My thesis is entitled ‘Banal Utopia: urban gardening as a practice for materialising utopic spaces in cities’. After 36 months of fieldwork on allotments and guerrilla gardening spaces in Oxford - I found it is true - growing plants in cities really does make people happy. 🧵

RT @UK_ICOM: What do we know about the relationship between cultural heritage, environments and place? @valuingculture draws together the l…

RT @KResearcher: A life well lived. Rest well Leonard Mambo Mbotela. Mbotela joined KBC,then VOK, in the 1960s. His show, "Je huu ni ungwa…

Apart from being the quintessential gentleman journalist - his family & ancestors are a part of Kenya’s lesser heard history. They are from Frere Town, a settlement of free people who had previously been enslaved who would ring the bell to warn others of passing slave ships. RIP

RT @DennisShonko: Mungu amlaze pema.😭🙏

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RT @ASEAS_UK: We’re announcing Call for Submissions: ASEAS 2025 Conference “Global Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change” St John’s College…

RT @skvdst: ETH Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 in Switzerland Open for those who completed PhD in last 2 years in any subject. You need to…

@wanguwamajani @polo_kimanii It’s their home too :)

@MarkAntonyOwen I had a cat that used to do that - thanks for bringing back a sweet memory.

RT @KResearcher: It's important to note that Vioja Mahakamani was actually a civic education comedy that tried to teach Kenyans matters of…

RT @wjg22: Submissions for the 2025 @Outofthewings Festival of Ibero-American theatre in English #translation are open until February 17. h…

RT @rachelsusanking: 🗣️Free downloads of my book until 12 February!

RT @AdhiamboKE: Grace’s doting spouse, salvager of Africa’s ideological wreckage, author, visionary, prophet, colossus. A baobab revealing…

RT @jnyairo: Farewell our dear Sage and Teacher. Thank you for every word you wrote, every idea you articulated. You were a remarkably pro…

RT @Seedsavers_KE: In 2022, farmers from Seed Savers Network took action, filing a petition to challenge these unjust laws. On February 5th…

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RT @JKing_Rome: Only one week left to submit your abstracts. Looking forward to some great papers being produced for this conference.

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RT @tooearly4birds: There will be a sign language interpreter on site for those who have a hearing impairment, as well as mental health sup…