Museums, Housing and the City: International Perspectives and Challenges

ICOM-CAMOC Online Roundtable – September 19th 2024

 

A special webinar in support of the release of the Summer 2024 CAMOC Review. Learn about how museums are confronting topics such as affordable housing, climate change, gentrification, etc. in Barcelona, Birmingham, Paris, Chicago, New York City and  Miami.

September 19th 2024, 16:00 CEST

Register at https://bit.ly/housingandcity

 

Moderator:

Andréa Cristina Delaplace, Editor CAMOC Review (Paris France) Research Associate CELAT – UQAM, PhD Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
During the webinar the focus will be on discussing how museums that have exhibits on social/public housing (or are completely dedicated to it) are developing co-creative methods with local inhabitants of a city or neighbourhood as well as the different communities that composes these environments. We will also broaden the discussion on the housing crisis in many cities around the world. Affordable housing is one of the main demands of citizens as the prices of houses and rent are skyrocketing. Climate change and gentrification are also factors that contribute to the difficult housing situation in many cities around the globe.

Speakers:

Druids Heath – Birmingham
We are delighted to be developing a partnership project with the National Trust Back to Backs in Birmingham and the Moving Stories work we have been making since 2021. The Back to Back’s story ends in 1966 when Druids Heath was just beginning. This project will bring the story of working class housing up to the present day. Work will be on show at the Back to Backs from June 14th in their two galleries. Entry to the exhibition is free through the bookshop on Hurst Street. https://prospectors.org.uk/

Lisa Lee – National Public Housing Museum – Chicago
The National Public Housing Museum is the only cultural institution devoted to telling the story of public housing in the United States. Our mission is to preserve, promote, and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper — a place to call home. Our permanent home is under construction at the last remaining building of the 1930s WPA-era Jane Addams Homes in Chicago’s Near West Side and will open to the public later this year. https://www.nphm.org/

Hilary Sample – architect Columbia University – New York City
In 2017, Mexico’s Institute for the National Fund for Workers’ (INFONAVIT) Center for Research for Sustainable Development launched a program to solicit new approaches to affordable housing. To better understand the possibilities, and to better educate developers, workers, and students about the research, INFONAVIT engaged with MOS to develop a master plan for a campus of 32 built prototypes and design an education centre to promote awareness and study of workers’ housing typologies. https://actar.com/product/housing-laboratory/

Robin Bachin, Founding Director, Office of Civic & Community Engagement, University of Miami (Miami USA)
Miami is seen by many as “ground zero” for two of urban America’s most pressing problems: housing affordability and climate change. The lack of affordable housing and rising housing costs in Miami have made headlines as Miami has become the least affordable housing market in the nation. Compounding this vulnerability is the city’s location in a coastal zone, which brings ever-increasing climate risks. The pressures of the housing and climate crises are most acutely felt by vulnerable populations and experienced at the neighbourhood level. And the current housing and climate vulnerabilities are part of the legacy of racialized planning and zoning practices implemented over the last century. This presentation will highlight the work done at the University of Miami to build coalitions across sectors to recover stories of racialized displacement in Miami, utilise big data and civic tech to map these changes, and propose policy solutions grounded in neighbourhood history and sense of place.

Short bibliography recommended for the Webinar:
Hilary Sample –  Housing Laboratory / Laboratorio de Vivienda (Actar Publishers, 2024)
A House Is Not Just a House: Projects on Housing (Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2018)
Robin Bachin – Engaging Place, Engaging Practices: Urban History and Campus-Community Partnerships (Temple University Press, 2023), co-edited with Amy Howard.

Youtube videos: 
What is Urban Planning? Crash Course Geography #47
Seminari: El Bon Pastor, assaig d’història urbana

The Summer-Fall 2024 CAMOC Review will be available online for download on September 2nd 2024.