ENVIRONMENTS BY DESIGN
ENVIRONMENTS BY DESIGN
A conference examining how design affects public health where we live
The event is coordnated by Syracuse University, Chalmers University of Technology, Northumbria University and the Italian Society for the Sociology of Health
USA, SWEDEN, ITALY, UK
Conference Venue: Virtual
Dates: 01-03 December, 2021
Abstracts: 25 June, 2021 (Round One) | 05 Nov, 2021 (Round Two)
https://architecturemps.com/design-health
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DISCIPLINES: Public Health | Mental Health | Environmental Psychology | Sociology | Architecture | Urban Design
PUBLISHERS: Routledge | UCL Press | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | Vernon Press | Libri Publishing
ORGANISERS: Syracuse University (USA), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), Northumbria University (UK), Italian Society for the Sociology of Health (Italy). The event is hosted online by AMPS
FORMATS: Zoom, Lightning talks, Written papers, Pre-recorded presentations. See example pre-recorded presentations on the AMPS academic YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AMPSresearch
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Call Summary:
On January 1st, 2020, the world woke to news that a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, had been identified as a strain of coronavirus. By March, the World Health Organization would define it as a pandemic. The response from professionals and academics was immediate with the design world forced to collaborate with collegues from helath related disciplpines: public health officials became consultants on ‘healthy buildings’, infectious disease specialists advised on planning codes, sociologists re-examined behaviour in public space, and more. While it is tempting to see this recent global concern about health and environments as new, the reality is, it has a long history. ‘Sick building syndrome’ housing for the elderly, accessible design, and the broader healthy cities agenda globally, all pre-date Covid-19. Seen in this light, this conference seeks to bring recent experiences and responses into dialogue with these longer standing areas of research into health, wellbeing and environments.
https://architecturemps.com/design-health
Cindee Hogan at AMPS