Caring for Neglected Spaces

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk to non-academic audience (public outreach)

Description

A presentation based on an ongoing study that highlights caring for the existing built environment as vital yet undervalued in our society. The study utilizes "care" as a lens to investigate revitalization, reuse, repair, and maintenance practices, seeking to extend the lives of neglected spaces. The care lens calls attention to values of continuity and ecological and sociocultural sustainability in the built environment. At the same time, it radically contests prevailing techno-economic values and knowledge that steer thinking and action in urban development and planning.

Our interview study with diverse practitioners illustrates how values, knowledge, power, relationships, and work manifest across spatial practices of care. We argue that eliciting the care and appreciation of neglected spaces and viewpoints may be an important avenue for disrupting the dominant, unsustainable paradigms concerning the built environment. The study is part of the research project Capabilities of Care, funded by the Kone Foundation.
Period21 Nov 2024
Event titleNodus Talks - Caring for Neglected Spaces
Event typeSeminar
LocationHelsinki, FinlandShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • care ethics
  • regenerative spatial practices
  • sustainable architecture
  • repair
  • reuse
  • participation