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Urban Nature/Natura urbana: excursions through the multispecies city
Urban Nature/Natura urbana: excursions through the multispecies city
Talk: 7pm-8pm followed by refreshments: 7.30pm-8pm
In this talk Matthew Gandy will reflect on different aspects of his research and writing on urban nature. He will draw on diverse examples such as rare flies in London, ruderal plants in Berlin, and migratory birds in Chennai. We will consider the changing scope of urban ecology as a field of wonder and fascination that brings a sense of magic to the most ordinary urban spaces.
Join us for this in person at the SLBI and stay for refreshments!
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About our speaker
Matthew Gandy is Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge and an award-winning documentary film maker. His books include Concrete and clay: reworking nature in New York City (MIT Press, 2002), The fabric of space: water, modernity, and the urban imagination (MIT Press, 2014), Moth (Reaktion, 2016), and Natura urbana: ecological constellations in urban space (MIT Press, 2022).
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We will be showing Gandy’s documentary about wild flowers in post-war Berlin, Natura urbana: The Brachen of Berlin, on Sunday 16th November at 5.30pm. Book tickets for the screening here
