International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2015
Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in acad... more Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in academia. Although there are both costs and benefits to blogging at different stages in an academic's career, blogs can provide a rewarding platform for bringing research and academic perspectives to a wide-reaching and broader audience. This note explores the different experiences of each of the co-authors in terms of using blogs for their scholarly communication. The experiences and lessons gained are of particular relevance to urban planners, sociologists, and anthropologists, who study the social, economic, and historical elements of the city. The findings suggest that the motivations and approaches of scholarly blogging are diverse but overall add value to the academic community. Moreover, each testimony in this note provides examples of the benefits of blogging for research, collaboration, and engagement.
The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal... more The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal strike was one of the most violent in United States history. It resulted in an estimated 66 deaths and an unknown number of wounded. The question of who “won” the strike—coal companies or organized labor—can be answered differently. Although the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) did not achieve its most important goal of Union recognition, the strike can nonetheless be seen as a victory for organized labor. The striking miners held out for 14 months in makeshift tent colonies on the Colorado prairie. They endured through one of the worst winters in Colorado history. They persevered despite the considerable ethnic diversity of the coal fields—24 different languages were spoken—which undoubtedly made collective action difficult. The strikers were eventually undone by the superior economic and political resources of the coal companies, and the depletion of UMWA strike funds. Certainly,...
The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal... more The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal strike was one of the most violent in United States history. It resulted in an estimated 66 deaths and an unknown number of wounded. The question of who “won” the strike—coal companies or organized labor—can be answered differently. Although the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) did not achieve its most important goal of Union recognition, the strike can nonetheless be seen as a victory for organized labor. The striking miners held out for 14 months in makeshift tent colonies on the Colorado prairie. They endured through one of the worst winters in Colorado history. They persevered despite the considerable ethnic diversity of the coal fields—24 different languages were spoken—which undoubtedly made collective action difficult. The strikers were eventually undone by the superior economic and political resources of the coal companies, and the depletion of UMWA strike funds. Certainly,...
Dean J. Saitta I was prepared to like this book because its fundamental message dovetails with co... more Dean J. Saitta I was prepared to like this book because its fundamental message dovetails with commitments that I hold dear.
We present the ideas, conditions, and environments that motivated our co-creation of a Center for... more We present the ideas, conditions, and environments that motivated our co-creation of a Center for a Regenerative Future at the University of Denver. There is an emerging consensus among scholars and a widening realization among younger generations that the concept of sustainability has exhausted its utility as a framework and rhetorical narrative for creating a viable future for humanity. Growing levels of eco-anxiety related to climate change, loss of biodiversity, and their social and economic consequences suggest that efforts to achieve ‘sustainability’ or ‘sustainable development’ are not succeeding. Dominant sustainability paradigms typically rest on an anthropocentric culture–nature dualism and a mechanistic worldview that perpetuates a growth-based economic system that is socially inequitable and ecologically destructive. Regenerative paradigms offer holistic understandings of Earth systems, with accompanying commitments to social and ecological justice. They support the deve...
International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2015
Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in acad... more Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in academia. Although there are both costs and benefits to blogging at different stages in an academic's career, blogs can provide a rewarding platform for bringing research and academic perspectives to a wide-reaching and broader audience. This note explores the different experiences of each of the co-authors in terms of using blogs for their scholarly communication. The experiences and lessons gained are of particular relevance to urban planners, sociologists, and anthropologists, who study the social, economic, and historical elements of the city. The findings suggest that the motivations and approaches of scholarly blogging are diverse but overall add value to the academic community. Moreover, each testimony in this note provides examples of the benefits of blogging for research, collaboration, and engagement.
International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2015
Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in acad... more Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in academia. Although there are both costs and benefits to blogging at different stages in an academic's career, blogs can provide a rewarding platform for bringing research and academic perspectives to a wide-reaching and broader audience. This note explores the different experiences of each of the co-authors in terms of using blogs for their scholarly communication. The experiences and lessons gained are of particular relevance to urban planners, sociologists, and anthropologists, who study the social, economic, and historical elements of the city. The findings suggest that the motivations and approaches of scholarly blogging are diverse but overall add value to the academic community. Moreover, each testimony in this note provides examples of the benefits of blogging for research, collaboration, and engagement.
American thinking about urbanism-like thinking about urbanism in many other countries-is awash in... more American thinking about urbanism-like thinking about urbanism in many other countries-is awash in an alphabet soup of compe8ng urbanisms: among them Agrarian, Combinatory, Ecological, Landscape, and Post Urbanism. The reigning American king, of course, is "New" Urbanism. These frameworks for imagining the urban future have different virtues and blind spots. They are differen8ally sensi8ve to issues of culture and history, and the challenge of "making place" in a par8cular context. Denver-a western American city balanced on a knife's edge of environmental and social sustainability-has long been considered a laboratory for implemen8ng and evalua8ng alterna8ve models of urbanism. This talk looks at some examples of new infill or "regenera8on" projects in Denver's urban core and suburban edge with any eye toward iden8fying what's missing from the American urban design discourse. The short answer is an intercultural sensibility. It iden8fies what we can learn about cul8va8ng such a sensibility from discourses being pioneered elsewhere, especially in Europe.
International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2015
Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in acad... more Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in academia. Although there are both costs and benefits to blogging at different stages in an academic's career, blogs can provide a rewarding platform for bringing research and academic perspectives to a wide-reaching and broader audience. This note explores the different experiences of each of the co-authors in terms of using blogs for their scholarly communication. The experiences and lessons gained are of particular relevance to urban planners, sociologists, and anthropologists, who study the social, economic, and historical elements of the city. The findings suggest that the motivations and approaches of scholarly blogging are diverse but overall add value to the academic community. Moreover, each testimony in this note provides examples of the benefits of blogging for research, collaboration, and engagement.
The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal... more The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal strike was one of the most violent in United States history. It resulted in an estimated 66 deaths and an unknown number of wounded. The question of who “won” the strike—coal companies or organized labor—can be answered differently. Although the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) did not achieve its most important goal of Union recognition, the strike can nonetheless be seen as a victory for organized labor. The striking miners held out for 14 months in makeshift tent colonies on the Colorado prairie. They endured through one of the worst winters in Colorado history. They persevered despite the considerable ethnic diversity of the coal fields—24 different languages were spoken—which undoubtedly made collective action difficult. The strikers were eventually undone by the superior economic and political resources of the coal companies, and the depletion of UMWA strike funds. Certainly,...
The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal... more The Ludlow Massacre was the defining event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal Field Strike. This coal strike was one of the most violent in United States history. It resulted in an estimated 66 deaths and an unknown number of wounded. The question of who “won” the strike—coal companies or organized labor—can be answered differently. Although the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) did not achieve its most important goal of Union recognition, the strike can nonetheless be seen as a victory for organized labor. The striking miners held out for 14 months in makeshift tent colonies on the Colorado prairie. They endured through one of the worst winters in Colorado history. They persevered despite the considerable ethnic diversity of the coal fields—24 different languages were spoken—which undoubtedly made collective action difficult. The strikers were eventually undone by the superior economic and political resources of the coal companies, and the depletion of UMWA strike funds. Certainly,...
Dean J. Saitta I was prepared to like this book because its fundamental message dovetails with co... more Dean J. Saitta I was prepared to like this book because its fundamental message dovetails with commitments that I hold dear.
We present the ideas, conditions, and environments that motivated our co-creation of a Center for... more We present the ideas, conditions, and environments that motivated our co-creation of a Center for a Regenerative Future at the University of Denver. There is an emerging consensus among scholars and a widening realization among younger generations that the concept of sustainability has exhausted its utility as a framework and rhetorical narrative for creating a viable future for humanity. Growing levels of eco-anxiety related to climate change, loss of biodiversity, and their social and economic consequences suggest that efforts to achieve ‘sustainability’ or ‘sustainable development’ are not succeeding. Dominant sustainability paradigms typically rest on an anthropocentric culture–nature dualism and a mechanistic worldview that perpetuates a growth-based economic system that is socially inequitable and ecologically destructive. Regenerative paradigms offer holistic understandings of Earth systems, with accompanying commitments to social and ecological justice. They support the deve...
International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2015
Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in acad... more Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in academia. Although there are both costs and benefits to blogging at different stages in an academic's career, blogs can provide a rewarding platform for bringing research and academic perspectives to a wide-reaching and broader audience. This note explores the different experiences of each of the co-authors in terms of using blogs for their scholarly communication. The experiences and lessons gained are of particular relevance to urban planners, sociologists, and anthropologists, who study the social, economic, and historical elements of the city. The findings suggest that the motivations and approaches of scholarly blogging are diverse but overall add value to the academic community. Moreover, each testimony in this note provides examples of the benefits of blogging for research, collaboration, and engagement.
International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2015
Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in acad... more Academic blogging has typically been a form of digital scholarship that is under-utilized in academia. Although there are both costs and benefits to blogging at different stages in an academic's career, blogs can provide a rewarding platform for bringing research and academic perspectives to a wide-reaching and broader audience. This note explores the different experiences of each of the co-authors in terms of using blogs for their scholarly communication. The experiences and lessons gained are of particular relevance to urban planners, sociologists, and anthropologists, who study the social, economic, and historical elements of the city. The findings suggest that the motivations and approaches of scholarly blogging are diverse but overall add value to the academic community. Moreover, each testimony in this note provides examples of the benefits of blogging for research, collaboration, and engagement.
American thinking about urbanism-like thinking about urbanism in many other countries-is awash in... more American thinking about urbanism-like thinking about urbanism in many other countries-is awash in an alphabet soup of compe8ng urbanisms: among them Agrarian, Combinatory, Ecological, Landscape, and Post Urbanism. The reigning American king, of course, is "New" Urbanism. These frameworks for imagining the urban future have different virtues and blind spots. They are differen8ally sensi8ve to issues of culture and history, and the challenge of "making place" in a par8cular context. Denver-a western American city balanced on a knife's edge of environmental and social sustainability-has long been considered a laboratory for implemen8ng and evalua8ng alterna8ve models of urbanism. This talk looks at some examples of new infill or "regenera8on" projects in Denver's urban core and suburban edge with any eye toward iden8fying what's missing from the American urban design discourse. The short answer is an intercultural sensibility. It iden8fies what we can learn about cul8va8ng such a sensibility from discourses being pioneered elsewhere, especially in Europe.
Southwestern archaeologists have debated the nature of late Prehispanic western pueblo social org... more Southwestern archaeologists have debated the nature of late Prehispanic western pueblo social organization for nearly a century. Weret he fiourteenth-century pueblos egalitarian or hierarchical? This issue remains unsettled largely because of the oppositional thinking that has informed most contributions to the debate: that is, the tendency to franze questions about Prehispanic sociopolitical organization in dichotomous "either-or" terms. We critique this approach to the problem and examine one of the most prominent controversies about Prehispanic social organization: the Grasshopper Pueblo-Chavez Pass controversy. We propose an alternative approach rooted in a dialectical epistemology, and a theory of social life that emphasizes the lived exper-ience of people. What impresses us most about late Prehispanic western social organization is not that it was egalitarian or hierarchical, but that it was both. We discuss how this basic contradiction between communal life and hierarchy was a major internal motor driving change in these pueblos.
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