LAC Cities Collective: Dr. Catalina Ortiz
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of Geography & GIS, Department of Urban & Regional Planning
- Location
- 1002 Siebel Center for Design
- Date
- Sep 15, 2022 6:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dr. Catalina Ortiz (University College London)
- szremski@illinois.edu
- Views
- 220
Join us for the first event in a new initiative: the Latin American and Caribbean Cities Collective, led by Drs. Nikolai A. Alvarado (Geography & GIS) and Magdalena Novoa (Urban & Regional Planning).
On September 15th, Dr. Catalina Ortiz, Associate Professor of Development Planning at University College London, visits campus to give a talk titled "Disobedient Urban Research: Provocations for Setting a Decolonial Agenda."
Dr. Ortiz is a Colombian urbanist and educator with a BA in Architecture and a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning both from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Her PhD is in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois Chicago where she attended as a Fulbright scholar. She uses decolonial and critical urban theory through knowledge co-production methodologies to study the politics of space production in Latin America and Southeast Asia to foster more just cities and the recognition of multiple urban knowledges. She currently works as Associate Professor and co-Programme Leader of the MSc Building and Urban Design in Development at University College London.