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SUMMARY:Placemaking in Context: Honoring the Culture and History of Communities
DESCRIPTION:  \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\nPlacemaking in Context: Honoring the Culture and History of Communities  \nDate: Friday April 26\, 2024  \nLocation: Bloustein Special Events Forum\, New Brunswick\, NJ  \nPlacemaking strengthens the connection between people and places. Join us as we examine placemaking through a lens of arts and humanities with transportation\, highlighting the culture and histories of local communities and encouraging safe\, active transportation through the built environment.  \nThis workshop\, Honoring the Culture and History of Communities\, is open to municipalities\, planners\, and anyone else interested in learning about placemaking. Speakers represent a variety of projects and places with different goals and outcomes – remembering events of the past\, preserving community memories\, acknowledging changing landscapes\, and celebrating communities that occupy spaces in the present.  \nAttendees will walk away with:  \n\nExamples of diverse types of placemaking\, demonstrated by the variety of speakers\, projects\, and locations. \nThe integration of arts and humanities into placemaking through public history\, landscape architecture\, and storytelling.   \nPlacemaking and active transportation through presentations about Strollology (the science of walking)\, public art\, and safety. \nAn opportunity to share their own ideas and troubleshoot issues in their communities through a hands-on workshop. \n\n Keynote Speaker:  \n\nNina Cooke John\, Founding Principal\, Studio Cooke John Architecture + Design \n\nPanelists:   \n\nProfessor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan\, Assistant Teaching Professor & Coordinator of Public History – History Department\, Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences (AIR Collaborative) \nJennifer Souder\, Founder\, Asbury Park African-American Music Project \nDiane Shelton\, MSW\, Community Outreach Specialist\, Interfaith Neighbors \nTamara Remedios\, Director of Neighborhood Activations for Global Center for Urban Innovations\, Audible\n\n Presenters:  \n\nAnette Freytag\, Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape Architecture\, Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (co-founder of AIR Collaborative)  \nDaniel Swern\, Co-founder and Producing Director\, coLAB Arts\n\n  \nEvent Agenda\n9:00 to 9:30: Registration and Networking \n9:30 to 9:40: Welcome – David Behrend\, Executive Director\, NJTPA \n9:40 to 10:00: Keynote – Nina Cooke John \nNina Cooke John will discuss the development\, design\, and installation of Harriet Tubman monument in Newark\, NJ. \n10 am to 11:00: Panel Presentation – Honoring the Past \nThis presentation brings together experts from community-based organizations in New Jersey. Led by Dr. Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan\, the panel will discuss topics such as collaborative knowledge production about local history\, stakeholder mapping\, and historical resource auditing for community history projects. The panelists will provide case study examples from New Brunswick\, Asbury Park\, and Newark. \nPanelists and Moderator \n\nDr. Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan (moderator)\, Assistant Professor\, Rutgers – AIR Collaborative\nJennifer Souder\, Founder\, Asbury Park African-American Music Project (AP-AMP)\nDiane Shelton\, MSW\, Community Outreach Specialist\, Interfaith Neighbors\nTamara Remedios\, Director\, Neighborhood Activations for Global Center for Urban Innovation at Audible \n\n11:00 to 11:15: Break \n11:15 to 12:15: Placemaking Presentations – Honoring the Present \nTwo presenters will share their expertise in placemaking with a focus on everyday users of the space. Dr. Anette Freytag will discuss the concept of Strollology – the science of walking – to experience and identify the typical planning errors of a car-based society. She will present on a trans-Atlantic project centering the importance of planners and public administrators to take walks at project sites. \nDan Swern\, producing director for coLAB Arts\, will share how the organization uses creative interventions\, including public art and performance\, to forward community dialogue and information sharing around justice and community-based issues.   \nPresenters \n\nDr. Anette Freytag\, Professor\, Rutgers – AIR Collaborative\nDan Swern\, Co-founder and Producing Director\, coLAB Arts\n\n(end of main program) \n12:15 to 12:45: LUNCH \nBreak for lunch on your own. A list of local lunch options will be provided. \n12:30 to 1:30: OPTIONAL Workshop \nAttendees with placemaking projects in their own communities are invited to stay for a collaborative discussion with experts from the Vibrant Places Program and the AIR Collaborative. This session provides an opportunity to ask questions about local initiatives or share ideas with other placemakers looking to implement projects.
URL:https://togethernorthjersey.com/event/placemaking-in-context-honoring-the-culture-and-history-of-communities/
LOCATION:Edward J. Bloustein School\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, New Jersey\, 08901
CATEGORIES:TNJ Institute
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