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Johnny Rodger is Professor of Urban Literature Architecture at The Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh School of Architecture. With over 180 publications spanning books, articles, and creative works, his academic career demonstrates deep engagement with the intersections of architecture, literature, urban space, and Scottish cultural identity. His work consistently explores how spatial arrangements shape social relations and cultural expression, particularly within the Scottish context.
- Author of 15+ monographs including The Housing Film (2024), Glasgow Cool of Art: 13 Books of Fire at the Mackintosh Library (2022), and The Hero Building: an Architecture of Scottish National Identity (2015)
- Co-founder and contributor to The Drouth, a quarterly journal examining Scottish cultural and political issues
- Recipient of Creative Scotland funding for multiple projects including The Red Cockatoo and The Drouth journals
- Regular contributor to architectural journals including Architects Journal, arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, and Visual Culture in Britain
Rodger's research interests center on the complex relationships between built environments and cultural production. His work examines how architecture functions as literature and vice versa, exploring spatial narratives in Scottish literature, particularly the works of James Kelman. He investigates urban development through political, historical, and literary lenses, with special attention to Glasgow's transformation, housing policies, and memorial landscapes. His scholarship demonstrates how urban spaces become sites of cultural contestation and identity formation, particularly in the context of Scottish nationalism and post-industrial change.
Rodger's publications reveal consistent engagement with themes of spatial justice, national identity, and the politics of memory. His recent work shows increasing focus on housing as both physical reality and cultural representation, examining how film and literature document and shape our understanding of domestic spaces. He has developed a distinctive approach that treats architecture as a form of writing and literary texts as spatial constructs, creating a unique interdisciplinary methodology that bridges critical theory, urban studies, and architectural history.
- Creative Scotland funding £2000 awarded March 9th 2011 for The Red Cockatoo
- Creative Scotland funding £16000 awarded March 9th 2011 for The Drouth quarterly journals
- Regular contributor to major architectural and cultural publications
- Organizer of significant academic and cultural events including symposia on court architecture and housing
Rodger has been instrumental in shaping discourse around Scottish architecture and urbanism through his extensive writing, teaching, and public engagement. His work with The Drouth has created an important platform for critical discussion of Scottish cultural and political issues. He has supervised numerous student projects and contributed significantly to academic conferences, often focusing on the intersections of literature, film, and architecture. His recent activities suggest continued engagement with contemporary issues of housing, urban transformation, and cultural memory, particularly through filmic and literary representations.
As a key figure in Glasgow's cultural landscape, Rodger has contributed to major exhibitions including Political Animal (2019), Without Apparatus (2022), and Flaunting Szafki (2022), demonstrating his commitment to bringing academic research into public dialogue through multiple creative formats.
