>(Re: Eugene on Peter on Stephen)
(this is something I'd expect on queerstudies-list, but here????)
seriously, Stephen - check out the journals coming out of First Nations'
education
in Canada - there are many many examples of cooperative architecture
in community settings, where community members sit down with the architects
and negotiate the needs and aesthetic-desires of the community... these
tend to take place in fairly remote areas, so no big news splashes;
but many FN academics and authors write about it as precedent for urban
design, particularly for urban-based FN peoples.
oh. and, nice to meetcha.
diane
>At 15.45 -0400 97-10-24, Eugene Matusov wrote:
>>I think successful design of new settings involves open negotiation and
>>respectful relations rather than ability to forsee distructive consequences.
>>Or, putting it in another way, I think that respect to participating
>>communities will guide both the process of negotiating and the process of
>>forseeing. what do you think?
>
>I think Peter's example illustrates precisely this. A lack of respect and
>negotiation rather than a lack of foresight. This is also why Stephen's
>interest in Vygotsky, Lave, etc. is something very valuable in an
>architect-to-be.
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>Eva
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>At 12.00 +0200 97-10-24, Peter Smagorinsky wrote:
>>I've worked in school facilities where all came into play (one Chicago-area
>>h.s. hired a California architect to design an expansion, which included
>>open-air walkways that required kids to walk outdoors during brutal winter
>>weather--these were eventually enclosed in a later redesign).
"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right."
Ani Difranco
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