From Civic Responsibility to Socio-Spatial Civic Agency: Critiquing the Civic University Movement through live projects

Matthew Jones; Alessandro Columbano

From Civic Responsibility to Socio-Spatial Civic Agency: Critiquing the Civic University Movement through live projects

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Through exploration of Birmingham School of Architecture & Design’s pioneering live project programme, this paper presents a commentary on the potential of architecture and design education in achieving the ambitions of the Civic University movement. We argue that the evolution of these projects represents a shift from working, ‘for’, to working, ‘with’, the city. The paper posits a dialogic two-way exchange to change the way we think about how universities engage with the city, and equally how cities engage with universities.

Original language	English
Journal	Charrette
Volume	8
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 1 May 2023

Keywords

Live projects
Civic University
Community
Participatory Design
Civic Agency

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From Civic Responsibility to Socio-Spatial Civic Agency: Critiquing the Civic University Movement through live projects

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