HS15: Urban Natures
About
This interdisciplinary Working Group explores how natural landscapes and species are brought into urban contexts through art, architecture, design, and human life. What weedy forms of life take root in diverse urban contexts?
Open to New People
Active since: 2022
- Syracuse University
- Cornell University
Collaborative Goals
In our third year, we hope to:
- Develop and expand our intellectual community by welcoming new members
- Engage in and nurture interdisciplinary curiosity
- Provide a venue for scholars (particularly junior scholars) to share and receive constructive feedback on works in progress.
- Plan for a workshop in AY25-26
Group Organizers
Esra Akcan
Professor; Michael A. McCarthy Professor of Architectural Theory, Department of Architecture, Cornell University
Group Members
- Margaretha Haughwout, Assistant Professor, Colgate University
- Alex Nading, Associate Professor, Cornell University
- Berin Golonu, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
- Richard Fadok, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
Activities
Botanical Walk and Lunch Exchange
April 19, 2024, noon
Spring 2023 Presentations - Works in Progress
May 8, 2023, 10 a.m.
The Botanical City - Reading Group
Oct. 20, 2022, 2:30 p.m.