/ interdisciplinary artist, scholar, and writer passionate about how art and the creative actions of everyday citizens transform city and society
writing approach and impact
I write with artists and arts professionals, policy-makers, practitioners, students, and the broader public in mind and strive to publish works that are engaging and accessible to audiences beyond academia. My last three publications have all been published open-access, which I prioritise wherever possible. I appreciate slow-scholarship approaches to publication and prioritise quality over quantity. I aim for a kind of elegance in my published work and see individual papers as all linked, building logically upon each other. Above all, I want my work to be read and used. My papers have been added to course curricula in diverse disciplines including criminology, geography, sociology, and visual studies in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Extinction Rebellion and the future city
2022
Chapter in book Haste: The slow politics of climate urgency
Editors: Håvard Haarstad, Jakob Grandin, Kristin Kjærås, and Eleanor Johnson
University College London Press
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Sexualised advertising and the production of space in the city
2021
Journal article in CITY: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action
Volume 25 (5-6)
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Mercurial images of the Covid-19 city
2021
Chapter in book Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Cities, Volume3: Public Space and Mobility
Editors: Brian Doucet, Rianne van Melik, and Pierre Filion
Policy Press (Bristol University Press)
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Photography, composition, and the ephemeral city
2021
Journal article in AREA
Volume 53(4)
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Book review: Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing, and Representing the City’, edited by Konstantinos Avramidis and Myrto Tsilimpounidi
2020
Book review in Urban Studies
Volume 57(5)
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Aesthetics of zero tolerance
2019
Journal article in CITY: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action
Volume 23(2)
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Illustration for short story
2019
Illustration in book Our Entangled Future – Short Stories to Empower Quantum Social Change Edited by Karen O’Brien, Ann El Khoury, Nicole Schafenacker, and Jordan Rosenfeld -
Aesthetic practices of psychogeography and photography
2019
Journal article in Geography Compass
Volume
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Book review: The Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art, edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross
2018
Book review in Journal of Urban Design
Volume 24(1)
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Aesthetic appreciation of tagging
2018
Chapter in The Urban Planet: Knowledge towards Livable Cities
Editors: Debra Roberts, David Maddox, and Mark Watkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Women's right to the city: Contesting and subverting the masculine and sexualised city
2016
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Sustainability implications of textile graffiti in public space
2013
Chapter in Animation of Public Space through the Arts: Toward More Sustainable Communities
Editor: Nancy Duxbury
Publisher: Livraria Almedina
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academic papers, book chapters, and reviews
2024. ‘Image-making in crisis’ [under development]
Book: The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Geographies
Editors: Shanti Sumartojo, Pete Merriman, and Anna Secor
Publisher: Routledge
2024. ‘Changing approaches to graffiti and street art in Oslo’ [under revision]
Journal: Urban Geography
2022. ‘Extinction Rebellion and the future city’ [open access]
Book: Haste: The slow politics of climate urgency
Editors: Håvard Haarstad, Jakob Grandin, Kristin Kjærås, and Eleanor Johnson
Publisher: University College London Press
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2021. ‘Mercurial images of the COVID-19 city’
Book: Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Cities, Volume3: Public Space and Mobility
Editors: Brian Doucet, Rianne van Melik, and Pierre Filion
Publisher: Policy Press (Bristol University Press)
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2021. ‘Sexualised advertising and the production of space in the city’ [open access]
Journal: CITY: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action
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2021. ‘Photography, composition, and the ephemeral city’ [open access]
Journal: Area
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2020. ‘Book review: Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing, and Representing the City’, edited by Konstantinos Avramidis and Myrto Tsilimpounidi’
Journal: Urban Studies
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2019. ‘Aesthetics of zero tolerance’
Journal: CITY: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action
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2018. ‘Aesthetic practices of psychogeography and photography’
Journal: Geography Compass
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2018. ‘Book review: The Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art, edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross’
Journal: Journal of Urban Design
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2018. ‘Aesthetic appreciation of tagging’
Book: The Urban Planet: Knowledge towards Livable Cities
Editors: Debra Roberts, David Maddox, and Mark Watkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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2014. ‘Sustainability implications of textile graffiti in public space’
Book: Animation of Public Space through the Arts: Toward More Sustainable Communities
Editor: Nancy Duxbury
Publisher: Livraria Almedina (Lisboa, Portugal)
blogs, essays, etc
2019. Illustration published in book Our Entangled Future – Short Stories to Empower Quantum Social Change, Edited by Karen O’Brien, Ann El Khoury, Nicole Schafenacker, and Jordan Rosenfeld
2016. ‘Women’s right to the city: Contesting and subverting the masculine and sexualised city’
Essay for independent publication edited and published by Nuart
2015. ‘The art of urban transformations’, co-authored with Karen O’Brien
Online journal/blog: Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) Viewpoints, Edited by Mark Watkins
A full list of my academic publications is available on Google Scholar and on ORCID.
While I have primarily published in academic journals and books, I am interested in new writing challenges and am exploring freelance writing opportunities. If you are interested in commissioning writing for a more general audience on any topic connected to my research, please contact me at emma @ emmarnold.org.