Equitable and Inclusive Places by Art and Design
The KSU Architecture Department is pleased to host the 2021 Creative Place Making Symposium in a virtual format exploring the multidimensional nature of equitable and inclusive places through art and design through the lens of local and global urban projects. Dr. Setha Low will open the symposium and introduce participants to a framework for multicultural and equitable environments. The presentations will continue with the Superkilen Project ArchDaily, introduced by the Landscape Architect and the Artist, who worked collaboratively on the project. The Superkilen Project was implemented in a Copenhagen neighborhood that is home to immigrants from diverse nations, cultures, and religions. It is a public park that brings members of the neighborhood together and creates a sense of community. Following this international project, we will provide a curated collection of local art and design projects and programs that aim for equitable and inclusive environments, and art events around various issues. These projects will include the Black community and history, LGBTQ community, low-income community, community with disabilities, etc. through historic preservation programs, environmental sustainability projects, urban design proposals, art events, art installations, and art performances. The event is designed for academics and students from relevant fields, elected officials, policymakers, artists, art professionals, architects, and planners. #ATLplacemaking #placemaking #creativeplacemaking
Details
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Date and Location
April 1, 2021
9:00 AMLocation: Zoom Webinar
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Schedule
9:00am – 9:15am | Welcome
Dr. Mine Hashas-Degertekin, Founding Chair of the Creative Place Making Symposium and Associate Professor, Architecture Department, KSU
Sylvia Carey-Butler, Ph.D., VP of Diversity Equity and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer, KSU
Prof Ed Akins, Chair of Architecture Department, KSU9:15 am -10:15 am | From Place-Making to Social Justice in Public Space _ Inspirational Lecture
Dr. Setha Low, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Psychology, Geography, Anthropology, and Women’s Studies, and Director of the Public Space Research Group at The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkRespondent:
Christian Coles, Architectural Designer at Chasm Architecture, Adjunct Professor of Urban Design at KSU10:15am -10:25am | Break
10:25 am -12:00 pm | Superkilen Project, Copenhagen_ Place for Cultural Integration and Co-existence
Martin Rein-Cano, Founder | Managing Partner I Creative Director of Topotek 1
Jakob Fenger, Artist and Co-founder of SuperflexRespondent:
Dr. Jeff Collins, AIA, Assistant Professor, Architecture Department, KSU12:00 am -12:30 pm | Lunch Break
12:30 am – 2:10 pm | Multidimensional Equity through Local Examples
Moderated by Odetta McLeish-White, Director of Georgia Initiatives at the Center for Community Progress
Doug Young, Historic Preservation Studio, Dept. of City Planning, City of Atlanta
The Future Places Project and How History is Place-Affirming and Place-Creating
Inclusion via a historic preservation program to revive LGBTQ and Black HistoryM. von Nkosi, Architect, President, Institute for Local Innovations (ILI) and Liquid Studios®
Power of Place in Pockets: Using Mi Rialiti [my reality] to Identify and Make the Case for Communities Arts Sites
Place Making and Technology as a transformational agentRachel Parish, Interdisciplinary Artist, Theatre-Maker, Cultural Producer, Educator, and Community Organizer
Little Five Arts Alive Festival
Equitable engagement by an art program with diverse stakeholdersBlake Reeves, Urban Designer, P&W
Savannah Canal District Project
An urban project for racial Inclusion through a participatory process and future accountabilityAsh Nash, Founder and CEO of Power Haus Creative
Black Artists’ Right to Tell Their Own Story
Solidarity from Advocacy to ImplementationAnne Archer Dennington, Founding Executive Director of Flux Projects
FLUX Projects
Barrier-free and accessible artLauri Stallings. Choreographer and Founder, glo
Choreography Mapping equity through counter-narrative movement
Performing art for equity and inclusion2:10 pm Closing Remarks by Dean Andrew Payne and Dr. Mine Hashas-Degertekin
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Speakers
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Presentations
Multidimensional Equity through Local Examples
Doug Young
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The Future Places Project and How History is Place-Affirming and Place-CreatingRachel Parish
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Little Five Arts Alive FestivalBlake Reeves
VIEW PRESENTATION
Savannah Canal District ProjectAnne Archer Dennington
VIEW PRESENTATION
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Organizing Committee
Mine Hashas-Degertekin, PhD, Founding Chair of the Creative Place Making Symposium, Associate Professor, KSU Architecture Dept.
Elayne DeLeo, Co-founder, MA!
Nathan Koskovich, AIA, Chair, Architecture, and Design Center
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Register
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Sponsors
Premier Sponsors
Department of Architecture
Supporting Sponsors
MODA
Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences
For questions about the symposium, please contact Kathleen Marchman at klammers@kennesaw.edu or (470) 578-7253.