Spaces of Struggle: A Mini-Conference on Radical Planning
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
PlatteForum at The Temple, 2400 Curtis Street, Denver, Colorado
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Space is limited. Please register: spacesofstruggle.eventbrite.ca
Schedule to be announced soon: radicalplanning.wordpress.com
While planning offers hope for better cities, radical scholars and planners have exposed a troubled history of the complicity of planning in perpetuating spatialized inequity, injustice, and domination. This mini-conference addresses both the theoretical and practical aspects of an invigorated contemporary radical planning agenda, posing critical questions in pursuit of better ways forward. Inspired by the first Spaces of Struggle held in 2016 in Portland OR, this year’s mini-conference offers a space of exchange for the many voices who believe radical practice and scholarship are crucial to understanding and challenging mainstream systems and practices. Spaces of Struggle is a commentary on and complement to ACSP2017.
Denver displacement
Jordan Hill, Corley Melnice, Isaac Rivera, Thomas Topero, Trishia Vasquez, Coby Wikselaar
Dismantling the urban decline machine
Joshua Akers, Michael RJ Koscielniak, Allison Laskey, Julie Mah, Eric Seymour
Hope and struggle: Jackie Leavitt & the fight for radical planning
Nina Flores, Carolina Sarmiento, Revel Sims
Migrations, multiculturalism, and race
Fernando Burga, Fayola Jacobs, Sophonie Joseph, Marie Sipin
Posters, paint, and paletas: aesthetic manipulations and the future of the city
Evan Carver, Austin Cummings, Andrea Garfinkel-Castro, Steve Marotta
Planning, money, power: intersections with the state, developers, and the public
Amelia Adams, Orly Linovski, Alejandra Reyes, Jason Spicer, Sam Stein
Sites of anti-colonial struggle: confronting planning paradigms and hegemony
Heather Dorries, Annie Koh, Brigid Livesey, Daniel Olmos
Future Directions: open discussion