Please join us this Monday 20th September at 2:45pm AEST for the Australian launch of the Journal of Public Space: Art and Activism Edition Vol 5 No 4.

Join the editors of this special edition: Dr Luisa Bravo (Editor in Chief & founder of the Journal of Public Space), Dr Maggie McCormick (RMIT) and Dr Fiona Hillary (RMIT) for the launch of the Journal of Public Space's latest issue: Art and Activism in Public Space Vol 5 No.4.

The Journal of Public Space is the first, international, interdisciplinary, academic, open access journal entirely dedicated to public space. This ‘Art and Activism in Public Space’ special issue of The Journal of Public Space reflects the dilemmas of the COVID-19 era and its impact on public space across the globe. While this issue’s beginnings were pre-COVID, its publication was impacted by the pandemic both in its timeline and in how the portfolios and articles will be read through a new lens. This issue presents a collection of projects from across Estonia, Finland, Italy, China, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Mexico, United States of America, Colombia, Japan, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, Egypt. The portfolios and articles assert the important role of multidisciplinary inquiry and the integration of practice and theory in the investigation into and the active creation of, the complex and changing state of public space. The experience of a global pandemic and the increase in digital networks has led to a reviewing of the role of public space and fostered speculation on new approaches to public space culture.

Join us to hear journal contributors, Dr Marnie Badham, Zan Griffith and Thao Nguyen as they offer insights to their articles and research.

The Journal of Public Space: Art & Activism editions are a collaboration between the Journal of Public Space, RMIT University's School of Art research group CAST and the Master of Arts — Art in Public Space.

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Image credit: Journal of Public Space: Art and Activism Edition Vol 5 No 4 cover featuring Ryoko Kose’s Just Keep Going_Sanctuary, (2018).