Here is a Call for Papers I am convening with Dr Herrschel, Newman and Pedersen for the UACES 45th Annual Conference, Bilbao, Spain, 7-9 September 2015 entitled: 'European City-Regions and the Re-Scaling of the Nation-State: The Role of Cities in the Quest for Self Determination...
In August 2008, I was invited by Ennistymon's (West of Ireland, Co. Clare) Arts and Cultural Festival 2011 as a guest speaker to give a talk about "The Power of Local". I mainly talked about two concepts that could be applied to territories such...
Jane Jacobs was the activist that arrived in recent days to show us how to take into account local neighborhoods. When the global market has corrupted our superstructure, local communities, civil society and localism as a whole have emerged as a miracle and a hype...
In the period between 2006-2008, I directed an strategic intervention project supported and completely funded by the Gipuzkoa Province Council, Culture Department. The project aimed to set up a Networked-driven Culture Institute for the Territory based on the participation of the 88 Municipalities. With the...
