Engaged Urban Pedagogy : Participatory practices in planning and place-making / edited by Lucy Natarajan, Michael Short.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Natarajan, Lucy, editor.

Short, Michael J., editor.

Series:

Engaging communities in city-making

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Citizen participation.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 2023.

Summary:

<p><em>Engaged Urban Pedagogy</em> presents a participatoryapproach to teaching built environment subjects by exploring 12examples of real-world engagement in urban planning involvingpeople within and beyond the university. Starting with curriculumreview, course content is analysed in light of urban pasts, race,queer identity, lived experiences and concerns of urbanprofessionals. Case studies then shift to focus on techniques forparticipatory critical pedagogy, including expanding the'classroom' with links to live place-making processes, connectionsmade through digital co-design exercises and student-led podcastingassignments. Finally, the book turns to activities beyond formaluniversity teaching, such as where school-age children learn abouttheir own participation in urban processes alongside universitystudents and researchers. The last cases show how academics haveenabled co-production in local urban developments, trainedcommunity co-researchers and acted as part of a city-to-citylearning network. Throughout the book, editorial commentaryhighlights how these activities are a critical source of supportfor higher education.</p><p>Together, the 12 examples demonstrate the power and range of anengaged urban pedagogy. They are written by academics, universitystudents and those working in urban planning and place-making.Drawing on foundational works of critical pedagogy, they present adistinctly urban praxis that will help those in universitiesrespond to the built environment challenges of today.</p>.

Contents:

1 Towards an engaged urban pedagogy 1

Reviewing curricula 23

Providing teaching 103

Embedding practices 181

Conclusions 258

Index 270

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-80008-123-5