Kofi Boone: Landscapes of Reconciliation | Justice by Design Lecture
Design has the power to contribute to the harm and the healing of communities. In this Justice by Design lecture, “Landscape of Reconciliation: Community Healing Through Design,” Professor Kofi Boone builds from a reparative justice framework with an emphasis on reconciliation. He discusses design and planning strategies associated with the human work required to repair community harm through design, drawing on elements from his recent book, Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design, co-edited with M. Elen Deming.
Sponsored by the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
About the Speaker
Kofi Boone, FASLA, is a Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor and university faculty scholar at NC State University. He is the founder of the Just Communities Lab. Boone is a Detroit native and a graduate of the University of Michigan. His work is in the overlap between landscape architecture and environmental justice with specializations in democratic design and interpreting cultural landscapes. He is the winner of student and professional ASLA awards including the Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal. He was president of the Landscape Architecture Foundation, and serves on the board of the Land Loss Prevention Project. Boone is co-editor of Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design (LSU Press, 2024).
About the Series
Justice by Design is a college-wide lecture series that brings together speakers from across disciplines to address the intersection of social justice and the built environment.
Free + open to the public.
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