Right to the Night

Who is allowed to be part of the urban night and who is excluded?

In episode four of our six-part series, our co-hosts Shelby Bassett and Michele Acuto talk with Will Straw, Su-Jan Yeo, Emilia Smeds, Ben Campkin and Lo Marshall about access and equity in cities at night.

Links and references

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Prof Will Straw, Professor of Urban Media Studies at Department of Art History and Communications Studies, McGill University

Su-Jan Yeo, lecturer in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at University of British Columbia

Emilia Smeds, PhD Candidate at University College London

Prof Ben Campkin, Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

Lo Marshall, Research Fellow in The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

LGBTQ+ Venues Charter, Mayor of London

LGBTQ+ nightlife spaces in London – website on the research of Prof Ben Campkin and Lo Marshall

Credits

Co-hosted by Michele Acuto and Shelby Bassett

Written by Shelby Bassett and Kate Murray

Sound Design by Bec Fary

Produced by Kate Murray

Special thanks to Andreina Seijas and Jennifer Dam