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  • Fieldwork on community gardening in Singapore

    Fieldwork on community gardening in Singapore is coming to an end. During his stay, Blaž talked to more than twenty interviewees including gardeners, garden managers and community activists from Boon Lay Nature Garden, Clementi Woods Park Allotment, City Sprouts at Henderson and West Coast Park, Funan Urban Farm, Horts Park Allotment, Jalan Peletok Art Garden,…

  • Casie goes to Singapore!

    The time has come. For the next two months, the Asia Research Institute, ARI at the National University of Singapore will be hosting CASIE. The stay in Singapore aims to explore the importance of neighbourhood collective action and social innovation in building resilient communities in the city. In addition to the ethnographic fieldwork and research…

  • Civic urbanisms in East Asia

    Blaž will present a new book on civic urbanisms in East Asia at the East Asia Resource Library in Ljubljana. Discussion on the collaboration between Asian studies and urban studies will follow the book presentation. In parts of Asia, citizens are increasingly involved in shaping their neighbourhoods and cities. This marks a significant departure from…

  • Strengthening social cohesion through neighbourhood improvement in Seoul and Singapore*

    The cities of Seoul and Singapore offer valuable insights into the potential of neighbourhood improvement as a social policy that can strengthen social cohesion in neighbourhoods and cities. Social cohesion and sustainable development of citiesCities are vital to national and global economic growth. They are the centres of social, cultural, and political life. However, they…

  • Transdisciplinary action research seminar

    Blaž will join as a discussant Jan Lim at the Transdisciplinary Action Research Seminar. The seminar is organised by the Department of Architecture at the KU Leuven and will take place on Thursday, March 14th from 9:30 to 12:30.  Jan is a doctoral researcher at the KU Leuven. In her lecture ‘Participation in the face…