Learning from... Chisasibi
A conversation between artist Thomas Kneubühler and filmmaker Ernest Webb, who explore housing and human migration in a small town on the eastern shore of James Bay. The conversation will be moderated by Alessandra Ponte. Taking the hydroelectric installations in Northern Quebec as his cue, Kneubühler documents how the generation of power touches the land and by extension(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
25 October 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Chisasibi
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A conversation between artist Thomas Kneubühler and filmmaker Ernest Webb, who explore housing and human migration in a small town on the eastern shore of James Bay. The conversation will be moderated by Alessandra Ponte. Taking the hydroelectric installations in Northern Quebec as his cue, Kneubühler documents how the generation of power touches the land and by extension(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Bahrain
Noura al Sayeh presents the third lecture in the Learning From… the Middle East series. The presentation will survey the photographic documentation of the Bahrain coast by photographer Camille Zakharia. The urban transformations in the last 30 years have redrawn the Bahraini landscape and triggered the development of a contemporary vernacular culture. The presentation(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
6 October 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Bahrain
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Noura al Sayeh presents the third lecture in the Learning From… the Middle East series. The presentation will survey the photographic documentation of the Bahrain coast by photographer Camille Zakharia. The urban transformations in the last 30 years have redrawn the Bahraini landscape and triggered the development of a contemporary vernacular culture. The presentation(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Dubai
Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 September 2011 , 7PM
Learning from... Dubai
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Yasser Elsheshtawy presents the second lecture in the series Learning From… the Middle East.Whether presented as a playground for the super-rich, a land of unabashed consumerism, or an exemplary case study for capitalist exploitation – such portrayals ultimately suggest a one-sided dimension of the city of Dubai. The talk will examine the spaces of the everyday, the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
23 February 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Indigenous-led Design: Methods, Practices, Communities, Experiences
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What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
24 February 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
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DR1995:0188:936-1056
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correspondence, and four folders that include, building programme, poster, land use application, site plans, 1966 flyer of Glasgow Fun Palace, report on Pilot Project, trust deed, report on proposed arts centre in Manchester, notes and sketches on architectural sketches, report on Fun Palace Project, drawings, minutes of meeting, cost estimate for Pilot Project, photographs, draft notes on Children's Learning Garden, financial record of Summer Fair 1974, planning application forms, sketches of temporary project at Salway and Great Eastern Roads, grant application, questionnaire, report on land redevelopment, 'Bubble City' publication by Joan Littlewood, renovation proposal for Theatre Royal, poster, kids village colouring book, and application for children's playground
Correspondence, and four folders that include, building programme
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DR1995:0188:936-1056
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correspondence, and four folders that include, building programme, poster, land use application, site plans, 1966 flyer of Glasgow Fun Palace, report on Pilot Project, trust deed, report on proposed arts centre in Manchester, notes and sketches on architectural sketches, report on Fun Palace Project, drawings, minutes of meeting, cost estimate for Pilot Project, photographs, draft notes on Children's Learning Garden, financial record of Summer Fair 1974, planning application forms, sketches of temporary project at Salway and Great Eastern Roads, grant application, questionnaire, report on land redevelopment, 'Bubble City' publication by Joan Littlewood, renovation proposal for Theatre Royal, poster, kids village colouring book, and application for children's playground
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xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1999.
Learning from the Japanese city : West meets East in urban design / Barrie Shelton.
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xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1999.
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xiv, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 24 cm
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Learning from Shenzhen : China's post-Mao experiment from special zone to model city / edited by Mary Ann O'Donnell, Winnie Wong, and Jonathan Bach.
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xiv, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 24 cm
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
books
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xv, 305 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
Farnham : Ashgate, ©2010.
Learning from Delhi : dispersed initiatives in changing urban landscapes / edited by Shamoon Patwari and Bo Tang ; written by Maurice Mitchell.
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xv, 305 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
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Farnham : Ashgate, ©2010.
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x, 523 pages illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits 25 cm
Peterborough] City and County of Peterborough, 1967.
Peterborough; land of shining waters; an anthology; a centennial volume.
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x, 523 pages illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits 25 cm
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Peterborough] City and County of Peterborough, 1967.