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Human-Centered Built Environment Heritage Preservation

1 Comment / Blending Natural & Cultural, Placemaking & Design, Preservation Doctrine, Preservation Policy Reform, Workplace Culture / By / December 2, 2022

It is with great excitement that I share the publication of my new book, co-edited with Barry Stiefel, Human-Centered Built Environment Heritage Preservation: Theory and Evidence-Based Practice, which was officially released by Routledge last week. (Google Books link here.) The official description is as follows: Human-Centered Built Environment Heritage Preservation addresses the question of how …

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Disasters, resiliency, and built heritage

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Preservation Policy Reform / By / December 2, 2022

I would like to share the work of one of my students, Jamesha Gibson, who recently graduated with a Masters in Historic Preservation and a Master of Community Planning from the University of Maryland. She just published “From Engagement to Empowerment: How Heritage Professionals Can Incorporate Participatory Methods in Disaster Recovery to Better Serve Socially Vulnerable …

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A successful example of a grassroots, justice-oriented built heritage conservation project

Leave a Comment / Placemaking & Design, Preservation Policy Reform / By / December 2, 2022

A recent preservation effort in England is well worth the time to understand because it relates so strongly to the future of the field. But, it’s who led these efforts that’s remarkable: it wasn’t preservationists/conservationists, but rather skateboarders. And we could learn a lot from their lesson. You’ll understand what I mean once you watch …

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CEQ wants to change the NEPA rules for the first time in a generation: My modest proposal

1 Comment / Blending Natural & Cultural, Preservation Policy Reform / By / December 2, 2022

In August of last year, President Trump issued Executive Order 13807 directing the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), a division of the Executive Office of the President, to review rules related to the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, which are 40 CFR parts 1500-1508. The goal of this directive was to …

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An archaeological debate on challenging the status quo and why we need more discussion like this

Leave a Comment / Preservation Doctrine / By / December 2, 2022

The academy is well known for its production of silos; researchers who ought to share similar perspectives and knowledge in many cases rarely collaborate with each other. There are many reasons for this situation, which I will not explore here, but in terms of heritage, a good example is the lack of engagement between archaeology/cultural …

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