Thieu Besselink Profile
Thieu Besselink

@Besselink

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Educator | Urbanist | Social Innovation | Townmaker | Writer | Speaker | Experimentalist | Learning designer | PhD |

Amsterdam
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
4 years
Just posted a photo @ Tuinen van West
instagram.com
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
4 years
#Afghanistan #nolegitimatetaliban kijk voorbij de humanitaire crisis en laten we onze verantwoordelijkheid nemen voor Afghanistan https://t.co/JsBPdip6xm
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
5 years
Erg onder de indruk van T-Mobile en het commitment dat ze geven om met ons de stad veilig en comfortable te houden voor de fiets. @Townmaking_Inst #ophetfietspadisiedereengelijk
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@Townmaking_Inst
Townmaking Institute
5 years
Lang verwachte samenwerking van @townmaking_inst met @TMobile_NL om fietsen veiliger en comfortabeler te maken in de stad #Amsterdam #townmaking #ebike #bikecity @Besselink @vries_egbert @leontoet
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
5 years
A revolution is taking place in the way we look at civic technology in the city. How we become more society centric and less self-centric
@PaySpaceGlobal
Pay Space Magazine — Global
5 years
The Townmaking Institute’s technology strategist briefed about the concept behind this idea #Netherlands #government #tech #ebike #motor #evehicle https://t.co/uVvO1VkIfK
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@danielboffey
Daniel Boffey
5 years
Dutch government pilots technology to cut engines of e-bikes as they enter residential areas
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theguardian.com
Digital system automatically reduces electric bicycles’ power in built-up areas
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
5 years
Even if Donald Trump loses the election, the US isn't going to heal any time soon | Richard Sennett | Opinion | The Guardian
theguardian.com
The anger that drives the president’s supporters was visible 50 years ago. As it hardens, they may shift further right, says sociologist Richard Sennett
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
5 years
With our students at @SpringtijNL #yip hosting conversations of fear and hope. Can we recognise that its not just bigger solutions, but that deep transitions require deep learning? Thnx #terschelling
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
5 years
Rather than big data, what we need is deep meaning, knowledge, or, dare we say, wisdom, if we are to shape ecosystems of wellbeing. Embodied knowledge is undervalued. This is important conversation that needs to be had
@Sys_innovation
Systems Innovation
5 years
Coming up this weekend a 1-hour live-streamed discussion on the theme of "Warm Data" (contextual/relational data about complex systems) with Nora Bateson and Jeff Emmett. Join us 15th August at 4 pm CET https://t.co/jARElTlDEe @NoraBateson @jeffemmett @mZargham
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
6 years
Learning ways of being alive in the anthropocene at the School for the Apocalypse kick-off. A House of Being initiative in collaboration with Neuhause (thenewinstitute). I never started a program with a requiem to…
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
7 years
Launching our book “Our City?” With the placemaking network. Very glad to be able to contribute. If you are looking for practices and insights into making cities more human and inclusive, check it out:
stipo.myshopify.com
It’s no secret that cities are booming. They continue to attract the world’s top talent, stimulate the economy, act as hubs of innovation, and remain the cultural melting pots of all nations. Yet, we...
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
7 years
Kathy Madden and Fred Kent get placemaking award after 50 years of tremendous work in making cities human. #placemakingweek2019 #resilientcities
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@henkovink
Henk Ovink
7 years
This week I visited Kabul #Afghanistan - rapidly increasing challenges water & climate for food, gender, urban, economic & transboundary issues: how to use Water as Leverage for prosperity, sustainability, peace & security @NLinAfghanistan @GCAdaptation @WaterasLeverage
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@PlacemakingX
PlacemakingX
7 years
#Placemaking is a way to counter exclusion and displacement.” @mbesters launching the book #OurCity: Counters Exclusion in #PublicSpace. https://t.co/s2cmSkVzRR #PlacemakingWeekEurope with @theurbanicon @RamonMarrades @LandryTweet @sergicampillo_
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@paistransversal
Paisaje Transversal
7 years
How #placemaking can be more inclusive and be an effective tool against #gentrification? Great panel to present the book "Our City? Counting exclusion in #PublicSpace", moderated by Charles Landry #PlacemakingWeekEurope #Valencia
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@Besselink
Thieu Besselink
7 years
June 18th we'll explore ways to develop urban commons at We Make the City. Join us here: https://t.co/gqNyh6LWq1
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