Modeling Just Futures

Speaker: Prof. Kofi Boone, Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, NC State College of Design

Introduction by: Tania Allen, CGA Faculty Fellow and Associate Prof. of Art + Design

Summary: This forum talk offers perspectives on the roles of geospatial analysis in the development of Environmental Justice research methods. As environmental planning and design strategies increasingly engage issues of equity and justice, there are interdisciplinary opportunities to supplement existing methods with spatial scenario development and citizen science to increase the impact of equity and justice forward work.

About the speaker: Kofi Boone, FASLA is a Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar at NC State University. He is the founder of the Just Communities Lab. Kofi is a Detroit native and a graduate of the University of Michigan. His work is in the overlap between landscape architecture and environmental justice with specializations in democratic design and interpreting cultural landscapes. He is the winner of student and professional ASLA awards including the Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal. He is Past President of the Landscape Architecture Foundation, and serves on the board of the Land Loss Prevention Project. Kofi is co-editor of Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design (LSU Press, 2024).