Transforming Cities and Minds through the Scholarship of Engagement

Economy, Equity, and Environment

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Written by engaged scholars and practitioners, Transforming Cities and Minds is an ""instrument-for-action"" on the problems faced by U.S. cities that have suffered from decades of disinvestment. The book advocates the concept of reciprocal knowledge: real learning on both sides, campus and city, through a complex network of human relationships.Across the country from Camden to Oakland, the contributors engaged with community partners-hospitals, churches, community development corporations, community foundations, and other rooted institutions-to help restore old cities to life. Their collaborative thesis project engaged them with one another and university staff; it may offer a new paradigm for graduate education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:525 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN:9780826519054

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Studievägledning och yrkesorientering inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Lorlene Hoyt is Director of Programs and Research for the Talloires Network at Tufts University. She currently serves as strategic advisor for Urban Revitalizers, a women- and minority-owned consultancy she co-founded in 1998. Hoyt founded and led MIT@ Lawrence, a city-campus partnership.

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"Scholars and practitioners from diverse academic disciplines and professional fields will appreciate this important work. By boldly redesigning the graduate experience with a small cadre of students in M.I.T.'s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Hoyt and her collaborators provide an innovative approach for urban revitalization in ways which contribute to our understanding of issues of economy, equity and environment, while also advancing our work in the academy."--Barry Checkoway, Professor of Social Work and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan