Part of the Citizen Design Lab, accompanying By the People: Designing a Better America at MOAD. Lectures and presentations curated by Dr. Ariadna Hernandez-Reguant. The Citizen Design Lab’s activities are developed in partnership with ISA-Interface Studio Architects.
Lecture by Dr. Ann Markusen (University of Minnesota)
Respondent: Dr. George Yúdice (University of Miami)
Ann Markusen traces the origins of “Creative Placemaking” and reviews its current features and challenges, including building partnerships, securing funding, incorporating diversity, and avoiding displacement. Using cases from around the U.S., she explores how artists and art forms (music, theater, dance, visual art, writing) are central to its success.