Meghívó: Curtis Winkle vendégelőadása

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HU

Az ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kar meghív minden érdeklődőt Curtis Winkle (egyetemi docens, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, The University of Illinois at Chicago) 2018. május 15-ei nyílt előadására. Az előadás címe: “IDENTITY, GOVERNANCE AND HEALTHY PLACES: GAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN CHICAGO AND SYDNEY”. Az előadás nyelve angol.

Időpont: 2018. május 15. du. 6 h
Helyszín: ELTE TáTK – Lágymányosi Campus, Északi Tömb, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, 0.100C
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Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Social Sciences invites you to attend a public lecture given by Curtis Winkle (associate professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, The University of Illinois at Chicago) on May 15, 2018. The title of the lecture is: “IDENTITY, GOVERNANCE AND HEALTHY PLACES: GAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN CHICAGO AND SYDNEY.” The lecture will be held in English.

Place: ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences (Lágymányos), Pázmány Péter sétány 1/a
Room: 0.100C (Northern building, Kari Tanácsterem)
Time & date: 15 May, 2018, Tuesday 6 p.m.
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The built environment affects health and well-being (Dannenberg et al., 2011), but government efforts to shape places to meet the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersectional (LGBTQI) people have been limited (Forsyth, 2001; Doan, 2001; Doan and Higgins, 2001; Gorman-Murray, 2001; Frisch, 2002). Place-based quasi-governmental entries such as Business Improvement Districts (BIDS) or Chambers of Commerce are often thought to work for the self-interest of business owners rather than for the general health and well-being of a community (Mitchell, 2008). To what degree do these organizations in LGBTQI places work toward meeting the needs of the community, and to what degree is the self-identification of these organizations as LGBTQI or inclusive a factor? This study is a comparative analysis of the governance of LGBTQI commercial districts in Chicago and Sydney. In each city, two places are selected, one representing a traditional gay commercial area and one representing an “inclusive” but not necessarily gay-identified commercial area. Intensive interviews are conducted with government, nonprofit and cultural agencies. Historical documents are reviewed. Both gay-identified and inclusive-identified place-based nonprofit organizations work toward improving general well-being beyond narrow business interests but are more likely to do so in supportive government funding and regulatory environments.

Curt Winkle, PhD is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has conducted research on planning healthy cities, urban food systems, coalition development, the role of the nonprofit sector, HIV/AIDS and gay commercial districts. He is currently working on research that examines the possible roles of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in improving urban health.
He received his masters and PhD degrees in Urban Planning and Policy from Rutgers University, has served many years as head of the Department the Department of Urban Planning and Policy, has served in a number of roles with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Planning Accreditation Board. He has worked closely with a range of community organizations including the West Loop Community Organization and HIV-AIDS prevention organizations.