Susannah Cramer-Greenbaum
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1040427 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Susannah Cramer-Greenbaum |
| NOMBRES | Susannah |
| APELLIDO | Cramer-Greenbaum |
| FIRMA | CRAMER-GREENBAUM S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2391-5700 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Eyre and Eton in Camden
This article analyses the colonial histories of three north London housing estates. A kilometre apart from each other and built under different social policy conditions, Hilgrove, Chalcots, and Alexandra Road Estates all share colonial histories. We trace the role of the slave-holding Eyre Estate in influencing the architecture of Hilgrove Estate; uncover how the Eyre Estate clashed with residents and the London Borough of Camden over Alexandra R…
Modifying to commodify
Capital is deeply embedded in the production of urban space. Many have written on capital and increasing financialization’s impact in the physical spaces and social constructions of the city writ large. To make visible housing financialization’s effect on the production of urban sociality at the micro scale, this research examines the financial underpinning and resultant urban streetscapes for three housing developments built in Zurich from 2009 …
Social housing as a social infrastructure
This paper examines social housing as an “infrastructure of social infrastructures” through a case study of playgrounds on the Hilgrove Estate, north London. Drawing on ethnographic research, surveys and creative interventions, we interrogate normative assumptions about social infrastructure – particularly the claim that “good” infrastructure produces “good” sociality. While Eric Klinenberg’s influential work positions playgrounds as sites of loo…
What’s in a hyphen? Insights from the field on co-production as methodology
Drawing on our study of refugee women’s urban mobilities, we examine the mechanisms and infrastructure of arts-based co-production in geography. While co-productive approaches are often celebrated for their transformative potential, we interrogate this promise through a series of workshops culminating in a co-produced film with nine women who received bicycles through the charity, The Bike Project. We ask how the ‘co’ in co-production may obscure…
Clustering moves
In the past sixty years, network analysis has become a valuable analytic tool in the study of interpersonal relationships and also in the construction of spatial relationships within urban geographies. Researchers have applied network analysis in a wide array of spatial applications; however, the power of network analysis has yet to be applied to understanding patterns in residential mobility. Residential movement patterns take place over longer …
Entanglements of race and migration in the (open) city
This article considers the interface of taxonomies of race and migration crystallised through the materialities of the contemporary city in the shadow of the 7th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. It draws on multi-method empirical research that interrogates the notion of the open city. The article proposes that 'entanglement' and 'contaminations' of material and cultural formations confound some claims made in the name of the good city, rec…
Representing London
What does it mean to represent a city? We examine this question through drawing from and seeking to read across two somewhat distinct meanings of representation, stemming from cultural theory and political studies. The reason for approaching representation in this way is an interest in how elected representatives claim the city. Based on interviews with members of the London Assembly, we take a transversal cut across party and geographical lines …
Representing density
Density dominates current urban discussions, especially in light of still-developing understandings of Covid-19's impact on urban populations. This paper argues that critical scrutiny of visual representations of urban density is both missing from academic focus and critically important for understanding how perceptions of density are both created and reproduced. The political rhetoric of density shapes public perceptions as much as it responds t…
How Much Agency Does Architecture Have
Dhaka's National Assembly building, designed by Louis Kahn, was built over several turbulent decades as East Pakistan fought for autonomy and became the new country of Bangladesh. Conventional critical narratives situate the National Assembly within Kahn's biography, treating Bangladesh as an empty canvas on which Kahn could enact design philosophies developed over his career. I contend that architects and critics are not the only arbiters of a b…
A progressive sense of place and the open city
Doreen Massey’s progressive sense of place (2005) and Richard Sennett’s ethical case for the open city (2018) rely on seeing space as open. It is openness that guarantees an open future, an openness to others, and the possibility of a progressive politics. Curiously, the Garden City, for both, becomes a test case for a progressive sense of the open city. For Massey, her lived experience of growing up in Wythenshawe reveals both the possibility of…
Politicization, postpolitics and the open city
The idea of the open city has been used both conceptually and analytically to understand the politics of the city. The contrast between the open city and the closed city relies, in part, upon an understanding of the global systems that enfold cities and, consequently, the politics that are - and are not - afforded cities. Notions such as the postpolitical city depend not on temporality where the city has ceased to be political, but a spatialisati…
A progressive sense of place and the open city
Doreen Massey’s progressive sense of place (2005) and Richard Sennett’s ethical case for the open city (2018) rely on seeing space as open. It is openness that guarantees an open future, an openness to others, and the possibility of a progressive politics. Curiously, the Garden City, for both, becomes a test case for a progressive sense of the open city. For Massey, her lived experience of growing up in Wythenshawe reveals both the possibility of…
What’s in a hyphen? Insights from the field on co-production as methodology
Drawing on our study of refugee women’s urban mobilities, we examine the mechanisms and infrastructure of arts-based co-production in geography. While co-productive approaches are often celebrated for their transformative potential, we interrogate this promise through a series of workshops culminating in a co-produced film with nine women who received bicycles through the charity, The Bike Project. We ask how the ‘co’ in co-production may obscure…
Politicization, postpolitics and the open city
The idea of the open city has been used both conceptually and analytically to understand the politics of the city. The contrast between the open city and the closed city relies, in part, upon an understanding of the global systems that enfold cities and, consequently, the politics that are - and are not - afforded cities. Notions such as the postpolitical city depend not on temporality where the city has ceased to be political, but a spatialisati…
How Much Agency Does Architecture Have
Dhaka's National Assembly building, designed by Louis Kahn, was built over several turbulent decades as East Pakistan fought for autonomy and became the new country of Bangladesh. Conventional critical narratives situate the National Assembly within Kahn's biography, treating Bangladesh as an empty canvas on which Kahn could enact design philosophies developed over his career. I contend that architects and critics are not the only arbiters of a b…
A progressive sense of place and the open city
Doreen Massey’s progressive sense of place (2005) and Richard Sennett’s ethical case for the open city (2018) rely on seeing space as open. It is openness that guarantees an open future, an openness to others, and the possibility of a progressive politics. Curiously, the Garden City, for both, becomes a test case for a progressive sense of the open city. For Massey, her lived experience of growing up in Wythenshawe reveals both the possibility of…
Politicization, postpolitics and the open city
The idea of the open city has been used both conceptually and analytically to understand the politics of the city. The contrast between the open city and the closed city relies, in part, upon an understanding of the global systems that enfold cities and, consequently, the politics that are - and are not - afforded cities. Notions such as the postpolitical city depend not on temporality where the city has ceased to be political, but a spatialisati…
Representing London
What does it mean to represent a city? We examine this question through drawing from and seeking to read across two somewhat distinct meanings of representation, stemming from cultural theory and political studies. The reason for approaching representation in this way is an interest in how elected representatives claim the city. Based on interviews with members of the London Assembly, we take a transversal cut across party and geographical lines …
Representing density
Density dominates current urban discussions, especially in light of still-developing understandings of Covid-19's impact on urban populations. This paper argues that critical scrutiny of visual representations of urban density is both missing from academic focus and critically important for understanding how perceptions of density are both created and reproduced. The political rhetoric of density shapes public perceptions as much as it responds t…
Clustering moves
In the past sixty years, network analysis has become a valuable analytic tool in the study of interpersonal relationships and also in the construction of spatial relationships within urban geographies. Researchers have applied network analysis in a wide array of spatial applications; however, the power of network analysis has yet to be applied to understanding patterns in residential mobility. Residential movement patterns take place over longer …
Entanglements of race and migration in the (open) city
This article considers the interface of taxonomies of race and migration crystallised through the materialities of the contemporary city in the shadow of the 7th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. It draws on multi-method empirical research that interrogates the notion of the open city. The article proposes that 'entanglement' and 'contaminations' of material and cultural formations confound some claims made in the name of the good city, rec…
Eyre and Eton in Camden
This article analyses the colonial histories of three north London housing estates. A kilometre apart from each other and built under different social policy conditions, Hilgrove, Chalcots, and Alexandra Road Estates all share colonial histories. We trace the role of the slave-holding Eyre Estate in influencing the architecture of Hilgrove Estate; uncover how the Eyre Estate clashed with residents and the London Borough of Camden over Alexandra R…
Modifying to commodify
Capital is deeply embedded in the production of urban space. Many have written on capital and increasing financialization’s impact in the physical spaces and social constructions of the city writ large. To make visible housing financialization’s effect on the production of urban sociality at the micro scale, this research examines the financial underpinning and resultant urban streetscapes for three housing developments built in Zurich from 2009 …
Social housing as a social infrastructure
This paper examines social housing as an “infrastructure of social infrastructures” through a case study of playgrounds on the Hilgrove Estate, north London. Drawing on ethnographic research, surveys and creative interventions, we interrogate normative assumptions about social infrastructure – particularly the claim that “good” infrastructure produces “good” sociality. While Eric Klinenberg’s influential work positions playgrounds as sites of loo…
What’s in a hyphen? Insights from the field on co-production as methodology
Drawing on our study of refugee women’s urban mobilities, we examine the mechanisms and infrastructure of arts-based co-production in geography. While co-productive approaches are often celebrated for their transformative potential, we interrogate this promise through a series of workshops culminating in a co-produced film with nine women who received bicycles through the charity, The Bike Project. We ask how the ‘co’ in co-production may obscure…
Urban Planning and Governance (6 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras) · Epistemology (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras)