Abstract

Many academic and professional planners are engaged in research, planning practice, and organizing in places that we’ve moved to. When place claims and identity are contested, being ‘not from here’ can become an accusation rather than just a description. This talk reflects on learning to be in, for, and with community as a Black planner and activist scholar.

Bio

Lisa K. Bates, PhD is Professor at Portland State University in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning and in Black Studies. Her scholarship focuses on housing and urban policy and planning, using participatory action research as part of organizing for racial and spatial justice and housing rights. Recognition of her work includes the 2019 UAA-SAGE Marilyn J. Gittell
Activist Scholar Award and a Creative Capital fellowship. She earned her Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.