The crowd might splinter as some groups pursue actions that others disagree with. They might have complex demands or simple calls for something to stop (or start). They might be angry or joyful, sombre or whimsical, pained or excited, or all of these at once. These crowds can take on all kinds of atmospheres. Encounters might unfold that are mundane and unremarkable, or which can change the course of people’s lives.ģ: The protesting crowd. This is a crowd that comes together with a clear purpose. Strangers become familiar even as they remain unknown. On the regular commute, friendships are sometimes borne within the crowd. Some escape into smartphones and music, others quietly endure, and still others find their tempers occasionally flare. People both experience the crowd as one mass and develop their own relationship to it. Bodies thrown into tight proximities, unwanted intimacies and moments of frustration, laughter, or overwhelm. For many the anxieties they held about crowds during the pandemic are forgotten and normality has resumed for some being in crowds creates feelings of unease or even panic.Ģ: The commuting crowd. In subways from New York to London and Tokyo, or buses from Mumbai to Paris, the morning rush hour can be a crushed crowd. Residents in ‘slums’ in Manila or who drive buses in Mumbai or who work in construction sites in London, sometimes found it impossible to isolate from crowding, while wealthier groups could usually work from home. But the pandemic crowd was not experienced equally. To some, even a small gathering felt like a busy crowd. Some experienced intense anxiety around crowds, while others longed for the ‘buzz’ of the city. Within the crowd, an invisible threat lurked. Being in a crowd could get you fined, or worse. Payment will be between £250-£450 per page.ġ: The pandemic crowd. In the spring of 2020, cities underwent a vast programme of de-crowding. The contribution must tell a story about crowds and the city, and cannot be an illustration alone. Applicants are invited to submit creative ideas that takes the topic in any direction they like. Applicants are asked to connect their idea to one of more of five key themes below, although we are open to proposals on other themes related to crowds and cities. The research focusses on crowds in cities across the world, from London, Hong Kong, and Manila, to Toyko, Mumbai, and Dar es Salaam. It is part of a research project based at Durham University and funded by the European Research Council ( DenCity 773209). The call is for potential contributors to submit an idea of 1-4 pages in length. We are assembling a comic on city crowds, made-up of a collection of short pieces. What stories might we tell of crowds in the city? People might find one crowd exciting or fun, or another overwhelming, exhausting, or claustrophobic. The different crowds of the city generate all kinds of experiences. There are crowded markets and overcrowded homes, crowded subways, squares, and parks. The commuting crowd, the Saturday night crowd, the protesting crowd, the festival crowd, the sports crowd, even the online crowd. Can we tell the story of city crowds through comics? Crowds are central to cities.
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