Journal of Generalism & Civics - Issue VI, August 2005

On the back of last years conference in Yamaguchi, commemorative events in Scotland, and a recent conference on Utopian Studies in New Lanark, there is a load of articles in this issue. Maybe no bad thing as there has been a long delay since the last issue, due to the editors disorientating launch into fatherhood.

We'll be reproducing this issue and subsequent issues in PDF format shortly, and if we get the time or resources will make back-issues available also.

We'll be having a regularly updated feature here of sharing research interests and questions and announcing upcoming events, meetings and talks.

Thanks to everyone who has agreed to give us rights and allowed us to re-publish articles, images or texts. There's some other great stuff out there that we couldn't get copyrights on but you might like, like this article on Patrick Geddes, Lewis Mumford and Jean Gottman discussing the origins and uses of the term megalopolis.

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Announcements and Research Requests:

• L'Homme et La Terre, the Legacy of Elisee Reclus (1830 - 1905) New Orleans read here.
  
  

• East-West, Bashabi Fraser at the Edinburgh Book Festival read here.

• Cities in Devolution - Sir Patrick Geddes Commemorative Lecture 2005 is to be given by Raymond Young, chair of Architecture and Design Scotland on the subject of 'Cities in Devolution', on 16 September at 4.45 at St Andrews in the Square in Glasgow, read more here.

Articles:

• Ghost of Geddes: Civics as Applied Sociology by Alex Law, read here.
  
  
• Ossian, Sonority and the Celtic Twilight in Geddes' Circle by Norman Shaw read here.
  
  
• A series of three articles 'Intellectual Activism and Modern Land Use Planning', by academics from The Geddes Institute, School of Town and Regional Planning, University of Dundee - Neil Grieve, Deborah Peel, and Greg Lloyd:
  
  1) Intellectual activism and modern land use planning
  
  2) Towards a civic renascence?
  
  3) The Ahness of Learning by Deborah Peel
  
  
• Hierarchical utopias : Ruskin's Fear of Democracy by Gill Cockram read here.
  
  
• On Vegetarianism by Elisee Reclus, read here.
  
  Reviews:
  

• The Urban Village: A Charter for Democracy and Sustainable Development in the City, by Alberto Magnaghi, read here.
  
  
• The Geddes - Tagore Correspondence by Bashabi Fraser
  reviewed by Angus Calder read here.
  
  
• Designing Modern America by Edward K. Spann read here.
  
  
• William James's Narrative of Habit reviewed by Renne Tursi read here.
  
  See all previous articles issues in our archive section or go here to find out how to contribute. Email us at: actsfactsdreamsdeeds@hotmail.com