Decolonising Sculpture for Urban Social Justice (DISCUSS)

讨论将力求为发展和消费宜居和包容的城市公共空间/环境的政策提供信息，范围从身体/亲密和社区的规模(例如种族歧视、偏见、边缘化、低估/歪曲)到城市和国家(例如制度性种族主义、敌意)和国际反应(例如全球反种族主义运动、非殖民化进程)。该项目是高度跨学科的，借鉴了横跨地理学、社会学、城市规划、建筑学和历史学的城市社会正义理论和方法。DISCUSS将通过在白玫瑰DTP的城市、环境和宜居之路的社会科学学科之间建立网络和知识交流，以及与利兹市议会在城市政策、创意部门和种族正义活动中的多层次利益攸关方直接接触，来发展学术和社会影响。因此，讨论将旨在影响广泛的基于城市的对种族和民族不公正的反应，通过公共艺术实践和纪念活动推动一个更具包容性和更公正的城市。

DISCUSS will seek to inform policies around the development and consumption of liveable and inclusive urban public spaces/environments, ranging from scales of the body/intimate and community (e.g., racial discrimination, prejudice, marginalisation, under-/misrepresentation) through to the city and state (e.g., institutional racism, hostility) and international responses (e.g., global anti-racism movements, processes of decolonisation). The project is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on urban social justice theories and methods across geography, sociology, urban planning, architecture, and history. This includes a growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship on issues of representation, inclusivity, and identity that are central to topical urban policy and governance concerns.DISCUSS will develop academic and societal impact through networking and knowledge exchange across the White Rose DTP's Cities, Environment and Liveability pathway's social science disciplines and direct engagement with Leeds City Council's multi-level stakeholders in urban policy, creative sectors and racial justice activism. Accordingly, DISCUSS will aim to impact wide urban-based responses to racial and ethnic injustice, advancing a more inclusive and just city through public-art practices and memorialisation.