Assistant Professor @UIUCGeogGIS @UofIllinois; Migration and Cities, global South.
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Online version of my article is out on @geopol_jl. Nicaraguan migrants in La Carpio creating alternative political worlds and migrant citizenships. #cities #Migration #migraciones #urbanismo
Just posted online in Geopolitics: "Migrant Politics in the Urban Global South: The Political Work of Nicaraguan Migrants to Acquire Urban Services in Costa Rica" by Nikolai A. Alvarado @NikolaiAAA
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Our annual Latin America issue is out! Featuring @humbertobeck on AMLO’s transformation of Mexican democracy, Robert Fatton Jr. @UVA on Haiti’s collapse, @NikolaiAAA on Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica, @makchur on water conflicts in Chile… online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
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Excited to announce that UIUC is hiring for an Assistant or Associate Professor in GIScience! We're particularly interested in applicants who use high-performance and/or data-intensive computing to solve complex geospatial problems. More here: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/car…
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Very pleased to announce the publication of A Research Agenda for Transport Equity and Mobility Justice! This edited volume has been several years in the making, but I'm so excited to see it in the world. Thanks to @ersilia_v, @DrDelmelle, @TheresaHarada, @Spinneycycling, (1/2)
ALT Book cover for A Research Agenda for Transport Equity and Mobility Justice, edited by Julie Cidell. The cover design has horizontal brushstrokes shading from yellow at the top through green and into blue at the bottom.
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Special Issue on urban infrastructure co-edited with my friend @simoneveglio7 out. Check it out! 👇🏽@UIUCGeogGIS @laccitiesuiuc @CLAGGeography
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Happy to be part of the Urban Matters special issue on 'Rethinking the Multiplicity of Urban Infrastructure' by @simoneveglio7 and @NikolaiAAA. Here is my essay on emerging infrastructural landscapes: urbanmattersjournal.com/emer…
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Last week, @laccitiesuiuc had an amazing visit by Priscilla Ferreira (Rutgers Geography). Included a lecture on community-engaged scholarship and a workshop titled "Encounters in Black Feminist Geographies". Absolutely amazing!!
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We are pleased to announce that we are receiving Dr. Priscilla Ferreira (Geography, Rutgers) as our next guest speaker!
@CLACS_Illinois @NikolaiAAA @magdanovoae @DavidJIsern @planningatil @HRIatIllinois
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Thrilled to be back in Mexico. Thank you to @iccg2023 for organizing this amazing event.
Members of our collective participate in the 9th International Conference of Critical Geographies in Mexico. 🇲🇽
📸 Co-director @NikolaiAAA , Andrea Pimentel, Lauren Weber and Marina Moscoso. @UIUCGeogGIS
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Thank you Diana Taylor for your wonderful presentation this past Thursday! These are just a few pictures to wrap up if you missed it 🖌️ @FAAatIllinois
#uiuc #clacs
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One month to go! #9ICCG You can check the definitive program of the event in the following link: iccg2023.org/prog/index.php?…
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The Latin American and Caribbean Cities Collective at @UofIllinois and part of @CLACS_Illinois and @LASillinois is co-sponsoring this magnificent event with Diana Taylor. Come check it out. @magdanovoae
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But I thought there was no urban planning (or cities) before Europeans arrived 🤔🤭
a Portrait of Tenochtitlan, my 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire is released!
I've been looking forward to this for a long time, and I am really curious what all of you think.
Take a look:
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
#tenochtitlan
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Our Department is hiring! 😃. We are hoping to welcome a critical human geographer who would like to call @UIUCGeogGIS home. People working on Black, Indigenous, Latinx, feminist, decolonial geographies of climate/environmental justice, highly encouraged to apply by Oct 2. Link👇🏾
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Proud of @quienesandru who defended her (joint MA) thesis "Opposing Powers At The Helm: The Production of (Im)Mobilities of Maritime Transportation in #Vieques, #PuertoRico." Kudos to co-advisors @jlcidell in @UIUCGeogGIS and @magdanovoae in @planningatil. I was the violinist! 👩🎓
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Amazing documentary and stimulating discussion afterwards. Thanks for inviting me @joseatiles and @CLACS_Illinois . P f'ing R.
Last week we had a film screening and roundtable discussion about "Stewards of the Land," a new documentary that highlights the many difficulties facing an emerging generation of young farmers in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
@neojibaro @joseatiles @CarmenMUgarte @NikolaiAAA
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Join us for an exciting event titled "Planning Latin American Cities 2030: Present Challenges and Opportunities." Clara Irázabal (@UofMaryland) will lead a discussion on the future of Latin American cities! @NikolaiAAA @magdanovoae @planningatil
Register: buff.ly/3oEVrAk
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