New 24hr lifestyles have expanded the role of the night in society, requiring new forms of governance and representation for those who live, work, and socialise at night. Enter – the night mayor!
In the second episode of our six-part series, co-hosts Shelby Bassett and Andreina Seijas talk with Robert Shaw, Mirik Milan, Diana Raiselis and Will Straw about how the cities after dark are being managed.
Links and references
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Dr Robert Shaw, Geography Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University
Hadfield, P. (2006). Bar Wars: Contesting the Night in Contemporary British Cities. Oxford University Press.
Mirik Milan, former Night Mayor of Amsterdam, Co-Founder of VibeLab
Diana Raiselis, research fellow in residence with the Berlin Clubcommission and VibeLab, as a German Chancellor Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Acuto, M. (2019). We need a science of the night. Nature, 576(7787), 339.
Kyba et al (2020). Night Matters—Why the Interdisciplinary Field of ‘Night Studies’ Is Needed. J. 3(1), 1-6.
Seijas, A. & Milan, M. (2020). Governing the night-time city: The rise of night mayors as a new form of governance after dark. Urban Studies 58(2).
Credits
Co-hosted by Andreina Seijas and Shelby Bassett
Written by Shelby Bassett and Kate Murray
Sound Design by Bec Fary
Produced by Kate Murray
Special thanks to Michele Acuto and Jennifer Dam