Co-Designing Publics: Radical Democracy and Transformative Urbanisms

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 and is made possible with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation, and Shift Foundation.

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Cities@Tufts open lecture featuring Aseem Inam

Cities@Tufts: Free Urban Planning Lecture Series

A collaboration between Tufts University and Shareable, Cities@Tufts is a free cross-disciplinary open education initiative connecting learners to urban thought leaders from all over the world.

Cities@Tufts is a cross-disciplinary academic initiative that recognizes Tufts as a leader in urban studies, planning, and sustainability. Join us as we welcome scholars and create spaces for innovative discussions on complex urban and environmental issues. Lecture summary: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 challenges, the Dr. Inam introduces the concept of "co-designing publics" by examining what lies at the potent intersection of the public realm and informal urbanisms. Inam defines the public realm as interconnected spatial and political networks of public spaces that weave a city together, while informal urbanisms are the transactional conditions of ambiguity that exist between what is acceptable and what is unacceptable in cities. At their intersection are publics, who never simply exist because they are always created. In fact, publics are co-designed [i.e. co-created in inventive and multifarious ways] around common concerns or desire through volitional inquiry and action. Inam contextualizes these discussions by paying particular attention to the cities of the global south, because place matters in shaping urban thinking and practice. There is an increasing interest in thinking and practicing from cities of the global south rather than just about them. Inam then describes how these ideas are being further investigated through case studies in cites around the world and articulated through interactive events in the Co-Designing Publics International Research Network. Inam concludes with thoughts on the profound implications of co-designing publics for radical democracy and transformative urbanisms. About the speaker:Dr. Aseem Inam is Professor and Inaugural Chair in Urban Design at Cardiff University in the UK. Dr. Inam is also the Founding Director of TRULAB: Laboratory for Designing Urban Transformation, a pioneering research-based practice first established in New York City. As a Principal Investigator, he is currently leading multiple funded research projects, including "Co-Designing Publics: [Re]Producing the Public Realm via Informal Urbanisms," "The Prismatic City: Surprising Insights from Las Vegas into the True Nature of Contemporary Urbanism," and "Designing an Equitable City: Confronting Gentrification in Creative Pedagogy." In addition to numerous award-winning book chapters, journal articles, and professional reports, his books include Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in Megacities, and Designing Urban Transformation. He is the editor of the forthcoming book to be published by ORO Editions International, Co-Designing Publics, which further expands on the work presented in this talk. He has collaborated with communities as an urban activist and practitioner in Brazil, Canada, France, Greece, Haiti, India, Morocco, United Kingdom, and United States.Following the lecture, there will be a Q&A moderated by Julian Agyeman.This event is part of the <a href="https://www.citiesattufts.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cities@Tufts Virtual Colloquium</a>, an ongoing open lecture series from the Tufts School of Urban and Environmental Planning and <a href="https://www.shareable.net" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shareable</a>.

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