Collaborative Urbanisms
A series of four workshops pairing urban scholars and key practitioners actively engaged in Houston's downtown revitalization and economic development.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Saturday, February 26, 2000, 10 a.m. - Noon; Anderson Hall 117
Moderators: Troy Gooden, Community Arts Collective, and Susan Rogers, MECA
Robin German-Curtis, Greater Houston Urban Redevelopment Corporation
Stephen Klineberg, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Mardie Oakes, Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation
GLOBAL MARKETS
Saturday, March 4, 2000, 10 a.m. - Noon, Sewall Hall 309
Moderator: Mary Ann O'Donnell, Postdoctoral Scholar, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University
Bill Gilmer, Assistant Vice-President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas at Houston
Rainer Lilienthal, Assistant Director, Trade Development, Port of Houston Authority
MULTICULTURAL CITIZENSHIP
Saturday, March 25, 2000, 3 - 5 p.m., Sewall Hall 309
Moderator: Anita Bohm-Hassani, Immigration Activist and M.S.W. Candidate at University of Houston
James Holston, Professor of Anthropology, University of California - San Diego
Larry Payne, Executive Director, National Conference for Community and Justice, Greater Houston Chapter
DOWNTOWN CULTURAL SECTOR
Saturday, April 8, 2000, 2 - 4 p.m., Sewall Hall 309
Moderator: Rafael Longoria, Professor of Architecture, University of Houston
John Runnels and Charlie Sartwelle, Mother Dog Studios
Sharon Zukin, Broeklundian Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College (CUNY)
Admission is free and open to the public. Entrance 1 or 2 (Main Street). Reception will follow each workshop. For further information contact Nitin Deckha, tel: 713-521-1151, fax: 713-348-5455, email: ndeckha@hotmail.com
COLLABORATIVE URBANISMS is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Cultures, the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences, the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Scholl of Architecture, Rice University. Faculty sponsor: George Marcus, Professor of Anthropology.
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