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Configuring Light Report: Tackling Social Inequalities in Public Lighting
View video herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=85OSbD7Ji4g Public lighting plays a prominent role in reflecting and reproducing inequalities, particularly in the public realm and in the context of housing in London. There is a […]
Public lighting reinforces class division, scientists say
Article in LUX Magazine: “The way that urban spaces, such as social housing estates, are lit reinforce the increasing levels of inequality faced by cities says a new report by […]
“Student project to improve lighting at Seeb Souq”
The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) is collaborating with the Configuring Light programme based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the Social Light Movement […]
Mona Sloane and Elettra Bordonaro to speak at EcoBuild 2016
Mona Sloane and Elettra Bordonaro will be speaking about the Urban Lightscapes project at EcoBuild 2016 on 8 March 2016, participating in the seminar ‘Creating Successful Places with Light and […]
Architecture Triennale Milan 2016 shows Urban Lightscapes/Social Nightscapes exhibition
Lightscapes/Social Nightscapes exihibition. It will document the Urban Lightscapes/Social Nightscapes project, an innovative week‐long workshop which brought international lighting designers, architects, planners and social scientists to a housing estate in London […]
“Darkness has become a luxury good in London”: On the social meaning of street lighting
Light, whether natural or artificial, is a powerful material. It is fundamental to our lives, and it can help create new and interesting spaces in many different ways. Even though […]
Opinion: Poorly designed lighting heightens social inequalities
Tenants of social housing estates shouldn’t have to tolerate motorway-style lighting, say Joanne Entwistle, Don Slater and Mona Sloane.
Configuring Light joins Inside Out Festival 2015
We are back from the summer break with our first event this term: The ‘Light Talk:Night Walk’ event is part of the Inside Out Festival and will take you on […]
LSE Impact Blog: Designing nocturnal cities: Illuminating the social role light plays in urban life.
Sociologists Joanne Entwistle, Don Slater, and Mona Sloane look at the fundamental role of light in social life. Lighting has a lot to say about social structures, yet many of […]
City After Dark Collaboration with Bezalel University
Configuring light visit Jerusalem for City After Dark conference- engaging with fascinating researchers and practitioners –both well established& up and coming. The three-day conference explored three themes; light and social […]