Schedule
Friday, May 29, 2020
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Opening plenary
Morning sessions
- Politics, Engagement, & Activism
- Urban Form Beyond the Norm
- Virtual Culture
- Public Spheres, Public Fears
Mid-day plenary
Afternoon sessions
- Resilience by Any Other Name
- Post-Pandemic Mobilities
- Peripheries and Centers
- Reclaiming the Public, Beyond the Pandemic
Closing plenary
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All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00)
9:00 − 10:00 Opening Plenary
Writing the next chapter: Possibilities of the post-pandemic city
PLENARY ROOM
How can our urban narratives become more environmentally just, healthy, and inclusive?
Ann Forsyth, Harvard University
Eric Klinenberg, New York University
Río Oxas, RAHOK
Moderated by Katherine Idziorek, PhD Candidate in Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington
Symposium welcome by Peter Dunn, PhD Candidate in Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington
10:15 − 11:15 Sessions
Politics, Engagement, & Activism
ROOM A
Politics in the Pandemic Era: A Reality Check on Urbanism vis a vis Intergovernmentalism
Jenny Brekhus, Reno City Council
Gentrification + Pandemic: An Exploration of Community Inclusion + Equity in the Changing Public Realm
Ariana Cantu, University of Washington
Stories and Observations From the CID
Carmen Hom, Chinatown-International District Coalition
Environmental Activism in Times of Covid-19 & Finding Ethnographic Pathways to Study It
Mariana Arjona Soberón, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich/ Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
Moderated by Jess Zimbabwe, Plot Strategies/University of Washington
Urban Form Beyond the Norm
ROOM B
Post-Corona City
Friederike Meyer, Thomas Mann House, Los Angeles
COVID-19, Equity and Single-Family Zoning
Rick Mohler, University of Washington
Floating Above “19”
Kristen Sierra, Shilshole Prepares
Testing Resiliency in An Urban Core, Medium Density Housing Co-op
Jenni Pace, University of British Columbia / Vancouver Heritage Commission
Moderated by Julia W. Robinson, FAIA, Professor, University of Minnesota School of Architecture (see related work: Covid-19, Territorial Gradients and Contagion in Housing)
11:30 −12:30 Sessions
Virtual Culture
ROOM A
City Tours – From London Boom to Bedroom Zoom
Ariana Pacrami, London Blue Badge Guide
Funeral and burial service for Pandemic
Dian Prasetyawati, University of Washington
A (Pandemic) Night in the Museum – How Cities Can Watch Over their Cultural Institutions in a Time of COVID-19
Rebecca F. Kemper, COSI Science Museum
Communications technology: New concepts of space, and co-dependency on the machine
Laura Belik, UC Berkeley
Moderated by Adam Sneed, Managing Editor, CityMetric
Public Spheres, Public Fears
ROOM B
The ‘New Normal’ Revealed: Emerging Tech, the Smart City and Covid-19
Will Brown, Loughborough University
Publicness as a Myth: Individuality, profit and health in framing (pandemic) urbanism
Anirban Adhya, Lawrence Technological University
Safety in the Viral City
Jess Myers, RISD / MIT CoLab
Remember Our Roots: Re-Centering Public Health in Urbanism
Kristen Hall, Kristen Hall City Design/UC Berkeley/San Jose State University
Sarah Skenazy, Public Health + District Design Consultant
Moderated by Stefan Norgaard, PhD Student, Columbia University
12:45 – 1:45 Midday Plenary
Reshaping the Politics of Care
PLENARY ROOM
The COVID-19 global pandemic is often referred to as “the great equalizer” but this is far from the truth. The public health emergency and subsequent economic crisis are exacerbating systemic inequalities. Grassroots community organizers and thought leaders on the frontlines of COVID-19 will talk about coalition building that (re)shapes accountability, policy, and politics around care; the interconnectedness of our systems, environment, and people; and centering future rural and urban possibilities around communities of color.
Châu Ngọc Trân/ Nikki Châu, Southeast Asian Unity
Aurora Martin, Front and Centered
Robin Narruhn, Seattle University
Moderated by Bonnie Duran, Professor, Schools of Social Work and Public Health, University of Washington
Plenary welcome by Lan Nguyen, PhD Candidate in Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington
2:00 – 3:00 Sessions
Resilience by Any Other Name
ROOM A
Treating the Chronic as Urgent: Rethinking Recovery Investments to Cultivate Inclusive Physical and Social Environments
Deborah Helaine Morris, Harvard Graduate School of Design
From Cities of Congestion to Cities of Mutuality: Mutual Aid and Urban Space
Kian Goh, University of California, Los Angeles
Maintaining, Making and “Making do” – Repair Cultures During COVID-19
Ellan Spero, MIT & Station1
Anticipating Adaptation in Philadelphia’s Energy Assistance Sector
Alison Kenner, Drexel University
Moderated by Antonieta Castro-Cosío, Board Member, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanizatio (author of related piece, Beyond Resilience)
Post-Pandemic Mobilities
ROOM B
How can we plan post-pandemic cities to be more accessible to people with disabilities?
Abigail Cochran, University of California, Berkeley
Double the Trouble: Evacuations During Simultaneous and Dueling Crises
Stephen Wong, University of California, Berkeley
How Public Transportation Can Combat Inequality to Provide for Healthier Future
Alexandra King, Community Transportation Association of America
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on attitudes toward sharing rides
Parastoo Jabbari, University of Washington
Moderated by Elizabeth Sall, Principal, UrbanLabs LLC
3:15 – 4:15 Sessions
Peripheries and Centers
ROOM A
Water Provision for Hand-washing in Jakarta’s Slum Settlement
Angelika Fortuna, Rujak Center for Urban Studies
Periphery Everywhere
AbdouMaliq Simone, The Urban Institute
Seven Scales for an Ecofeminist Reading of the Pandemic
Marta Catalan Eraso, The University of Hong Kong
Rethinking sustainable urban planning in the age of COVID-19: perspectives from an international network of megacities
Flavio Coppola and Anna Zetkulic, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Moderated by James Spencer, Associate Dean and Professor, Clemson University
Reclaiming the Public, Beyond the Pandemic
ROOM B
A Discussion on Equity, Justice, and Resilience in the Post-COVID-19 City
Jesús Aguirre, Seattle Parks and Recreation
Cary Moon, Citizen Activist
Brice Maryman, MIG
Cary Simmons, The Trust for Public Land
Moderated by Catherine De Almeida, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Organized by Jeffrey Hou, Professor, University of Washington
4:30 – 5:30 Closing Plenary
Community engagement, research, and our paths forward
PLENARY ROOM
The symposium’s final session brings together four University of Washington faculty members who will share their community-based research and engagement as a basis for a discussion of possible ways forward.
Community engagement during COVID-19: Insurmountable disruption or a catalyst for greater justice?
Rachel Berney, University of Washington, Seattle
The Role of the Community-engaged, Urban-serving University in Times of Crisis
Rubén Casas, University of Washington, Tacoma
Assessing individual and community stress in Latinx communities
Elaine Faustman, University of Washington, Seattle
Engaging Disparities: Race, Class, Trust in an Age of Civic Peril
Anne Taufen, University of Washington, Tacoma
Moderated by Evan Carver, University of Chicago
Plenary welcome by Carrie Sturts Dossick, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Built Environments, University of Washington
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