I haven’t written for a while, but as the dust settles on our Wastes and Strays project there is much … More
Author: Alessandro Zambelli
‘tear this shit down completely and build something new’
Back before the Current Era when my workplace and homeplace were different places, I would stay over two, three, very … More
ἀναλογία
Taking a break from the commons research which has been occupying much of my brain and time recently, I was … More
Wastes and Strays: the past, present and future of English urban commons [a recap and update]
The project is in to its second of three years now, and it’s beginning to get very busy. To recap, … More
Pavilions of the Commons_#1
This hastily drawn beach-hut-on-wheels-thing first appeared on this blog in a post here. I (mostly) drew it on the train … More
Time situated, embodied and performed
I have already written about the session I was organising with archaeologist Lesley McFadyen at this year’s TAG conference here. … More
Scandalous Space, the book
My little book about architecture and archaeology has just come out. It’s called Scandalous Space: between architecture and archaeology and … More
Places for Paying Attention
At the beginning of this month I presented a paper at the City as a Commons conference at the University of … More
The Memory, Playfulness and Imaginary of English Urban Commons
Last month I brought together representatives from each of the four urban commons central to the AHRC-funded project on which … More