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The speakers, the bagels and the audience
FRIDAY SESSION 24
THIS IS NOT A GATEWAY (SALONS) presents:
HOW VERMIN ARE SHAPING OUR FUTURE CITIES
MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2007
18:30 FOR 19:00 START
Hosted by public
works:
2-8 Scrutton Street
London EC2A 4RT
For directions click here
This Is Not A
Gateway (Salons) invites you to share beers and bagels whilst
discussing HOW VERMIN ARE SHAPING OUR FUTURE CITIES.
Vermin, cities and people shape each other. Urban vermin and
their varieties
are on the increase. This increase has been attributed rising
density, the global
mobility of people and goods and shifting climates - micro and
global.
Which species have had close to a thousand years influence over
our cities?
How have vermin affected the use and inhabitation of urban space
historically?
Why were vermin culturally and socially constructed as expressions
of
'dirtiness, contamination and the other'?
What changes has a pest controller noticed across the last
decade in London's dwellings?
Where have vermin and pests been referenced in the arts?
How do vermin affect London's development process?
What role will vermin play in 'the urban age'?
The following four compelling urbanists have been brought
together to present
and lead the discussion:
Ben Campkin / Lecturer, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Tea Mäkipää / Artist,
Finland
Alan Pipe / Zoologist,
Archaeology Service, Museum of London
Effie Williams / Senior Pest Controller, Borough of Hammersmith
and Fulham
Many thanks to chaudigital for investing in this salon
Please register: salons@thisisnotagateway.net
web: www.thisisnotagateway.net
