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Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier
Tom Llewellyn on the Many, Innovative Spheres of Organized Sharing

Frontiers of Commoning, with David Bollier

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 37:38


Tom Llewellyn, Executive Director of Shareable, describes the countless varieties of organized sharing that it supports through its journalism, organizing, and partnerships. In recent years, Shareable has helped amplify the work of mutual aid networks, expand the Libraries of Things concept, championed new forms of urban commoning, and develop new infrastructures of sharing. Its work on creative, bottom-up collaborations also showcases dozens of vanguard ideas, such as peer-to-peer lending, DIY bike lanes in cities, emergency battery networks for neighborhoods, and "Permablitz" conversions of suburban backyards into micro-farms for vegetables.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Urban Mobility for Human Autonomy with Peter Norton

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 54:07


Measured by distance and speed, today North Americans move more than ever. Movement, however, is but a means to an end; more movement is not in itself beneficial. Movement is a cost of meeting daily needs, and provided these needs are met, less movement is generally advantageous. Nevertheless, since the 1930s traffic engineers have pursued movement maximization in North American cities as if movement is an end in itself, and even as if movement is in itself freedom. The human costs have included unbearable burdens measurable as financial, health, safety, equitability, livability and environmental costs. Together these burdens impair human autonomy; that is, by constraining people's choices about where and how to live, they diminish freedom. Automobility, promoted as a deliverer of freedom, has instead imposed car dependency, a kind of unfreedom. Paradoxically, many engineers now pursue so-called “autonomous” (robotic) driving, promising thereby to sustain unsustainable quantities of movement, when the sole worthy end of movement is not machine but human autonomy. To escape the traps that these errors set for us, we must trace them to their origins. Though engineering is defined as applied science, history reveals that the origins and persistence of prevailing traffic engineering principles lie not in scientific research but in power politics, and that such principles have more in common with religious dogmas than with natural laws. Far more practical possibilities await us when we escape the confines these dogmas impose on us and recognize movement as a secondary good that serves us only as it contributes to human autonomy. Peter Norton is an associate professor of history in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is a member of the University of Virginia's Center for Transportation Studies and has been a visiting faculty member at the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Norton is the author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving. He is a winner of the Usher Prize of the Society for the History of Technology, and a frequent speaker on the subject of sustainable and equitable urban mobility. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of the conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation, Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Amelia Morton and Grant Perry. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Karin Bradley was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Social Cooperative Academy: Why social coops offer potential transformation of care and more

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 58:51


Cities@Tufts is still on our summer break, but we have a special offering for you this month. For the past eight weeks, Shareable has co-hosted the Social Cooperative Academy with the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center and several other partners. Social cooperatives remain relatively obscure in the United States, despite thriving in various countries for over 30 years. Social coops blending the principles of cooperatives with a dedicated social purpose.  Today, we're sharing a recording from the first session of the academy, "Why social coops offer potential transformation of care and more." This conversation features Doug O'Brien from the National Cooperative Business Association, John Restakis from Synergia Institute, Minsun Ji from RMEOC, and Matthew Epperson from Zolidar. In addition to this podcast, the video transcript and graphic recordings are available at Shareable.net. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Grant Perry. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Karin Bradley was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Architects Without Frontiers: A Journey from Divided Cities to Zones of Fragility with Professor Esther Charlesworth

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 62:41


Professor Esther Charlesworth's talk for the Boston Salon on May 1, 2024 focused on her nomadic design journey across the last three decades. In trying to move from just theorizing about disaster architecture to designing and delivering projects for at-risk communities globally, Esther started both Architects Without Frontiers (Australia) and ASF (International); an umbrella coalition of 41 other architect groups across Europe, Asia and Africa. Architects Without Frontiers asks, how do we go from just pontificating about the multiple and intractable challenges of our fragile planet, to actually acting on them? Prof. Esther Charlesworth works in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University, where in 2016 she founded the Master of Disaster, Design, and Development degree [MoDDD] and the Humanitarian Architecture Research Bureau [HARB]. MoDDD is one of the few degrees globally, enabling mid-career designers to transition their careers into the international development, disaster and urban resilience sectors. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Grant Perry. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Karin Bradley was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Consuming the Creative City: Gastrodevelopment in a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy with Eden Kinkaid

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 49:08


Scholars have recently coined the term “gastrodevelopment” to refer to the leveraging of food culture as a resource and strategy of economic development. Drawing on a case study of Tucson, Arizona – the United States' first UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy – Kinkaid uses the lens of gastrodevelopment to examine how food culture is transformed into a form of symbolic capital that animates a broader project of urban development. Kinkaid shows how this transformation encodes differentials of value that are racialized and racializing and risk contributing to Tucson's uneven urban geographies. Kinkaid then turns to community visions of food-based development to imagine alternative trajectories for the project of gastrodevelopment. Dr. Eden Kinkaid (they/them) is a human geographer and social scientist whose work focuses on themes of sustainable and equitable food and agricultural systems, place, race, and development. They have researched these themes in north India and in the U.S. Southwest. In addition to this line of research, they publish on topics of feminist, queer, and trans geographies, geographic theory, creative geographies, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia. Their work has been published in Urban Geography, Progress in Human Geography, Transactions of the British Institute of Geographers, The Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Environment and Planning D, and various other journals and books. Eden has served as an editor at Gender, Place, and Culture, The Graduate Journal of Food Studies, and you are here: the journal of creative geography. You can learn more about their work on their website or by following them on social media @queergeog on Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Grant Perry. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Karin Bradley was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
How Local Governments Can Work with Grassroots Initiatives for Sustainability Transitions

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 48:37


In cities across the world grassroots initiatives organize alternative forms of provisioning, e.g. food sharing networks, energy cooperatives and repair cafés. Some of these are recognized by local governments as engines in sustainability transitions. In this talk, I will discuss different ways that local governments interact with, and use, such grassroots initiatives, drawing from case studies in Berlin and Gothenburg. An argument will be made for that we need to reconsider what municipal infrastructure should entail, i.e. not only the traditional infrastructure for transport and waste but also new infrastructure for repairing and sharing. Karin Bradley is Professor of Urban and Regional Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Her research concerns planning and policy for sustainability transitions, the role of civil society, alternative economies and justice aspects of transitions. She has been the co-director of the eight-year research programme Mistra Sustainable Consumption – from niche to mainstream that engages researchers from different disciplines as well as municipalities, civil society organizations, companies and national authorities in Sweden. She has had several assignments for the Swedish government, including leading a public inquiry on the sharing economy. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Grant Perry. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Karin Bradley was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Reciprocal Relations: The Coevolution Between Planning and Constitutional Rights: The Case of London with Orwa Switat

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 54:33


Minorities in cities worldwide confront disparities, advocating for rights within a dynamic interplay of urban planning and constitutional legal frameworks. How does the coevolution between planning and legal frameworks shape the status of minorities?  This lecture will dissect the coevolution of British constitutional rights and the status of minorities in the urban planning of London, post-WWII. It will explore how planning practices embed minority rights, shedding light on the transformation of political and legal frameworks into urban planning, and assessing their impact on state-minority relations. Orwa Switat is a visiting scholar at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is a scholar, practitioner, and activist in the realm of state-minority relations in urban planning. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. His research has critically examined the intersections of urban planning and state-minority relations. Complementing his advanced degrees, he possesses BAs in both Philosophy and Political Science from Haifa University.  In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Orwa has dedicated his work to promoting the rights of Palestinian communities in Israel in the context of planning, advising planners and civil society on spatial justice and inclusion. From 2019 to 2023, Orwa served on Haifa's municipal committee for historical preservation, influencing policies to honor and reflect the Arab Palestinian Heritage of the city. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Mark Roseland was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Advancing Urban Planning with the Community Capital Compass with Mark Roseland

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 52:45


Contemporary planning approaches often fall short in addressing the cascading environmental, economic, and social issues planners and their communities face. Planners need comprehensive, forward-thinking approaches that prioritize sustainability, equity, and inclusivity. Mark Roseland's new book, Toward Sustainable Communities: Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments, is the definitive guide to the why, the what, and most importantly, the how of creating resilient, healthy, equitable, and prosperous places. Dr. Roseland will introduce the book's innovative Community Capital Compass as a powerful tool for maximizing the environmental, economic, and social benefits of complex community and regional decisions. The Compass promises a transformative, equitable, resilient, and sustainable approach to urban development. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Mark Roseland was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Exploring Washington State
From Street Art to Community Love: The Beautiful Angle Project's Impact on Tacoma"

Exploring Washington State

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 70:42


Meet Beautiful Angle Lance Kagey and Tom Llewellyn invite us into their 20+ year collaboration. Beautiful Angle has brought striking art to various Tacoma neighborhoods including Hilltop, North End, Lincoln District, Stadium, 6th Ave, downtown, and South Tacoma Way. In 2002, Tom Llewellyn and Lance Kagey embarked on a mission to infuse Tacoma with artistic flair. Their collaborative project, Beautiful Angle, focuses on creating visually captivating posters that showcase the diverse culture and vibrancy of Tacoma's neighborhoods. What started as a passion project has now bloomed into a celebrated artistic endeavor, resonating with the city's community. From the challenges of creating handcrafted posters to the community's overwhelming support, Tom and Lance share their immersive experiences, creative processes, and heartwarming stories. Tune in and learn more about Beautfiul Angle, Tom Llewellyn, Lance Kagey, and Tacoma! Connect With Beautiful Angle

Cities@Tufts Lectures
How to Fight a Mega-Jail with Maya Singhal

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 51:24


In 2017, New York City committed to a plan to close Rikers Island Jail Complex and build four smaller jails around the city in Manhattan's Chinatown, Downtown Brooklyn, Mott Haven in the Bronx, and Kew Gardens in Queens. The Chinatown jail is planned to be built on the site of the current jail in the neighborhood, but rather than repurposing or remodeling the building, the city plans to demolish it and build a 300-foot mega-jail, which would be the tallest jail in the world. The fight against the new Chinatown jail has drawn together a diverse coalition concerned about the effects of the jail on the Chinatown population and the predominantly Black and Latine populations incarcerated inside it. This episode of Cities@Tufts explores how concerned groups are working to bridge their differences and develop strategies to fight the new jail construction. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Kristin Reynolds and the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Here There Be Dragons: Urban Research Methods with Jess Myers

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 53:32


In this Cities@Tufts episode, Myers discusses her eight years working on the research, design, and production of the urbanism podcast Here There Be Dragons. HTBD starts with residents first and seeks to forefront methods from the social sciences as crucial techniques in the analysis of the built environment. The podcast covers one city per season. Myers has sat down with residents in New York, Paris, and Stockholm to discuss what inspires their feelings of belonging and tension in their cities. Through these interviews HTBD traces a post occupancy study of urban policy, design decisions, and social attitudes. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Paige Kelly is our co-producer and audio editor, the original portrait of Kristin Reynolds and the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is co-produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Exploring Washington State
Meet Author Tom Llewellyn: "The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith" and Living in Tacoma

Exploring Washington State

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 57:56


Delve into Tom's creative journey as a fiction author and his role in Tacoma's street art project, Beautiful Angle. Discover the inspiration behind "The 5 Impossible Tasks of Edin Smith" and how Tom infused his late relatives' personalities into the charming characters of the book. The setting for the book is inspired by Tacoma's very own Rust Mansion. As the conversation unfolds, Tom mesmerizes us with Tacoma's rich music history, from being an "incubator city" for budding musicians to hosting iconic performances by Nirvana and Loretta Lynn. Curious about Tom's writing process? He spills the beans about typing amidst bustling commutes and coffee shop buzz. Join us as Tom shares insights about his writing routine, the empowering experience of embracing the editing process, and the delicate art of balancing creativity with strategic book promotion. He also sheds light on the thriving literary community and mentions top-notch independent bookstores like King's Books Tacoma and the new High Voltage Records and Books on Sixth Avenue. Are you ready to take a refreshing plunge into the chilly waters of Puget Sound? Tom Llewellyn shares his exhilarating cold plunging experiences at a stretch of water near Jack Hyde Park. With a dash of humor, Tom reveals his secret to enduring 10-15 minutes in the cold water and the simple joy he finds in this invigorating ritual. If you are a fan of Tacoma, music, books, and good conversation you need to listen to this episode. Connect With Tom Tom's Blog Tom on Instagram Tom on X (Twitter for those of you who refuse to call it X)

From the Front Porch
Episode 458 || New Release Rundown: January

From the Front Porch

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 37:30


Happy New Year! This week on From the Front Porch, it's another New Release Rundown! Annie, Olivia, and Erin are sharing the October releases they're excited about to help you build your TBR. What better way to start the year than with new books? When you purchase or preorder any of the books they talk about, enter the code NEWRELEASEPLEASE at checkout for 10% off your order! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, visit our website (type “Episode 458” into the search bar and tap enter to find the books mentioned in this episode) or or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: Annie's books: Mercury by Amy Jo Burns (out now) Anna O by Matthew Blake (out now) Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley (releases 1/16) Olivia's books: Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson (releases 1/30) The Fury by Alex Michaelides (releases 1/16) Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook (releases 1/16) Erin's books Invisible Woman by Katia Lief (releases 1/9) The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain (releases 1/9) Old Crimes by Jill McCorkle (releases 1/9) From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here.  Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Among the Bros by Max Marshall. Olivia is reading The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith by Tom Llewellyn. Erin is reading Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Cammy Tidwell, Chanta Combs, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Kristin May, Laurie Johnson, Linda Lee Drozt, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Stacy Laue, Stephanie Dean, Susan Hulings, and Wendi Jenkins.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Co-Design in Global Development Data Initiatives with Dana R. Thomson

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 58:32


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 engagement workshops throughout a project but still see limited local uptake of their data in the end. Why are multi-stakeholder workshops usually not enough? How might global data initiatives find grounding in the multitude of realities that exist across and even within, communities? This Cities@Tufts presentation from Dr. Dana R Thomson reflects on how global data initiatives might unintentionally exclude the voices they care about most and introduces a framework for (more) equitable and inclusive data co-design processes. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. We're in the middle of our end-of-year fundraiser and could really use your support. If you appreciate this show and are in a position to donate, please click the link in the show notes to make a contribution today. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the original portrait of Kristin Reynolds and the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Infrastructure Apartheid to Liberatory Infrastructures with Maya Elizabeth Carrasquillo

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 57:47


"Infrastructure Apartheid to Liberatory Infrastructures" - this phrase highlights a fundamental shift in our framing of both harms and solutions, respectively, from individual and direct, to systemic and distributed. Dr. Carrasquillo and the Liberatory Infrastructures Labs' aim, as they continue to not only challenge the theoretical framings but also engineering approaches, is to research and pilot fieldwork that ultimately brings us closer to an envisioned future where liberation can be realized. This edition of Cities@Tufts highlights both theory and current research from the lab that demonstrate how they are examining, critiquing, and working towards this goal. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Sign up here for our next lecture on December 6, "Co-Design in Global Development Data Initiatives" with Dana R Thomson.  Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the original portrait of Kristin Reynolds and the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Democratizing Power

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 86:32


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 officially resumes for our fourth season in the Fall. Over the course of our lecture series, we've talked a lot about the crucial role that community plays in building alternatives to capitalistic models of access, resource distribution and social equity. We are living through a historic moment where the common crises - from climate change to the erosion of democracy, virulent racism and fascism — are constantly emerging and evolving. It's without blame, and fairly common, to get trapped in a kind of hopelessness that another world is attainable in the face of ever-growing systems of oppression. But we believe two things. Not only that another world is possible, but that it's often already here. We believe that the world that our planet and everyday people need is often within reach, waiting for us to take hold,  take root, take action and to re-shape our everyday lives through radical collaboration, collective activism and a world of care. This week we are joined by Hillary Renick, Kristania De Leon, and Naveen Agrawal to hear about different ways that power is being democratized - in finance, in municipal or community governance, and in recognizing traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) for resource management.  Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistant Deandra Boyle. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Urban Agriculture, Racial and Economic Equity: Action Research for Food and Social Justice with Kristin Reynolds

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 59:28


Urban agriculture has a long and diverse history throughout the world. Its health, social, and economic benefits for communities have been the subject of many studies and advocacy efforts seeking recognition of urban food production as a legitimate use of city space and as “real” agriculture. In the US, the past decade has seen policy support for urban food production expand at multiple scales of governance. At the same time, new forms of high-tech, commercial urban agriculture have emerged, often funded through private investment and venture capital. Understanding the implications of these shifts for racial and economic inequity, within the broader US context of social inequality, is important in designing and implementing more socially just urban agriculture policies. In this talk, Kristin Reynolds discusses recent evolutions in urban agriculture practices and policy, their implications for racial and economic equity, and her current work to inform more socially just urban agriculture policy through her Food and Social Justice Action Research Lab. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Sign up here for our next lecture on October 25th: "How to Fight a Mega-Jai" presented by Maya Singhal. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Muram Bacare. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the original portrait of Kristin Reynolds and the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Politics and Policy

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 99:37


Welcome to the third 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 officially resumes for our fourth season in the Fall. We are living through an historic moment where a number of crises-- climate change, growing economic and cultural divide, virulent racism, and the slide toward fascism--are converging. This makes for scary times but also times that are ripe with potential for fundamental system change. As the faith in the status quo is shaken, we're seeing a greater openness to post-capitalist futures such as the solidarity economy. This webinar series on The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy will showcase the myriad ways that solidarity economy practices are providing models and pathways to build a more cooperative, democratic, equitable, and sustainable world--one in which many worlds fit. This week we are joined by David Cobb, Lydia Lopez, Jyoung Carolyn Park, Kali Akuno, and Petula Hanley to hear about how to use/influence public policy advance individual policies as part of a coherent strategy to democratize the entire economy. The webinar series on The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy showcases the myriad ways that solidarity economy practices are providing models and pathways to build a more cooperative, democratic, equitable, and sustainable world — one in which many worlds fit. Brought to you by Shareable, Resist & Build's SE Narrative Circle, the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network, and the New Economy Coalition. Don't forget to sign up for the next Cities@Tufts event on October 4th when Kristin Reynolds will present: Urban Agriculture, Racial and Economic Equity: Action Research for Food and Social Justice Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistant Deandra Boyle. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Community Ownership

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 92:41


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 lecture series, we've talked a lot about the crucial role that community plays in building alternatives to capitalistic models of access, resource distribution and social equity. We are living through a historic moment where the common crises - from climate change to the erosion of democracy, virulent racism and fascism — are constantly emerging and evolving. It's without blame, and fairly common, to get trapped in a kind of hopelessness that another world is attainable in the face of ever-growing systems of oppression. But we believe two things. Not only that another world is possible, but that it's often already here. We believe that the world that our planet and everyday people need is often within reach, waiting for us to take hold,  take root, take action and to re-shape our everyday lives through radical collaboration, collective activism and a world of care. This week we are joined by some pretty amazing guests as part of the Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy webinar series, giving us some insight about how post-capitalist models of survival and sustainability are constantly being created by communities all over the country, addressing some of the most critical issues we face everyday — such as housing, childcare, food access and sovereignty. We'll be hearing from Minnie McMahon, of the Dudley St. Neighborhood Initiative, a community-led housing and land trust in Boston. We'll hear from Mindy Barbakoff of Childspace, a worker-owned childcare center in Philadelphia. And we'll also hear from Amaha Selassie of Gem City, a food cooperative in Dayton, Ohio. All Moderated by Steve Dubb of the Nonprofit Quarterly Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistant Deandra Boyle. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Co-designing publics: Radical democracy and transformative urbanisms with Aseem Inam

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 57:00


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. Aseem Inam introduces the concept of "co-designing publics" by examining what lies at the potent intersection of the public realm and informal urbanisms. He 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. He 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. He 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. He concludes with thoughts on the profound implications of co-designing publics for radical democracy and transformative urbanisms. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their presentation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. This is the last episode of this semester — but don't fear, in the break we'll be sharing a new series focused on The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy which will showcase the myriad ways that solidarity economy practices are providing models and pathways to build a more cooperative, democratic, equitable, and sustainable world--one in which many worlds fit.   This series is co-presented by the Resist & Build's SE Narrative Circle, the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network, the New Economy Coalition, and Shareable — the first event focusing on Community Ownership is happening live on Wednesday, May 17th at 2pm EST. Click here to register for a free ticket. We'll also share the recording of the live event here on this feed — so stay tuned if you miss the event or want to listen to it again. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Caitlin McLennan. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the original portrain of Aseem Inaam was illustrated by Caitlin McLennan, the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done with Steve Kadish and Barbara Kellerman

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 58:04


Distilled into a four-step framework, Results is the much-needed implementation guide for anyone in public service, as well as for leaders and managers in large organizations hamstrung by bureaucracy and politics. With a broad range of examples, Baker, a Republican, and Kadish, a Democrat, show how to move from identifying problems to achieving results in a way that bridges divides instead of exacerbating them. They show how government can be an engine of positive change and an example of effective operation, not just a hopeless bureaucracy. Results is not only about getting things done, but about renewing people's faith in public service. Demonstrating that government can work, is vital to ensuring the future of our democracy. The goal of this book is to demonstrate just that! This talk will invite Steve Kadish and Dr. Kellerman to discuss the book and other relevant insights to collaborative governance and change-making. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Caitlin McLennon. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the original portrain of Yasminah Beebeejaun was illustrated by Caitlin McLennan, the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Whose diversity? Race, space, and planning with Yasminah Beebeejaun

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 48:20


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 ethnic and racial difference as a positive facet of everyday life. However, contemporary manifestations of urban diversity cannot be disentangled easily from the European colonial legacy that underlies a series of racial and spatial imaginaries. In this talk Yasminah Beebeejaun argues that the claimed reconfiguration of European cities as sites of normative diversity obscures the ongoing epistemological framing of Europe as white. Turning specifically to British cities Professor Beebeejaun will illustrate how colonial racial narratives underpinned postwar urban planning and development and had profound consequences for the racialization of urban space. Professor Beebeejaun argues that the European planning discipline must engage in a much more fuller engagement with its own colonial and racial history in order to reconceptulize what progressive urban diversity might look like. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Deandra Boyle and Caitlin McLennon. Roame Jasmin is our producer, Robert Raymond is our audio editor, the original portrain of Yasminah Beebeejaun was illustrated by Caitlin McLennan, the graphic recording was illustrated by Anke Dregnet, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.  “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Public Space: Paradoxes, Possibilities, and Propositions with Vikas Mehta

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 54:54


Public spaces are symbolic urban icons. Cities compete with their public spaces, often using them as tools for commodification to attract capital and labor. At the same time, public space is an expansive common social and material realm and the past decades have erased any doubts of the resurgence of public space in its political form. This is a good time to focus our attention on public space. The climate crisis, the systemic social injustices, and the COVID-19 pandemic demand a rethinking of our largest shared territory. Public space has the capacity, at least in part, to address these crises by being envisioned and manifest as a humane space of community, restoration, and emancipation. In this talk, based on his latest book, Vikas Mehta presents a panoramic view of public space: the inherent paradoxes, as well as the immense possibilities and propositions for a more constructive public space. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Communities responding to extreme weather with Reverend Vernon K. Walker

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 34:50


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 periods of acute disaster. The more robust relationships and networks of solidarity that exist within communities, the more likely they are to weather the figurative and literal storms that are only increasing in frequency and severity with climate change. In other words, one of the best strategies for climate resilience is social resilience.   Rev. Vernon K. Walker is the program director for Climate CREW and was originally born and raised in Philadelphia. Rev. Walker attended Penn State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Organizational Leadership and a minor in Psychology. After graduating from Penn State University, Rev. Walker attended Boston University and earned a Master Degree in Theological Studies with a focus on community engagement. Rev. Walker is currently earning a Master Degree in Public Policy at Tufts University Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning where he is a 2022 Neighborhood Fellow. Rev. Walker is also a recipient of the Robert Schalkenbach Scholarship for his studies. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Countering Displacement through Collective Memory with Andrea Roberts

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 55:30


In the decades following the Civil War, recently emancipated people created freedom colonies through intentional and tactical design, ensuring refuge from political repression and violence. However, most freedom colonies were founded in ecologically vulnerable landscapes, making them disproportionately susceptible to flooding and other natural disasters in the present day. This talk tracks the history of displacement and dispossession that has led to the destruction, neglect, or dismantling of communities initially designed to protect African Americans from structural racism. Then the author explains how these communities' unique challenges require new planning and design tools to detect the interplay of historical and contemporary conditions contributing to the cultural erasure of African American placemaking. The Texas Freedom Colonies Project Atlas, the platform the author has developed to map and aggregate sociocultural emplaced data about these disappearing landscapes and crowdsources and spatializes intangible heritage on a publicly available map. The Atlas provides a mechanism by which the public can search, add, and view database contents that make visible previously unmapped or undocumented settlements. The Atlas' stories, images, and documents constitute a collective memory of Black placemaking that enables advocates to argue that these historically significant places are worthy of preservation. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Real Estate for Radicals: co-ops, community land trusts, communes, and squats with Erin Graves

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 45:15


In this Cities@Tufts presentation, we explore Real Estate for Radicals. A near consensus has developed in the US that there is a housing affordability crisis, it has done so while seemingly circumventing a debate about who deserves housing. The UN Declaration on Human Rights is quite clear on this point: housing is a human right and thus all humans deserve housing. This project, Real Estate for Radicals is case study-based research on affordable community-owned housing — co-ops, community land trusts, communes, and squats and their potential to advance housing as a human right. By studying 5 communities and their residents, this presentation will consider the extent to which these urban housing communities advance the principles of equality, liberation, and justice for the residents and the larger community. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Neil Wilkins Podcast
How to Anchor and Nourish a Vision

Neil Wilkins Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 42:25


Neil Wilkins talks to Tom Llewellyn about lucid dreaming, the art of manifestation and importantly, how to anchor and nourish a vision. Find out more about Tom's work and courses on these topics at SoulRemember.com For more content like this, visit NeilWilkins.Online

Cities@Tufts Lectures
A Reflection on Cities@Tufts with Julian Agyeman

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 30:39


In this Cities@Tufts presentation, we turn the microphone around and interview Cities@Tufts colloquium host, Julian Agyeman. Join us as Julian reflects on the origins of the series, highlights some of the most memorable moments, and underscores the importance of Cities@Tufts as a cutting-edge, indispensable resource. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Three Models of Reparative Planning: A Comparative Analysis with Rashad Williams

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 60:24


This week on Cities@Tufts, Rashad Williams presents "Three Models of Reparative Planning: A Comparative Analysis." In this presentation we explore reparative planning. As cities and states continue to experiment with reparations for the historical legacies of slavery and Jim Crow, an enduring question remains: how should subnational, particularly municipal, reparations be structured? To be sure, any formulation of reparative planning should certainly address the particularities of local context. More generally, though, reparative planning should --  and as this comparative analysis shows can --  address distributive, moral-symbolic, and structural injustices. In this comparative analysis, I discuss three actually existing models of reparative planning, linking each to debates within social and political theory. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Planetary Gentrification: Impacts and Futures with Loretta Lees

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 55:33


This week on Cities@Tufts, Loretta Lees presents "Planetary Gentrification: Impacts and Futures". In this presentation, we explore the phenomenon of planetary gentrification. What is it? Where in the world has it occurred geography and spatially? When did it occur? What have the impacts been? And critically — what might its future look like? In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy with Jennie Stephens

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 50:37


This week on Cities@Tufts, Jennie C. Stephens presents "Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy". In this presentation, we explore why climate policies that are transformative require integrating sacred, humanistic dimensions so that society can move beyond the narrow, patriarchal technocratic lens of climate isolationism that continues to dominate and be ineffective.  In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Season 3 Preview

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 2:00


What is planetary gentrification and its tangible effects? Has institutionalized white supremacy led to isolationist attempts at addressing our climate crisis? And could reparative urban planning be the key to addressing distributive, structural injustices?  These are just a few of the questions we'll be exploring on Season 3 of Cities@Tufts. Here's a short preview of what we have in store this Fall. Our first live event is Wednesday, October 5th featuring a lecture from professor Jennie Stephens titled “Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy”.  On October 19th, professor Loretta Lees, whose known as the “Queen of Gentrification,” presents “Planetary Gentrification: impacts and futures” Then on November 2nd, professor Rashad Williams presents “Three Models of Reparative Planning: A Comparative Analysis” And our final lecture this Fall will come from professor Yasminah Beebeejaun presenting “Whose diversity? Race, space, and planning” on November 30th. All lectures start at noon EST on Wednesdays and are followed by a discussion moderated by professor Julian Agyeman. Register for free tickets to join us live by visiting www.shareable.net/cities-tufts where you can also get caught up on the first 2 seasons. If you're looking for educational opportunities for your organization, business, or school, these lectures make excellent ‘lunch and learns.' Contact info@shareable.net to bring a group to one or all of these events.  And finally, please hit Subscribe and leave a Rating or Review wherever you get your podcasts, it really makes a difference in helping us expand the audience for this show. We look forward to having you join us for Cities@Tufts Season 3. Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

The Response
Documentary #10: Wartime Mutual Aid in Ukraine

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 43:45


Documentary #10: Wartime Mutual Aid in Ukraine Short: For the 10th audio documentary episode of The Response, we're going to focus on the war in Ukraine. As the fighting grinds on, what kinds of solidarity and mutual aid actions are taking place in the country and in bordering countries to provide relief and assistance to refugees?  Long: In February, after a month's long prelude which many never believed would come to fruition, Russian troops landed in Mariupol and Odessa along the Azov and Black sea coasts, and Russian tanks rolled in through the Belarussian border crossing of Senkivka in the north. The Russian invasion of Ukraine had officially begun. A lot has happened since then, and what started as an anticipated speedy “decapitation” of the Ukrainian government, to quote the Kremin, has now revealed itself to be a war with no immediate end in sight. The impacts have been devastating to Ukraine and its effects have rippled out globally. And as the carnage continues, it's difficult to say just how devastating this invasion will be on the Ukrainian people in the months, years, and decades to come.  In the face of this horror, the Ukrainian people are not just fighting back against an imperial war of aggression, they're also coming together to take care of each other. Millions of people have been displaced by the war, both within Ukraine and as refugees to other countries — it's a humanitarian crisis on a scale much larger than the other disasters we've covered on The Response. In this episode, we're highlighting stories of Ukrainian resistance and solidarity. A small but significant glimpse into how the Ukrainian people have come together to survive the war, to strengthen their communities, and to fight for each other and their autonomy.  The transcript is available here:  The Response with Tom Llewellyn is a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer (+ research and scriptwriting for this episode): Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Additional music: Death Pill, oh, deer!, American Football  Original artwork was created by Bethan Mure This episode features: Yaroslav Minkin – Chairman of the Board of the NGO Youth organization STAN Romeo Kokriatski – Managing Editor at the New Voice of Ukraine and Co-host of the podcast Ukraine Without Hype Yosh – Head of the NGO Feminist Workshop  Joseph Bednarek – Senior Director for Global Grantmaking at Global Fund for Children.  Ruslan Stanga – Senior Advisor at The Institute for Rural Initiatives in Moldova  

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Gaming the System: Role-playing Spatial and Political Change with Quilian Riano

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 55:40


This week on Cities@Tufts, Quilian Riano presents "Spatial and Political Change". In this presentation, we explore examples of work that look at how spatial games — defined as processes with loose rules for others to interpret and execute as they see fit — can become design tools to broaden the socio-spatial imagination and conversation. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The Energy Equity Project with Kyle Whyte and Justin Schott

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 54:46


This week on Cities@Tufts, Kyle White and Justin Schott present on The Energy Equity Project. The Energy Equity Project is working to create a framework for measuring equity across energy efficiency and clean energy programs among utilities, state regulatory agencies, and other practitioners, while engaging and centering Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities and frontline communities. An equity measurement framework, set to launch in beta form in 2022, will serve environmental and climate justice advocates, practitioners, regulatory agencies, and utilities to drive more equitable investments and outcomes in energy efficiency, distributed generation and storage (i.e. solar + batteries), demand response, electrification, and electric vehicle infrastructure. The presentation will offer an overview of EEP's work, including the energy equity issues it addresses in urban contexts, and an update on the framework being developed and the stakeholder engagement process. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic. UP NEXT: Gaming the System: Role-playing Spatial and Political Change with Quilian Riano April 27, 2022 | 12-1 PM EST Register to join the event  

The Response
But Next Time: "Higher Ground"

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 30:58


But Next Time: "Higher Ground" On this week's episode of Shareable's The Response podcast, we're continuing to delve into community-rooted responses to disasters with "Higher Ground," part four of BUT NEXT TIME, a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery.   In this episode of The Response we'll travel to Houston, Texas, with Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta, hosts of But Next Time, to meet these changemakers in the final episode of their limited-run podcast. When communities face the aftermath of catastrophes, what does it take to ensure that the next time will be different?  In Houston, it takes a city council member who bicycles in her neighborhood to hear from constituents about what they need most. It takes 12 moms who organize to take legal action against the landlords that have kept their families in moldy, substandard apartments. And it takes a city official who blows the whistle on corrupt and dangerous practices related to housing policy. Listen in to hear their stories as they work tirelessly to ensure that next time will be different. The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Let us know what you think of the show: info@shareable.net  

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Transportation Inequities with Tamika Butler

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 59:59


This week on Cities@Tufts, Tamika Butler presents "Transportation Inequities: What's Data Got to do With It?" How have white supremacy and structural racism shaped transportation and the built environment throughout the history of the United States? And how does engagement, data, and policy add to these disparities and challenge us all to think about data differently? Join national transportation expert Tamika Butler to talk about transportation inequities — and how data exacerbates those inequities. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic. UP NEXT: The Energy Equity Project with Kyle Whyte and Justin Schott April 20, 2022 | 12-1 PM EST Register to join the event

The Response
But Next Time: "Rising Waters"

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 30:03


But Next Time: "Rising Waters" On this week's episode of Shareable's The Response podcast, we're continuing to delve into community-rooted responses to disasters with "Rising Waters," part three of BUT NEXT TIME, a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery In this episode we meet activist-parents who are fighting to save their families' homes despite a perfect storm of greedy landlords and hurricane-related flooding.  Along the way, they connect with leaders in Puerto Rico who have also been resisting and rebuilding in the wake of ongoing disaster.  Whether they are educating their communities, building back power grids, or bringing their fight to the courtroom, these community leaders are working together to shape the healthier future we all deserve.  Listen in to hear their stories as they work tirelessly to ensure that next time will be different. To go deeper into some of the ongoing mutual aid projects in Puerto Rico that emerged following Hurricane Maria, our award-winning documentary film, “The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People,” is now available on YouTube with Spanish, French, and Portuguese subtitles (in addition to the original version in English). And if you're interested in hosting a screening of the film for your community, organization, or university, we've got a step-by-step guide to help you out. The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Let us know what you think of the show: theresponse@shareable.net

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Punitive and Cooperative Cities with Stacey Sutton

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 58:34


This week on Cities@Tufts, Stacey Sutton presents: Punitive and Cooperative Cities. The City of Chicago's automated traffic enforcement fines and fees are disproportionately borne by Black, Latinx, and low-income residents. Simultaneously, Chicago is on the precipice of implementing one of the largest community wealth building initiatives in the country, defined by the city as “an approach to economic development that promotes the local, democratic, and shared ownership and control of community assets in order to transform our economy to be more sustainable and just.” Stacey Sutton discusses these distinctive areas of research in Chicago (and beyond) by drawing on her Punitive Cities and Cooperative Cities frameworks.  In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic. UP NEXT: Transportation Inequities: What's Data Got to Do with It? with Tamika Butler March 30, 2022 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event  

The Response
But Next Time: "From the Ashes"

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 29:35


But Next Time: "From the Ashes" On this week's episode of Shareable's The Response podcast, we're continuing to delve into community-rooted responses to disasters in California, from the fires to the pandemic with "From the Ashes," part two of BUT NEXT TIME, a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery Following climate-fueled wildfires and the pandemic, people banded together to build mutual aid networks, translate emergency messages in Spanish and indigenous languages, and disseminate crucial recovery information to their communities. In Sonoma County organizers hit the fields with information about where to get food, shelter, and support. In San Francisco, they set up a strong response to COVID-19 in the city's Mission District. Tune in to hear how these leaders act collectively to confront those in power, work for justice before and after disaster, and together answer one vital question: how can next time be different? The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Let us know what you think of the show: info@shareable.net

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Collective Land Governance for a Changing Climate with Linda Shi

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 57:38


This week on Cities@Tufts, Lind Shi presents: Collective Land Governance for a Changing Climate. Human civilization is headed towards a collision between rapidly changing conditions of land under climate change and static institutions governing land and property. Contemporary development models are predicated on Western European land ethics, property rights regimes, and land policies that evolved during a period of relative climatological and geological stability on Earth. Nevertheless, much as there are “varieties of capitalism”, a variety of land governance systems exist around the world. This talk shares examples of collective land governance that have enabled communities to adapt to economic and environmental shocks. It raises the possibilities of expanding collective land ownership to respond to the climate challenge.  In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic. UP NEXT: Punitive and Cooperative Cities with Stacey Sutton March 9, 2022 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event

The Response
But Next Time: "Toward the Fire"

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 29:32


This week, we're continuing our collaboration with the Rise-Home Stories Project to bring you the first episode of BUT NEXT TIME, a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery. As fires ravaged California's world-famous wine country in 2017, a community radio station, emergency dispatcher, and tenant organizers helped the most vulnerable in their community survive and recover. Community organizers and hosts of the podcasts But Next Time, Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta, bring us the first of four stories of hard-won lessons learned from people on the front lines of California's wildfires and Texas' storms as they work to answer the question, how can next time be different? The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Let us know what you think of the show: info@shareable.net

The Response
"But Next Time": How can we ensure that next time disaster strikes will be different?

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 38:02


Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing episodes from BUT NEXT TIME, a limited-run podcast that spotlights powerful stories of community-led disaster prevention and recovery.  Sounds familiar, right?  BUT NEXT TIME answers one vital question: how can we ensure that next time will be different? On today's show, we're featuring a conversation I had with BUT NEXT TIME co-hosts Chrishelle Palay & Rose Arrieta and senior producer Leah Mahan to get a better understanding of why they produced this series, their storytelling process, and what they're hoping listeners will take away from it. Starting next week, we'll be sharing full episodes of their show. The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Let us know what you think of the show: info@shareable.net

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Urban heat resilience: Governing an invisible hazard with Sara Meerow

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 54:34


In this episode of Cities@Tufts Lectures, Sara Meerow synthesizes the current state of extreme heat governance research and practice and outlines a framework for urban heat resilience.  Meerow leads the Planning for Urban Resilience Lab at Arizona State University and some of her research group's current projects focus on planning for extreme heat, flooding, and multifunctional green infrastructure. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net – while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation, Barr Foundation and SHIFT Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Perri Sheinbaum and Caitlin McLennon. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications, Alison Huff manages operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song and Caitlin McLennon created this episode's graphic. UP NEXT: Collective Land Governance for a Changing Climate with Linda Shi February 23, 2022 | 12-1 PM EST | Register to join the event

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Fahrenheit 911: Heat, Cities, and Climate Literacy from the Ground Up with Vivek Shandas

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 48:40


In this episode of Cities@Tufts Lectures, Vivek Shandas will examine differential climate-induced impacts on urban residents, including those who have been historically marginalized from decision-making processes. Shandas is a Professor of Climate Adaptation and Founding Director of the Sustaining Urban Places Research Lab (SUPR Lab) at Portland State University. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
From Urban Resilience to Climate Justice with Kian Goh

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 54:10


In this week's lecture, Kian Goh speaks about her new book "Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice" (MIT Press 2021). She examines the politics around climate change response strategies in three cities and the mobilization of grassroots activists to fight the perceived injustices and oversights of these plans. Goh explores initiatives such as Rebuild By Design in New York, the Giant Sea Wall masterplan in Jakarta, and Rotterdam Climate Proof, and highlights competing narratives, including community resiliency in Brooklyn and grassroots activism in the informal “kampungs” of Jakarta. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

The Response
Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat Officer for the City of Athens, Greece

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 42:18


The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  A clear and present danger awaits our species if we are unable to keep global temperature below the 1.5 degrees Celsius rise that climate scientists have identified as proverbial the line in the sand. Even at current levels things are looking and feeling pretty dire. But it's not all doom and gloom, significant actions are being taken at the city level in spite of the mostly disappointing (inter)national policies coming out of COP26.  On this week's episode, The Response producer Robert Raymond interviews Eleni Myrivili, the first Chief Heat Officer for the City of Athens, Greece.  Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Let us know what you think of the show: info@shareable.net

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The Green City and Social Injustice with Isabelle Anguelovski & James Connolly

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 51:31


Urban greening interventions can create a new set of inequalities for socially vulnerable residents while also failing to eliminate other environmental risks and impacts. In this presentation, Anguelovski and Connolly introduce their new book, "The Green City and Social Injustice," which examines the recent urban environmental trajectory of twenty-one cities in Europe and North America over a 20 year period. Based on fieldwork in ten countries, and on analysis of core planning, policy, and activist documents and data, our analysis offers a critical view of the growing green planning orthodoxy in the Global North.   In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Arrested Mobility: Exploring the Impacts of Over-Policing Black Mobility in the U.S. with Charles T. Brown

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 56:15


The collective racialized forces of over-policing (i.e., policy, planning, law enforcement/policing, and polity) Black physical mobility in the US has led to adverse social, political, economic, and health outcomes that are intergenerational and widespread. This presentation surgically examines the ways in which our approaches to research, planning, policy, and design can and must be reimagined to achieve greater mobility, health, and safety for Black Americans. About the presenter Charles T. Brown is a "street-level researcher," "pracademic," and the founder and principal of Equitable Cities, a minority- and veteran-owned urban planning, public policy, and research firm focused at the intersection of transportation, health, and equity. He is also an adjunct professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Behind The Switch
Resilient Puerto Rico: Opening the Conversation with Tom Llewellyn, Part 3

Behind The Switch

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 10:47


Welcome to our brand new podcast series called Resilient Puerto Rico where we will be looking into topics including energy justice, solar energy accessibility, and community resilience, all within the context of Puerto Rico. We are opening the series with Tom Llewellyn, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Shareable, a nonprofit media outlet, action network, and consultancy with the mission to share important stories that the world should know about. Tom produced the short documentary “The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People,” which explores Puerto Rico's growing network of mutual aid centers in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

The Response
No Name Kitchen: Solidarity with asylum seekers in the Western Balkans

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 29:37


The Response is an award-winning documentary film, book, and podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn.  It's the first week of November in 2021 and COP26 is in full swing. Many people had low expectations going into it, this is the 26th COP after all and the outlook for Climate Change is only getting worse year after year. With all of the moneyed and political interests influencing the framework for discussions, could the agreements coming out of the conference actually meet the moment? Probably not... One aspect of climate change that isn't talked about nearly enough, is the mass migration of people that it's already forcing. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, more than 75% of the 40 million internal displacements last year were caused by disasters. And a 2020 report from Institute for Economics and Peace, found that over a billion people lived in 31 countries that aren't sufficiently resilient to withstand ecological threats. With the increasing number of climate-fueled disasters impacting nearly every corner of the world, the number of displaced peoples will most likely only go up from here.   With all of that in mind, we want to resurface an episode from season 3 which offers an inside look at an active migration route into the continent that's hosting this year's Climate Summit, Europe. The Western Balkans are the entryway for asylum seekers from places like Afghanistan, Syria, and Northern Africa to enter into the European Union. As they approach this region, many are hunted down by authorities, violently beaten, and forced into camps with terrible conditions.  In the face of this crisis, a project emerged to help provide food and other basic necessities to these asylum seekers. It's known as No Name Kitchen, but don't let the name fool you, as you'll see, the project is much, much more than just a community kitchen. Response producer Robert Raymond, spoke with one of the project's co-founders, Bruno Morán, about what exactly is going on in the region and how No Name Kitchen is helping to build community while providing mutual aid to one of the most vulnerable populations in the world. https://www.nonamekitchen.org/en/ Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Let us know what you think of the show: info@shareable.net

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Unequal Protection Revisited: Planning for Environmental Justice, Hazard Vulnerability, and Critical Infrastructure in Communities of Color with Marccus Hendricks

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 56:08


The impact of hazard exposures such as stormwater runoff is rarely evenly felt across a community. Neighborhoods of color, particularly of low-wealth, will often face worse stormwater problems especially in the era of climate change with more frequent and intense stormwater runoff. In this Cities@Tufts open lecture, Dr. Marccus Hendricks will discuss the equity and environmental justice issues related to stormwater infrastructure planning that result in vulnerable systems leading to everyday challenges in stormwater and more extreme urban flooding. Specifically, he will examine conceptual frameworks and contextualize what it means for physical systems to operate in a social world. He will also describe several ongoing studies where he investigates the inventory, condition, capacity, and distribution patterns of stormwater systems, along the lines of race, ethnicity, and income, at the neighborhood-level. Furthermore, as part of ongoing resilience efforts for catastrophic flood events, he will discuss opportunities at “leveling the landscape” in marginalized areas by planning for adaptations that integrate justice and participation into the redevelopment of community spaces.  In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation onShareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Climate action in the Global South: is net zero (sufficiently) inclusive? with Jessica Omukuti

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 53:59


Following the Paris Agreement goals of limiting temperature increase to 2 degrees by 2050 through reduction and balancing of emissions, net zero has recently become a framing concept for global climate action. Different actors, including governments, businesses and civil society have started adopting net zero as a framing concept for climate action. In this Cities@Tufts open lecture, Jessica Omukuti will focus on inclusivity in net zero and climate finance, and will explore the evolution of the net zero framing to date, particularly focusing on the Global South. Jessica will also discuss why and how climate justice, equity, and inclusion should be an integral part of policy discussions on net zero. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Behind The Switch
Resilient Puerto Rico: Opening the Conversation with Tom Llewellyn, Part 2

Behind The Switch

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 9:09


Welcome to our brand new podcast series called Resilient Puerto Rico where we will be looking into topics including energy justice, solar energy accessibility, and community resilience, all within the context of Puerto Rico. We are opening the series with Tom Llewellyn, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Shareable, a nonprofit media outlet, action network, and consultancy with the mission to share important stories that the world should know about. Tom produced the short documentary “The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People,” which explores Puerto Rico's growing network of mutual aid centers in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The New Rules of (Planning) Engagement: Restructuring Planning Processes to Ensure Inclusive Decision-Making and Equitable Outcomes by Melissa Peters

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 57:21


This presentation will discuss concrete examples of how planners can critically examine land use policy and public engagement tools to ensure inclusive decision-making and equitable outcomes. The talk will highlight case studies from Cambridge, MA, including the recently passed Affordable Housing Overlay and the City's Community Engagement Team, as ways to change the rules of engagement for a more equitable future. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The Commons: Land, Property, Information, and Landscape Agency with Kofi Boone

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 55:36


This presentation presents the idea of “The Commons” as a framework that could alter ways in which equitable practices landscape architecture and environmental planning, especially with Black communities. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

The Response
Documentary #9: Heatwaves and energy poverty in the Mediterranean

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 37:20


The Response is officially back for a 4th season. Over the next few months, we'll be increasing the frequency of the show and releasing new episodes at least every other week. We've already got a number of exciting interviews and roundtable discussions lined up. We also encourage you to watch our award-winning 30-minute micro-budget documentary film on Youtube: “The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People." For the 9th audio documentary episode of The Response, we're going to focus on an issue that isn't talked about hardly enough: energy poverty. When temperatures rise to the point where they become dangerous, what happens to people who can't escape the heat? The transcript is available here: shareable.net/heatwaves-and-energy-poverty-in-the-mediterranean The Response with Tom Llewellyn is a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer (+ research and scriptwriting for this episode): Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Additional music: Belong, Fugazi, and Chris Zabriskie original artwork was created by Kane Lynch This episode features: Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat Officer for the City of Athens (the first person to hold this title – recently featured in New York Times). Lidija Živčič is the senior expert at the FOCUS Association for Sustainable Development and a coordinator at EmpowerMed. Mònica Guiteras, a member of the Alliance Against Energy Poverty in Catalonia, and Engineers Without Borders.   Martha Myers, energy poverty campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe and the coordinator of the Right to Energy Coalition. Narrated by Tom Llewellyn.  

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification with Pascale Joassart-Marcelli

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 53:52


This talk will focus primarily on Pascale's new book (The $16 Taco) and her ongoing research on food and gentrification in San Diego and other cities.  In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Rethinking the Future of Housing Worldwide: Favelas as a Sustainable Model with Theresa Williamson

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 52:58


Informal settlements, such as Rio de Janeiro's favelas, are not new and they're not rare. Today, one in three people in cities lives in an informal settlement and 85 percent of all housing worldwide is built illegally. By 2050, nearly a third of humanity will live in urban informal settlements. How can we value informal settlements around the world and integrate them on their own terms into our urban planning practices? Could this search lead to a sustainable urban future? This talk will introduce strategies employed by grassroots NGO Catalytic Communities, in over twenty years supporting Asset-Based Community Development together with Rio de Janeiro favela organizers. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net, and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Zanetta Jones manages communications and editorial, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Behind The Switch
Resilient Puerto Rico: Opening The Conversation With Tom Llewellyn Part 1

Behind The Switch

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 12:43


Welcome to our brand new podcast series called Resilient Puerto Rico where we will be looking into topics including energy justice, solar energy accessibility, and community resilience, all within the context of Puerto Rico. We are opening the series with Tom Llewellyn, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Shareable, a nonprofit media outlet, action network, and consultancy with the mission to share important stories that the world should know about. Tom produced the short documentary “The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People,” which explores Puerto Rico's growing network of mutual aid centers in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

The Response
Hurricane Maria 4th Anniversary: How Communities Respond to Natural Disasters

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 28:04


The Response is a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn. Today is the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico causing what is largely considered to be the worst disaster to happen in the US or its colonies.  To mark the occasion, we're making our film, “The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People,” available for all to see. Please follow the link in the episode notes to watch it on shareable's Youtube channel. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/-RVTpDSE9H0 For this bonus episode, we're featuring the audio from an interview that film director Juan Carlos Dávila and producer Tom Llewellyn did on Free Speech TV's Just Solutions last week.

The Response
Puerto Rico's Precarious Resilience with Marla Perez Lugo

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 38:39


After taking a long Summer break, The Response is back for a fourth season, well kinda. We're officially kicking things off at the end of the month with an audio documentary focused on European Heatwaves and how their impact is exacerbated by energy poverty. But for the next two weeks, we'll be returning our focus to Puerto Rico.  Monday, September 20th marks the four-year anniversary of when Hurricane Maria slammed into the island causing thousands of deaths, and knocking out power for almost an entire year, leading to what many consider to be the worst disaster in US History. In this episode, we talk to environmental sociologist Marla Perez Lugo. We discuss her experience during Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's power supply and energy grid before and after the storm and the multitude of issues caused by precarious resilience. The Response with Tom Llewellyn is a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Intercultural Urbanism: City Planning from the Ancient World to the Modern Day

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 52:18


Intercultural Urbanism is an approach to city building that is sensitive to cultural and subcultural differences in how people make and use built space.  This episode features a lecture recorded in the fall of 2020 from professor Dean Saitta who explores the history of City Planning from the Ancient World to the Modern Day. Find out more information about Dr. Saitta and his book, “Intercultural Urbanism: City Planning from the Ancient World to the Modern Day'' at: www.interculturalurbanism.com/ In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
How public libraries are part of the solution to food insecurity

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 57:09


According to the USDA's latest Household Food Insecurity in the United States report, more than 35 million people in the United States experienced hunger in the year 2019. And that number may have even shot up much higher to 42 million people last year during the pandemic.  For today's episode, we partnered with Let's Move in Libraries and UNC Greensboro's School of Education on a special roundtable discussion to explore how public libraries can be (and are) part of the solution to food insecurity. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
The past, present, and future state of cities with Kurt Kohlstedt from 99% Invisible

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 57:00


Cities contain an infinite number of stories, case studies, and tangents that we could never do justice on a podcast series, let alone a single episode.  But today, we'll begin to scratch the surface with a conversation between Kurt Kohlstedt, co-author of The 99% Invisible City and a producer of the 99% Invisible podcast and Lily Linke, the creator of the Foot Notes podcast and a recent Tufts urban planning and design graduate. You can find out more information about Kurt Kohlstedt and the 99% Invisible podcast (and their new book) by visiting 99percentinvisible.org. Lily Linke's 5-part podcast series, Foot Notes, can be found at footnotespod.com. In addition to this audio, you can watch the video and read the full transcript of their conversation on Shareable.net and while you're there get caught up on past lectures. Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. This episode was co-hosted by Becky Eidelman, and the Tufts Student Policy & Planning Association. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
LabGov, Co-Cities, and the Urban Commons with Sheila Foster

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 55:39


Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Collective Governance, an Enabling State, Pooling Economies, Experimentalism, and Technological Justice: these are the five design principles of The Co‐Cities Protocol.  Together, they set up the necessary conditions to rethink the city as a commons: the inclusive space where various initiatives of collective action for the urban commons emerge, relate, and become sustainable. In this week's episode, professor Sheila Foster discusses her work with LabGov, Co-Cities, and how urban commons can be created and sustained in different political, social, and economic environments. You can find out more information about Sheila and their work by visiting Labgov.city. Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
A Garden in the Street

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 47:21


Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  While most of us would assume that trees have always been an integral part of our Urban landscapes, that simply isn't the case.  As it turns out, there is a long, controversial, history surrounding trees in our public spaces that is still being written today. This week, Anne Beamish shares the history, cultural impact, and ongoing legacy of the introduction of trees in the cities of Boston and New York. Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

The Response
Lessons from the First Wave

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 63:20


As of now, the majority of the global population has been impacted by the pandemic for more than a year. For the first time in a century, pretty much everyone on the planet has experienced the same disaster at the same time.  And while most of us have had our daily lives disrupted in significant, and in many cases catastrophic, ways, there has also been an incredible outpouring of support for one another.  With the daily case count continuing at a high rate in many countries, now is a good time to pause and ask the question: what have we learned from dealing with the pandemic over the past year.  On March 16th, we partnered with Idealist to host a public presentation and discussion based on our free ebook, “Lessons from the First Wave: Resilience in the Age of COVID-19.”  In addition to the extended talk delivered by The Response host Tom Llewellyn at the beginning of the episode, you'll hear short presentations from two mutual aid organizers from Idealist's global network, Liam Elkind, the co-founder of Invisible Hands in New York City, and Shila Jassal coordinator of Mutual Aid Road Reps - Let's Get Chatty Service in Medway, UK, before we open it up for a discussion with the live audience moderated by Carol Walton, a Community Organizer at Idealist, who co-hosted this session with us.  Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer: Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Labor, Just Transition, and the Green New Deal with Damian White

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 54:09


Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  Both tensions and insights emerge when design and environmental labor studies are drawn together.  While design has long been closely allied with fulfilling the needs of capital, Damian White argues that there have been some remarkable moments in the history of design where socialists, anarchists, feminists, environmentalists, post and decolonial activists, scholars, and citizens have proposed stunning visions for how our worlds could be redesigned for more worker-friendly and sustainable futures.  On today's show, Damian will explore how recent calls for design to play a central role in moving the Green New Deal forward might allow greater alignment between struggles for industrial democracy, design democracy, just transitions, and climate justice. Damian White is presently working on a new book called Climate Futures, Design, and the Just Transition. Learn more about his work by visiting: www.risd.edu/people/damian-white. Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Doughnut Economics at the City Scale with Kate Raworth

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 57:39


Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  If a doughnut isn't the first thing that pops into your head when you think about saving the planet and fixing the economy, you wouldn't be the only one. But, as it turns out, a doughnut might be just what we need right now. As the world continues to crumble around us, communities and cities have been turning to an economic model known as “Doughnut Economics.” The “doughnut” is an idea that was first presented by renegade economist Kate Raworth in her bestselling 2017 book, “Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist.”  This week, we'll hear from Kate herself about the doughnut, how it can be adapted for the city scale, and the growing global movement to do just that. You can learn more about Kate Raworth and her work with the Doughnut Economics Action Lab by visiting: doughnuteconomics.org Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
From spatializing culture to social justice and public space with Setha Low

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 53:39


Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn.  This week, we're excited to hear from professor Setha Low who traces her journey from the ethnographic study of the Latin American plaza and the development of the theory of spatializing culture to becoming a public space and social justice activist.  Learn more about her work with the Public Space Research Group at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York by visiting: www.thePSRG.org Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo, Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
How to go even more local after COVID-19 w/ Neal Gorenflo, Stacy Mitchell and Jose Ramos

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 65:47


Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn. While you may want to stretch your legs so to speak after months of lockdown, keeping some new, pandemic-inspired aspects of local life and even deepening them collectively will be needed to combat systemic challenges like climate change and extreme wealth inequality. Today, we're bringing you a special bonus episode with the audio from an event Shareable hosted last week, How to go even more local after COVID-19. Shareable's Neal Gorenflo kicks things off by briefly sharing his lessons learned from a just-concluded, year-long life experiment in local living before launching into a discussion with Stacy Mitchell, Executive Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and futurist Jose Ramos, Director of Action Foresight. The event launched Shareable's new e-book “A Year of Living Locally” based on Gorenflo's year-long experiment with a foreword by Stacy Mitchell. You can download the ebook here.  Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. (Most) Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo. Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
Organizing for Food Sovereignty in Boston with Greg Watson

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 52:13


Cities@Tufts Lectures explores the impact of urban planning on our communities and the opportunities to design for greater equity and justice with professor Julian Agyeman and host Tom Llewellyn. This week we're fortunate to have Greg Watson on the show who tells the collective history of organizing for food sovereignty in and around the City of Boston.  With over 40 years to cover in just 40 minutes, Greg moves at rapid speed. Visit Shareable.net to watch the video instead and while you're there, read the full transcript and sign up to participate in future lectures. Learn more about Greg's current work with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics by visiting: centerforneweconomics.org. Cities@Tufts Lectures is produced by Tufts University and Shareable.net with support from The Kresge Foundation. Lectures are moderated by Professor Julian Agyeman and organized in partnership with research assistants Meghan Tenhoff, and Perri Sheinbaum. “Light Without Dark” by Cultivate Beats is our theme song. Robert Raymond is our audio editor, Elizabeth Carr manages communications and editorial with support from Neal Gorenflo. Joslyn Beile handles operations, and the series is produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn.

The Response
Buliding Collective Resilience in the Wake of Disasters TED Talk

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 2:19


New TED Talk from The Response host Tom Llewellyn is out now: "Building Collective Resilience in the Wake of Disaster" Watch it here: https://youtu.be/-SamQq9-wTg I've been told that I never get tired of giving people bad news, so here we go.  The impacts of climate change are already being felt. This is no longer just a challenge that future generations are going to have to face. It's ours now. According to a recent report from the UN, in the past 20 years, there were over 7,000 major disaster events causing 1.2 million deaths, affecting more than 4 billion people, and resulting in almost three trillion dollars in global economic losses. Strikingly, the number of climate-related disasters nearly doubled from the previous two decades. Last year we hit the hottest global temperatures on record, saw the first Giga fire (burning over 1 million acres in Northern California), and even had a Zombie Storm in the Atlantic!  The questions now are: How bad is the climate going to get?  How quickly can it get better? And what are we going to do in the meantime? I don't know about the first two questions, but I've seen a number of things that might just hold some answers to the last one.  That's just a short excerpt from the TED Talk.  Despite all this bad news, disasters can have a silver lining. Time after time, remarkable communities rise up after natural, social, or political disasters, revealing the core of our humanity and providing a glimpse at how we might respond in the face of even bigger challenges.  And after you watch the talk, please leave questions and share your stories of collective resilience in the comment section.  We'll be back in a few weeks with a new episode.

Cities@Tufts Lectures
New podcast exploring community innovations in Urban Planning

Cities@Tufts Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 0:59


Tufts University and Shareable.net present Cities@Tufts, a special eight-session series exploring community innovations in urban planning. The live discussions are moderated by professor Julian Agyeman and the podcast is hosted by Shareable's Tom Llewellyn. The sessions will focus on topics such as Environmental justice vs White Supremacy in the 21st century; Sacred Civics: What would it mean to build seven generation cities; Organizing for Food Sovereignty; From Spatializing Culture to Social Justice and Public Space; Exploring Invisible Women Syndrome; The Introduction of Street Trees in Boston and New York; Design principles for the urban commons; and The Past, Present, and Future State of Cities. Visit www.shareable.net/cities-tufts for more information.

The Response
Higher Ground Harm Reduction: A conversation with Christine Rodriguez

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 42:20


Over the course of producing three seasons of The Response podcast, we've explored how natural hazards and other disruptions disproportionately impact marginalized communities at length.  But one population we haven't discussed before is people who use drugs. There is still so much stigma associated with using illegal and legal drugs despite the fact that it's a normal part of life for millions of people worldwide.   For the past 9 months, our team at Shareable have been working with Higher Ground Harm Reduction to explore how community-based harm reduction programs (and people who use drugs) are impacted by, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from climate-related and other systems-disrupting emergencies (like the pandemic). I recently spoke at length with Christine Rodriguez, the executive director of Higher Ground Harm Reduction. We touch on her personal journey, what harm reduction actually is, how the current climate of disasters has impacted this work, and why we need to have more compassion for one another. Next week, we'll bring you part 2 of this special series with an audio documentary exploring the impact of disasters on harm reduction through the experiences of community service providers in California, Florida, and Puerto Rico. The Response is executive produced and hosted by Tom Llewellyn, the series producer is Robert Raymond, and our theme music was provided by Cultivate Beats. The Response is a project of Shareable, a nonprofit media outlet, action network, and consultancy promoting people-powered solutions for the common good.  Our latest book, “Lessons from the First Wave: Resilience in the age of COVID-19”, is available as a free download at shareable.net. Support for this project has been provided by the Threshold, Shift, Guerrilla, Clif Bar Family, and Abundant Earth foundations, Shareable's sponsors including Tipalti, MyTurn, and NearMe, and tax-deductible donations from listeners like you.  Additional funding for this research and 2-part series was provided by Resist, The Emergent Fund, Comer Foundation, NASTAD, and AIDS United. A full transcript of this episode is available at www.shareable.net/the-response If you like the show, please hit subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And send your feedback about the show to theresponse@shareable.net

The Response
Crowdsourcing data to fight the pandemic in Rio's favelas

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 39:57


The Response, a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn. One of the biggest challenges to executing an effective response to the pandemic is data. Without enough accurate data, it's impossible to know exactly how far-reaching and deadly the coronavirus is. There's still so much uncertainty about basic things like the infection rate of asymptomatic carriers, or how easy it is for them to pass it on to others. As this crisis continues to drag on, we're starting to see some of the damaging results of incomplete data. As It's become increasingly difficult for communities to advocate for the resources they need without it.  One place, where the lack of support has become a lived reality, are the favelas in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.  This week, we spoke with Theresa Willamson, the founder and director of Catalytic Communities in Rio. Over the course of our conversation, we discussed many of the favela-led responses to the pandemic — things like food distribution, communication techniques, and the tracking dashboard. We also touched on the importance of historical memory following disasters and other crises' and how Rio's legacy of being the world's largest slave port is continuing to exacerbate the ongoing social disaster the favelas were facing before the pandemic. The transcript of this episode is available here: www.shareable.net/the-response-crowdsourcing-data-to-fight-the-pandemic-in-rios-favelas If you're interested in contributing to Catalytic Communities' Covid-19 response efforts in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, check out their crowdfunding campaign at www.bit.ly/FavelaCovidResponse.

The Response
No Name Kitchen: Solidarity with asylum seekers “going on the game” in the Western Balkans

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 28:19


The Response, a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters with host Tom Llewellyn. In this episode, we'll travel halfway across the world to the Western Balkans, where thousands of asylum seekers are being brutalized as they flee from places like Afghanistan, Syria, and Northern Africa.  The Western Balkans are the entryway into the European Union, and as they approach this region, many are hunted down by authorities, violently beaten, and forced into camps with terrible conditions.  In the face of this crisis, a project emerged to help provide food and other basic necessities to these asylum seekers. It's known as No Name Kitchen, but don't let the name fool you, as you'll see, the project is much, much more than just a community kitchen. Response producer Robert Raymond, spoke with one of the project's co-founders, Bruno Morán, about what exactly is going on in the region and how No Name Kitchen is helping to build community while providing mutual aid to one of the most vulnerable populations in the world.  https://www.nonamekitchen.org/en/

The Response
Documentary #7: Resisting COVID-19 with mutual aid

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 30:11


In this documentary episode of The Response Podcast, we take a deep dive into the work being done by the Chico chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA. Their mutual aid work in response to the coronavirus pandemic is just a microcosm of the whole country, from major cities to rural communities, where DSA and other, similar organizations have been stepping in to fill many of the gaps left by the local, state, and federal response. Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Senior producer, field production, and scriptwriter: Robert Raymond Script editors: Courtney Pankrat, Tom Llewellyn, and Neal Gorenflo.  The graphic art created for this episode by Kane Lynch was inspired by photos taken by Brittany White.  Information gathering and fact-checking: Addison and Alex (Chico DSA) A special thank you to all the volunteers at Chico DSA, and to those who are living at Bird Street and Comanche Creek Greenway for letting us into their homes. Music by: Pele Strongboi Ada Lea    

The Response
The People's COVID-19 Response

The Response

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 6:21


While you may not see it, a large and rapidly growing wave of volunteering, mutual aid, and resource sharing is sweeping the globe. Instead of panicking, many people are defining this moment through their warmth, bravery, diligence, generosity, and creativity.  This is the #PeoplesCOVID19Response! We're in an 'all hands on deck' moment. There's not a second to lose. Working together, we can continue to help save lives and reduce suffering. On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Shareable and Free Speech TV (FSTV) will host a special online simulcast of the film which will immediately be followed by a panel discussion about community-led disaster response, collective resilience, and mutual aid. Register for this free event to secure your spot at the screening and panel discussion. The panel after the film will be hosted by The Response producer Tom Llewellyn and will feature Susan Silber (NorCal Resilience Network), Tré Vasquez (Movement Generation), Juan C. Dávila (“The Response” film director), and Christine Nieves (co-founder of Proyecto Apoyo Mutuo Mariana). Where to watch on TV: The special will air on Free Speech TV (DISH 9415, DIRECTV 348, and stream on Roku, Apple TV, Sling TV, and at freespeech.org). 

Voices Of The Commons
Tom Llewellyn - Collective Resilience and Activating the Commons Ep 5

Voices Of The Commons

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 25:03 Transcription Available


In this episode of the Voices of the Commons Podcast we talk with Tom Llewellyn, a lifelong commoner and a core member of Shareable, the web's leading e-magazine on all things sharing, commons and community-oriented.In this episode Tom Talks about:How Shareable tells real life stories of commoning in an accesible wayHow the commons is as "old as humanity and as new as the internet" and is seen today through channels as varied as city policies, self-provisioning, community resilience, etcThe story of The Response, a book with 137 examples about "walking the talk of the Commons" in today's world.How to practice commoning in your daily life - by finding the othersHow the pressing need for commoning is facilitating its comeback worldwideBe sure to check out The Response, Shareable's free ebook on "Building collective resilience in the wake of disasters" as well as Shareable's other great publications and resources.

We Art Tacoma
Lance Kagey and Tom Llewellyn—Beautiful Angle

We Art Tacoma

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 33:16


Lance Kagey and Tom Llewellyn have been behind the guerilla art project “Beautiful Angle” since the early 2000s. I was glad for the chance to talk to them more about their project, the origins of...

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UndiesFunded Records and Radio
Deepend .. my friend Tom Llewellyn and Danial Fielding

UndiesFunded Records and Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2019 27:06


Great music.. rock on! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ufr/message

We Art Tacoma
Tom Llewellyn—Writing Tacoma in Fiction

We Art Tacoma

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2018 36:59


Local author Tom Llewellyn joins this episode of We Art Tacoma to talk about his writing, Nazis, a certain wheat-paste poster series, and what inspired him to write about a wish-granting imp. His newest book...

Love (and Revolution) Radio
The Growing Sharing Movement & Everything Shareable Under the Sun

Love (and Revolution) Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 59:58


This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we interview Tom Llewellyn of Shareable about the creative, cost-effective, and community building ways that people just like us are sharing everything from housing to ideas to workspaces to tools, appliances, and children's toys. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Tom Llewellyn is the Strategic Partnerships Director at Shareable.net. He is a lifetime sharer and commoner located in Canyon, CA outside San Francisco. Related Links: Shareable.net http://www.shareable.net/ Sharing Cities http://www.shareable.net/sharing-cities How To Start Sharing: http://www.shareable.net/blog/six-ways-to-start-sharing Top 20 How To Share Posts http://www.shareable.net/blog/shareables-top-20-how-to-share-posts Little Free Libraries https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/occupyradio/episodes/2016-05-31T14_55_35-07_00 Reconciliation Ecology https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/occupyradio/episodes/2016-06-14T14_00_00-07_00 Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/