2021 CITIES@TUFTS COLLOQUIUM
Shareable is partnering with Tufts University on this ongoing lecture series hosted by professor Julian Agyeman (co-chair of Shareable’s governing board) and Cities@Tufts. The series explores equity and diversity in urban planning and design.
Initially created for Tufts students, faculty, and alumni, the colloquium has been opened up to the public with the support of Shareable and The Kresge Foundation.
Lectures are scheduled for most Wednesdays from 12-1pm est in the Spring and Fall semesters and feature a 30-min presentation and 30-min discussion. Find the upcoming schedule (and recordings of past events) below.
In order to increase the accessibility of this content, Shareable produces a human-corrected transcript, audio podcast, and video from each presentation in addition to providing additional opportunities to join the sessions live.
Please get in touch if you have any questions: info@shareable.net
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Fall 2021 Lectures
Rethinking the Future of Housing Worldwide: Favelas as a Sustainable Model with Theresa Williamson
September 15, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: rethinking-the-future-of-housing.eventbrite.com
Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification with Pascale Joassart-Marcelli
September 22, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: https://contested-geographies-food-ethnicity-gentrificatio.eventbrite.com
The Commons: Land, property, information, and landscape agency with Kofi Boone
September 29, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: commons-land-property-information-landscape-agency.eventbrite.com
Melissa Peters, Director of Community Planning at City of Cambridge (title of lecture tba)
October 6, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: TBA
Climate Action in the Global South: is net zero (sufficiently) inclusive? with Jessica Omukuti
October 13, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: climate-action-in-the-global-south.eventbrite.com
Resisting Invisible Women Syndrome with Jay Pitter (rescheduled from Spring 2021)
October 20, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: resisting-invisible-woman-syndrome.eventbrite.com
Marccus Hendricks, Director of Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab (title of lecture tba)
October 27, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: TBA
Arrested Mobility: Exploring the Impacts of Over-Policing Black Mobility in the U.S. with Charles T. Brown
November 3, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: impacts-of-over-policing-black-mobility-in-us.eventbrite.com
The Green City and Social Injustice: Tales from North America and Europe with Isabelle Anguelovski & James Connolly
November 10, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: the-green-city-and-social-injustice.eventbrite.com
Kian Goh, assistant professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (title of lecture tba)
November 17, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: TBA
Vivek Shandas, professor, Portland State University (title of lecture tba)
December 8, 2021 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event live: TBA
Spring 2021 Event Recordings + Transcripts
February 3, 2021
From green privilege to green gentrification: Environmental justice vs White Supremacy in the 21st century American and European city with Isabelle Anguelovski
February 10, 2021
Sacred Civics: What would it mean to build seven-generation cities? with Jayne Engle
Event Recording: https://www.shareable.net/sacred-civics-seven-generation-cities/
February 17, 2021
Organizing for Food Sovereignty in Boston: A Personal History with Greg Watson
Event Recording: https://www.shareable.net/organizing-for-food-sovereignty-in-boston/
March 3, 2021
From Spatializing Culture to Social Justice and Public Space: A Journey from Research to Action with Setha Low
March 10, 2021
Exploring Invisible Women Syndrome with Jay Pitter (postponed)
March 31, 2021
A Garden in the Street: The Introduction of Street Trees in Boston and New York with Anne Beamish
April 7, 2021
The Co-Cities Project with Sheila Foster
April 14, 2021
The Past, Present, and Future State of Cities with Kurt Kohlstedt
Recap here: https://www.shareable.net/the-past-present-and-future-state-of-cities-with-kurt-kohlstedt-from-99-invisible/
Cities@Tufts Bonus Content:
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Kate Raworth: Doughnut Economics at the city scale
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Labor, Just Transition, and the Green New Deal with Damien White
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Intercultural Urbanism: City planning from the ancient world to the modern day with Dean Saitta
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How to go even more local after COVID-19 with Neal Gorenflo, Stacy Mitchell & Jose Ramos
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How public libraries are part of the solution to food insecurity with Aurora Sanchez, Patrice Chamberlain, Leighan Cazier, Erica Freudenberger & Noah Lenstra
Cities@Tufts Series Hosts:
Cities@Tufts is a cross-disciplinary academic initiative that recognizes Tufts University as a leader in urban studies, urban planning, and sustainability issues. Anchored by the department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, it aims to highlight our impressive contributions in community strategy, civic democracy, ethnographic research, urban and community health, food justice and security, urban politics and economics, social inequalities, and GIS. Cities@Tufts works with students, academics, policymakers and planners, businesses, and community stakeholders to develop cross-disciplinary and cross-sector collaborative and community-based research. We aim to develop solutions to today’s urban challenges and opportunities based not on presupposed notions but on being critical: first asking the right questions.
Shareable is an award-winning nonprofit media outlet, action network, and consultancy. Our mission is to empower communities to share for a more resilient, equitable, and joyful world. We inspire social change by publishing solutions-based journalism, running campaigns, and helping our consulting clients achieve their goals through sharing. For more information visit shareable.net.
The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924 to promote human progress. Today, Kresge fulfills that mission by building and strengthening pathways to opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities, seeking to dismantle structural and systemic barriers to equality and justice. Using a full array of grant, loan, and other investment tools, Kresge invests more than $160 million annually to foster economic and social change. For more information visit kresge.org.
