Archive for June 2020
Lessons from Copenhagen
Dear colleagues, As we reflect on the role design can play in moving toward recovery from the pandemic and global racial justice, lessons from Copenhagen might help us set a trajectory. Copenhagen is one of WHO’s Healthy Cities in a country that consistently ranks among the top in the World Happiness Report. The report is produced by the UnitedNations Sustainable Development…
Read MoreThe kitchen table
Dear colleagues, Yesterday, the Supreme Court rejected efforts to end legal protections for young immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Blanca Morales is a poster child for DACA and her story marks the introductory and conclusion chapters of The Right to Home – Exploring How Culture, Space, and Identity Intersect with Disparities. I…
Read MoreSpaces for dialogues
Dear colleagues, “In the end, we are what we do to change who we are,” Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan poet wrote. These past months, a global pandemic and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis brought people around the world face-to-face with social and racial disparities, inequality, and marginalization. As advocates for healthy and connected communities…
Read MoreLandscapes of Healing, Landscapes of Sorrow
Deni Ruggeri, Ph,D., Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at – Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU); Executive Director and Past Chair of Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) When I first tried writing a reflection about the spatial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, I became paralyzed. As a native of a small town in the province of Bergamo, the worst hit…
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