Category: Publications
The social study of urban lighting for architects and urban designers – RIVA publication
- By Don Slater
A contribution to a collection of articles designed to introduce architects and designers to evidence-based urban lighting, this chapter includes an overview of Configuring Light’s approach and methodology for social […]
Making space for ‘the social’ in the material culture of light
- By Don Slater
Lighting is increasingly recognized as a significant social intervention by both lighting professionals and academic social scientists. However, what counts as ‘the social’ is diverse and contested, with consequences for […]
Human-centred lighting? Or lighting for diverse and unequal people
- By Don Slater
Slater, D. R. (2020) Against human-centred lighting. Lightecture 35. Special issue edited by Mark Major: The Urban Nightscape. ‘Human-centred lighting’ sounds good – we should light for people rather than cars, […]
Dialogue over dissemination: Unlocking the potential of knowledge exchange through creative collaboration.
Knowledge exchange and impact activities often have to negotiate, incorporate and synthesise different kinds of expertise. Mona Sloane looks at how the Configuring Light Roundtables have sought to bring together […]
Opinion in The Guardian Housing: “Darkness is a luxury not granted to Britain’s council estates”
Opinion piece by Mona Sloane in The Guardian Housing: “Most people do not think of darkness as a luxury. But if you live in a council flat with a bulkhead […]
Tackling inequalities in lighting of towns and cities
Article in Architects Datafile: “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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]