NC State University: Landscape Architecture Lecture with CL Bohannon
Open to the community!
Please join the College of Design for this lecture on Wednesday, April 9, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
CL Bohannon, University of Virginia - "Sacred Spaces: African American Cultural Landscapes Along Florida's Forgotten Coast"
C.L. Bohannon, PhD, ASLA, is an Associate Professor in the Landscape Architecture Department and the Associate Dean of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (AD JEDI). Bohannon is a nationally recognized scholar and educator in the areas of community-engaged design and pedagogy, social and environmental justice, and African American landscapes, especially in the American South.
Bohannon’s research and pedagogy are closely connected and examine the asymmetrical power relationships and systems that produce social and environmental inequities in marginalized communities, or he describes it, “the uneven geographies” that result in, among others, health disparities, gentrification, forced migration, and displacement. During his 18 years of teaching experience, he has introduced design students to these inequities and developed a pedagogy and praxis for redress through the interdisciplinary study of community. This approach, defined as “R3” — “Real People, Real Problems, Real Projects,” incorporates deep learning through, in part, methods of community mapping and storytelling that build leadership skills for effective service and citizenship.
