Animated Urbanism competition winners
Published on 22 December 14
The Animated Urbanism competition offered University researchers the opportunity to turn their findings into a short animation.
A number of a high quality entries were received from various academic disciplines and the winners were announced this week:
Federico Cugurullo (Geography): Unveiling the Eco-city phenomenon: is this the (urban) future?
Stephen Hincks (Planning and Environmental Management): Uneven geographies of austerity urbanism
Deljana Iossifova (Architecture): Shanghai: sanitation, differentiation and inequality
Chris Shannahan (Religions and Theology): Urban social exclusion and graffiti spiritualities
Erik Swyngedouw (Geography) and Japhy Wilson (Economics): The post-political city and the insurgent polis
You can view the rest of the Animated Urbanism series online at cities@manchester.
Laura Partridge, Coordinator of cities@manchester, said: "We are always seeking to disseminate research in innovative ways and visual communication in particular offers so much potential in terms of broadening engagement and impact. We've run similar activities in the past using social media and photography - this is the first time we’ve applied animation to a competition, but given its success it probably won't be the last!".
Dr Deljana Iossifova, Lecturer in Urban Studies in the School of Environment, Education and Development, said: "I entered the Animated Urbanism competition because it seemed like an excellent opportunity to make research fun and accessible to everyone. The clip makes it easy to introduce my work in a light and engaging way to a range of audiences. I look forward to more of this in the future!".