London Urban Space (so many hats)

C'était un rendez-vous: Space, Speed, Mapping

Meat

This is a literal (hence difficult) short documentary called Le Sang des Bêtes by Georges Franju about animal slaughter and meat production. Although filmed in the late 1940s in two slaughterhouses and meat markets near Paris, this should be footage to think how we (whether in France, Canada or Italy) today (or in the 1940s) consider animal-slaughter (whether that of a horse, calf or lamb) and the ethics/responsibilities and labour behind it. 

Do we inflict more 'pain' today than yesterday on the animals we eat (how can this be assessed)? Are we more alienated from the meat we eat? Where do the butchers killing these animals come from today? What are the contemporary methods used to kill these animals? What implications do these questions have on today's food production and consumption?

Tourisme d'Antan: Couleurs, Rayures et Ruines

Extraits de la superbe collection Pathé: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/holidays-in-greece/query/delphi

"Take The Kids Off The Streets": Jane Jacobs vs. The Modern Urban Aspiration

London Riots Then and Now: Different Genre But Both 'Ugly'

Source: The Guardian, British Film Institute

Life-Changing Design: Before the String, Came the Tea Bag

The Smartest Thing - People Watching

This is an amazing 1979 ethnography (by William H. Whyte) with (pre-cellular phone) footage of urban spaces, aka it's a team that spent months people-watching and deconstructing social behavior to think of ways to build 'better' cities. It includes a bird lady, the art of chair ownership, girl watchers, people mimicking people and the power-dynamics of food.