Tag: urban

Grab a Spade and Get Digging!

World + People

Nature

Grab a Spade and Get Digging!

Witold Szwedkowski, poet and Urban Guerrilla Gardening activist, talks about backyard policy, the spade as a tool of rebellion, and the subversive potential of the pumpkin.

Marta Anna Zabłocka

Minsk’s Dirty Secret

Art + Stories

Experiences

Minsk’s Dirty Secret

Minsk, the capital of Belarus, is ranked among the top three cleanest cities worldwide. On the surface, this is certainly true. But is this a good thing? And what happens when we peek underneath its shiny veneer?

Hanna Liubakova

A Bittersweet Fairy Tale

Art + Stories

Experiences

A Bittersweet Fairy Tale

In the fourth instalment of our ‘Eastern Blocks’ series, Anna Rembowska, a childhood resident of the Assistant Professors’ Hostel high rise in Łódż, remembers growing up as if in a Kusturica film.

Our Own Little Bubble

Art + Stories

Art

Our Own Little Bubble

In the third instalment of our ‘Eastern Blocks’ series, Damjan Dobrila, a life-long resident of Belgrade, remembers the community spirit of a childhood spent in the Serbian capital’s brutalist housing estates.

One Happy Family

Art + Stories

Experiences

One Happy Family

The courtyard as a socio-cultural phenomenon was a product of the Soviet urban development policy, and aimed to bring all neighbors together. While kids played, parents chatted in the gazebo or knocked dust out of their carpets on the railings.

Tetiana Shataieva

As Loud as Possible

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

As Loud as Possible

When was the last time that you were truly surrounded by silence? City life is inevitably always accompanied by noise, and it’s a growing problem for our health.

Paulina Wilk

The Sound of Concrete

Art + Stories

Experiences

The Sound of Concrete

In the first instalment of our ‘Eastern Blocks’ series, Konstanty Usenko, a long-time resident of the Jelonki housing estate in Warsaw, remembers life growing up in the concrete jungle.

Konstanty Usenko