Local Cultures – Global Spaces
Abstract
According to a 2019 Rockefeller Foundation report, resilient cities are a synergy between citizens, leadership, built infrastructure, and the natural environment that fosters a creative and globally competitive atmosphere where individuals can work, live, learn, and play. Joplin, Mo is a community desiring to create a cohesive vision for healthy change. The focus of change is the site of the historic Union Railroad Depot. Using Joplin, Mo as a case study, the goal of this presentation is to discuss the Networked Visioning process. It is a community visioning process that uses visual representation and input for key stakeholders to integrate community input and evolve new knowledge. The Networked Visioning process acknowledges the power of visual communication, creating spaces for dialog among peers, extending networks through a common place-based vision, and gathering input and perceptions from the broader population. This presentation will report how the authors involved design students in the process. The project was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funds Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) programs nationwide to provide technical assistance to address health impacts, site assessment, remediation, redevelopment, and reuse.
Dr. Elizabeth Tofte, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, School of Design, SDSU is a registered LA with a Ph.D. from The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Her work capitalizes on understanding a community’s assets, inspiration, and potential with the intention of creating public spaces that improve vitality and promote people’s health, happiness, and well-being. Tofte combines externally funded placemaking projects with best practices in Scholarship of Teaching Learning.
Dr. Pat Crawford, professor and director School of Design, SDSU is a licensed Landscape Architect with a PhD in Environmental Design and Planning from Arizona State University and Master of Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University. Crawford’s research focuses on advancing public engagement in community development across rural to urban scales. She is an active partner with the KSU-TAB program since 2009 providing community engagement and community visioning services. Her work in understanding and designing resilient built environments is interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral. The School of Design School includes 5 professional degrees and 29 faculty with expertise across architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, studio art and graphic design.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Wednesday 6th December, 2023