REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech

About REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech

REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Institute of Technology is a series of presentations + conversations between leading urbanists that address 21st Century urban challenges: social capital, equity, climate change, outdated infrastructure, disruptive technologies, and money. The series is hosted by Ellen Dunham-Jones, professor and director of the Master of Science in Urban Design degree in the Georgia Tech School of Architecture.

Publisher

School of Architecture, Ellen Dunham-Jon

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Apr 2019

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Episode 53: Measuring McCities and the Implications of Chain vs Independent Restaurants

   How do cities compare in terms of their proportion of chain versus independent restaurants? Dr Clio Andris of Georgia Tech and Dr Xiaofan Liang of the University of Michigan discuss how they measured “chainness” and the geographic and political correlations they found in cities with high vs low proportions of chains. Professor Emeritum Ellen Dunham-Jones leads the follow-up discussion and debate over who is better served by chains versus independents and the implications of both on redesigning cities.

2. 

   27 May 2026

   Episode 52: Episode 52: Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn: Preserving the Spaces & Stories of the Civil Rights Movement

   How did the community of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood neighborhood shape his views and the larger Civil Rights Movement? What can historic preservation teach us today about social infrastructure, storytelling and activism? Developer and preservationist Gene Kansas speaks about his new book, Civil Sights, a walk through Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Historic District that tells the stories of the Civil Rights Movement through its buildings’ occupants and achievements. Clay Kiningham - illustrator of the book, rhetoric scholar Jacqueline Royster, and architect William J. Stanley III, join Gene and Ellen Dunham-Jones discussing the lessons of Sweet Auburn for today.

3. 

   26 May 2026

   Episode 51: Episode 51: Ecologies of Memory

   How do designed landscapes connect us not just to the natural environment and ecology of a place, but to the people and cultural memories that have inhabited it? When should the designer minimize the presence of their own hand and when is it appropriate to intervene with bold and contrasting design ideas to stimulate new forms of occupation of the land? Sara Zewde, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at Harvard and founding principal of Studio Zewde shares her approach to these questions in her design work and forthcoming book on Frederick Law Olmsted’s abolitionist work in the South, followed by a discussion with Ellen Dunham-Jones.

Who has been a guest on REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Nico Larco
• Natosha Reid Rice
• Dr Anthony Townsend
• Neal Payton
• Sarah Nurmela

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 22 / 100

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Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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