Who is public space for? A roundtable discussion

Name: Who is public space for? A roundtable discussion
Start: 2022-10-12T14:00
End: 2022-10-12T16:00
Location: Room 223 - 2nd Floor - Arts Building, Zoom and in-Person

Location: Room 223 - 2nd Floor - Arts Building, Zoom and in-Person

Dates: Wednesday 12 October 2022 (14:00-16:00)

Contact: Dr Kate Smith (K.Smith@bham.ac.uk)

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Taking up an urgent question in light of the relationship between cars and other modes of mobility, this event will put historians and other experts in urbanism in conversation with auto-industry marketing expert Tom Flood.

Participants including Danni Ebanks-Ingram (Civic Square), Simon Jackson (University of Birmingham), Daisy Narayanan (Edinburgh City Council), Rachel Lee (Living Streets) will reflect on the question of who public space is for and offer possible answers for 10 minutes each, before we open the discussion to include comments and questions from the audience.

Like the 2021 BRIHC-sponsored public panel on “The Crisis of Car Culture in 21st Century Birmingham,” this event aims to be in dialogue with a broad public audience beyond the university. This event has been organised by the Centre for the Study of North America (CSNA) and the Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures (BRIHC).