Inclusion of others in decision-making processes.
Published in Chapter:
Spatial Justice: Design Agency in the Production of Space
Salvador Lindquist (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8463-7.ch003
Abstract
Marginalized communities around the world are disproportionately impacted by the distribution of unjust infrastructure and environmental conditions. However, through distributive, procedural, and restorative frameworks, it is possible to teach spatial designers to challenge, inform, and reshape the world toward a more just and equitable future. This chapter delves into the various themes developed as part of the “Spatial Justice” professional elective at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which offers an interdisciplinary perspective on urban studies, urban design, and the roles that social, environmental, and ecological justice play in designing a more just and equitable urbanity. In this course, students explore critical urban theory, justice, counter cartographies, design activism, participatory systems, and spatial agency using alternative mapping methodologies to render legible latent sociospatial asymmetries.