Crusader'
October 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I'm pretty sure this guy's is called 'The Carbonated Crusader'
Reposted by Ed Brookes
2/ First up @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I have written an introduction outlining what participatory historical geography is/could be and why it's important. Read more here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
Over the past two decades, historical geographers have increasingly embraced participatory methods to challenge dominant narratives and engage communities in the production of historical knowledge. T...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
2/ First up @ed-brookes.bsky.social and I have written an introduction outlining what participatory historical geography is/could be and why it's important. Read more here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
RHG’s demolition is a classic example of how the appearance of urban space is used to stigmatise communities and justify political decisions at the expense of residents. A worrying precedent when we see extreme forms of the same process in the US with Trump’s architecture bill tinyurl.com/5yeznewy
Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
RHG’s demolition is a classic example of how the appearance of urban space is used to stigmatise communities and justify political decisions at the expense of residents. A worrying precedent when we see extreme forms of the same process in the US with Trump’s architecture bill tinyurl.com/5yeznewy
To add to this—reading the full listing report, he quickly dismisses the estate as “not a good place to live” and lacking community. This ignores the brilliant work of Jessie Brennan tinyurl.com/msezae5h
and Kois Miah tinyurl.com/43zfraap
which shows the opposite.
and Kois Miah tinyurl.com/43zfraap
which shows the opposite.
‘Regeneration!’, Jessie Brennan | HS | Projects
An HS Projects community engagement project - Jessie Brennan examined the causes and implications of the regeneration of Robbin Hood Estate
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September 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
To add to this—reading the full listing report, he quickly dismisses the estate as “not a good place to live” and lacking community. This ignores the brilliant work of Jessie Brennan tinyurl.com/msezae5h
and Kois Miah tinyurl.com/43zfraap
which shows the opposite.
and Kois Miah tinyurl.com/43zfraap
which shows the opposite.
Reposted by Ed Brookes
Yes it was 16-odd years ago, and he's grown politically since then, but it exposes his Blairite roots. RHG was an icon; a brutalist manifesto that deserved to be preserved and cherished, not fed to the gentrifying wolves (I wrote about it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) /3
Brutalism Redux: Relational Monumentality and the Urban Politics of Brutalist Architecture
Brutalism is an architectural form that is experiencing somewhat of a revival of late. This revival focuses almost purely on its aesthetics, but there is an ethical dimension to Brutalism that often ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yes it was 16-odd years ago, and he's grown politically since then, but it exposes his Blairite roots. RHG was an icon; a brutalist manifesto that deserved to be preserved and cherished, not fed to the gentrifying wolves (I wrote about it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) /3
Reposted by Ed Brookes
He ignored appeals and listening only to the private real estate developers instead of the community groups. There were plenty of options available and he chose the most Thatcherite one possible, you can read work by @ed-brookes.bsky.social on the process here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... /2
Planning, Art, and Aesthetics
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September 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
He ignored appeals and listening only to the private real estate developers instead of the community groups. There were plenty of options available and he chose the most Thatcherite one possible, you can read work by @ed-brookes.bsky.social on the process here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... /2
100% I love both for very different reasons, and if anything expand my opportunities to read/listen to books!
Thought your responses were great btw ☺️
Thought your responses were great btw ☺️
June 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
100% I love both for very different reasons, and if anything expand my opportunities to read/listen to books!
Thought your responses were great btw ☺️
Thought your responses were great btw ☺️
Longshot as I've been reading about cybernetic ecologies and this morning 😅 but I wondered if it could be linked to the emergence of cybernetics within ecology and design... Something there about technocrats, neoliberlism and systems thinking? 🤔 - although this may be a rabbit hole 😅
February 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Longshot as I've been reading about cybernetic ecologies and this morning 😅 but I wondered if it could be linked to the emergence of cybernetics within ecology and design... Something there about technocrats, neoliberlism and systems thinking? 🤔 - although this may be a rabbit hole 😅
Luckily for those who aren't sure there is a handy guide
January 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Luckily for those who aren't sure there is a handy guide
Biden:
a cartoon says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas
ALT: a cartoon says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Biden:
SUDSLab & Water Data for People
Which explore how we can use sustainable drainage schemes in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham and how we can engage people with water data in ways that can address water challenges.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc6hnk7x
Which explore how we can use sustainable drainage schemes in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham and how we can engage people with water data in ways that can address water challenges.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc6hnk7x
SuDS Research: Making a Splash in Sustainable Drainage!
Blog from Dr Alexander Osborne of the University of Hull
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November 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM
SUDSLab & Water Data for People
Which explore how we can use sustainable drainage schemes in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham and how we can engage people with water data in ways that can address water challenges.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc6hnk7x
Which explore how we can use sustainable drainage schemes in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham and how we can engage people with water data in ways that can address water challenges.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc6hnk7x
Community Waterscapes
A project which is working with residents in Hull to create a digital, heritage record of people’s connection to water in the city.
You can find out more here tinyurl.com/252jt74p
Or check out the StoryMap to read peoples watery stories and histories tinyurl.com/3zv9se8m
A project which is working with residents in Hull to create a digital, heritage record of people’s connection to water in the city.
You can find out more here tinyurl.com/252jt74p
Or check out the StoryMap to read peoples watery stories and histories tinyurl.com/3zv9se8m
November 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Community Waterscapes
A project which is working with residents in Hull to create a digital, heritage record of people’s connection to water in the city.
You can find out more here tinyurl.com/252jt74p
Or check out the StoryMap to read peoples watery stories and histories tinyurl.com/3zv9se8m
A project which is working with residents in Hull to create a digital, heritage record of people’s connection to water in the city.
You can find out more here tinyurl.com/252jt74p
Or check out the StoryMap to read peoples watery stories and histories tinyurl.com/3zv9se8m
A closer look at a couple of the Watery projects on display at the Centre:
From Noah to Now
This project is working with primary schools in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham to explore how we can teach flooding through opera and flood myths.
tinyurl.com/b35ctasr
From Noah to Now
This project is working with primary schools in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham to explore how we can teach flooding through opera and flood myths.
tinyurl.com/b35ctasr
November 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM
A closer look at a couple of the Watery projects on display at the Centre:
From Noah to Now
This project is working with primary schools in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham to explore how we can teach flooding through opera and flood myths.
tinyurl.com/b35ctasr
From Noah to Now
This project is working with primary schools in Hull, Grimsby and Immingham to explore how we can teach flooding through opera and flood myths.
tinyurl.com/b35ctasr