RMIT University’s Centre for Urban Research is pleased to invite you to Associate Professor Marco Amati’s seminar, Exhibitions, Patrick Geddes and Urban Learning.
Seminar Brief
Patrick Geddes (1854-1932), iconoclastic biologist and sociologist, and well known as one of the fathers of modern town planning. During a remarkable eclectic, idiosyncratic career spanning biology, sociology and planning, Geddes was a witness to and an employer of, awareness-raising and consultative techniques that spanned the period of early modernism. This seminar argues that his exhibitionary philosophy, while deriving from the age of great 19th century exhibitions, anticipates community engagement and current theories of urban learning.
About Marco
Associate Professor Marco Amati (RMIT, CUR, GUSS) is a UK born environmental scientist with a PhD in planning from the University of Tsukuba in Japan. His interests lie in green infrastructure generally, including urban forests and green belts. Since 2011 he has been researching the role of planning exhibitions in promoting city design and urban reform internationally throughout the 20th century. He previously taught at La Trobe University in Bendigo, Macquarie University in Sydney and Massey University, Palmerston North (NZ).
Where
RMIT City campus, Building 15, Level 3, Room 3 (Figtree Room)
When
Tuesday 23 June, 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
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