Rev. Vernon K. Walker: Communities responding to extreme weather
On Today’s show we explore how communities respond to extreme weather with Rev. Vernon K. Walker. Research has shown, over and over, how communities that are more connected fare much better doing...
View ArticleVikas Mehta: Public Space: Paradoxes, possibilities, and propositions
Public spaces are symbolic urban icons. Cities compete with each other with their public spaces, often using them as tools for commodification to attract capital and labor. At the same time, public...
View ArticleYasminah Beebeejaun: Whose diversity? Race, space, and planning
European cities have increasingly highlighted diversity as a marker of their progressive status. A growing field of research argues that “super-diverse” neighborhoods exemplify a normalization of...
View ArticleGetting beyond politics to get important work done with Steve Kadish and...
Distilled into a four-step framework, “Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done” is the much-needed implementation guide for anyone in public service, as well as for leaders and...
View ArticleCo-designing publics: Radical democracy and transformative urbanisms with...
Globally, contemporary cities face seemingly insurmountable challenges such as urban inequality, inadequate infrastructure, climate crisis, and increasingly, threats to democracy. In the face of such...
View ArticleThe Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Community ownership
We have a special series of episodes that we’ll be sharing over the next few months between now and when Cities@Tufts officially resumes for our fourth season in the fall. Over the course of our...
View ArticleThe Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Democratizing Power
Welcome to the second episode of the Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Democratizing Power. This a special series of episodes that we’ve been sharing over the summer until Cities@Tufts...
View Article“We the landmarks”: reflections on High Rise Stories with Audrey Petty
In this presentation, Audrey Petty will explore her work compiling and editing High Rise Stories, an oral history in which narrators describe their lives in Chicago’s now-demolished high rises. These...
View ArticleThe Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Politics and Policy
We have a special series of episodes that we’ll be sharing over the next few months between now and when Cities@Tufts officially resumes for our fourth season in the Fall. We are living through an...
View ArticleCo-design in global development data Initiatives with Dana R. Thomson
What is co-design, and what does it look like in global initiatives that produce data about development indicators? Projects that strive for inclusivity might hold well-designed multi-stakeholder...
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