The first is on sustainability (and city design and free canapes) and the second is on arts and development (and has live music with great musicians and more free food). Both take place in the ICOSS Building which is here: and looks like this:
1) Universities as Catalysts for Sustainable City Design
Are Professors really stuck in their Ivory Tower? Is higher education relevant? Can Universities really catalyze community change?
This talk and discussion will focus on an urgent new role for higher education institutions to be the catalysts for sustainable city design. This event will focus on the Sustainable City Year programme at the University of Oregon (USA), a programme that helps direct expertise of faculty and students toward a single city to help on sustainability issues. In this model of education, students get hands on experience in working with city officials and city officials get a range of new ideas from the next generation of thinkers and practitioners.
This year, the Sustainable City Year program is working with the City of Gresham (Oregon, USA) and is directing 15 faculty, 24 courses, 7 disciplines, and about 100,000 hours of student and faculty effort toward the city's needs. Can this model of higher education work in the UK?
FREE and Open to the Public. Canapes and drinks provided.
Sheffield: March 11 5:30-7:30 Sheffield University, ICOSS Board Room, 219 Portobello (To book a place, please email: judith.eversley@rtpi.org.uk)
Speakers:
Nico Larco, AIA, is an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Marc Schlossberg, PhD, is an Associate Professor of City Planning. Both co-Direct the Sustainable Cities Initiative at the University of Oregon (USA). Professor Schlossberg is also currently a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar based at the University of Sheffield's Town and Regional Planning Department.
Talks are supported by the Royal Town Planning Institute, Planning Aid, and the University of Sheffield.
2) Arts in Development (with music!)
This event will feature talks followed by open discussion on arts and development, involving Sheffield academics and artists working in the community, followed by a workshop on Indian and Southern African music. Come experience and participate in the santoor, tabla and vocal music mini fest.
For details see
Date – Thursday, the 18th of March, 2010, 1.30 -3.30 pm
Speakers
Dr. Nadine Wills, LeTS, Univ. of Sheffield - A critical look at arts and development
Dr. Chamu Kuppuswamy, Sheffield Law School - Intellectual property rights and
traditional arts
Dr. Kathleen Van Buren, Department of Music, Univ. of Sheffield - Arts and healthcare
Mr. Philip Weiss, SEMEA, Sheffield and Mr. Mandla Sibanda, Sunduza Dance Theatre,
Sheffield - Traditional arts management and practice
Performances by John Ball, a member of Indus and SOSA-XA! Sounds of Southern Africa.
Venue – ICOSS (The Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (see details below)
Admission is FREE, Please sign up with the event coordinator Chamu Kuppuswamy by emailing her at c.kuppuswamy@shef.ac.uk or leaving a message on 0114 2226877.
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Oops, this should have gone to the Events list sent out by Gordon, shouldn't it? Argh. So much to learn.
Where is ICOSS building?
Sorry, none of the links seemed to have gone into the post. The ICOSS building is on 219 Portobello Road not too far from what used to be Jessop's Hospital on one end and the Engineering Buildings/Mappin Street on the other.
Here is a weblink you can copy and paste into your browser if you need more specific information: http://www.shef.ac.uk/icoss/contact
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