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Culture 

The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.

Reference: Reference: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture

Place 

A portion of space available or designated for or being used by someone.

Reference: Oxford Languages

Placemaking 

An iterative, continuous process of reshaping a public space to fit the needs of the people.

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Public Humanities 

The work of engaging diverse publics in reflecting on heritage, traditions, and history, and the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of civic and cultural life.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_humanities

Space 

A continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied.

Reference: Oxford Languages

Wicked Problems 

A social or cultural problem that is difficult or impossible to solve for as many as four reasons: incomplete or contradictory knowledge, the number of people and opinions involved, the large economic burden, and the interconnected nature of these problems with other problems.

Reference: https://www.wickedproblems.com/1_wicked_problems.php

Key People

Henry Lefebvre 

Henri Lefebvre was a French Marxist philosopher and sociologist, best known for pioneering the critique of everyday life, for introducing the concepts of the right to the city and the production of social space, and for his work on dialectical materialism, alienation.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Lefebvre

Homi Bhabha 

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, FRS was an Indian nuclear physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme"

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homi_J._Bhabha

Jane Jacobs 

Jane Jacobs was a US-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics.

Reference: https://centerforthelivingcity.org/janejacobs

Judith Butler 

Judith Pamela Butler is an American philosopher and gender studies writer whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory.

Reference: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Judith-Butler

Pierre Nora 

Pierre Nora is a French historian elected to the Académie française on 7 June 2001. He is known for his work on French identity and memory.

Reference: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Nora

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