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EPISODE · Jul 16, 2025 · 36 MIN

342_Keller Easterling, an architect, writer, and the Enid Storm Dwyer Professor of Architecture at Yale University

from What is The Future for Cities? · host Fanni Melles

"In some ways, maybe what we're all doing now is separations with a spatial apparatus."Are you interested in spatial language? What do you think about the ever present urbanism concept? How can we leverage space as an opportunity? Interview with Keller Easterling, an architect, writer, and the Enid Storm Dwyer Professor of Architecture at Yale University. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, solidarity and collaboration, spatial language, democracy, and many more. Keller Easterling is an architect, writer, and the Enid Storm Dwyer Professor of Architecture at Yale. Her work explores infrastructure, spatial politics, and global urban systems. She is the author of Medium Design, Extrastatecraft, Subtraction, Enduring Innocence, and Organization Space. Her current research focuses on land activism in the U.S. after the Civil Rights Movement. A 2019 United States Artist Fellow, Easterling’s work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, among others. She also co-authored Call it Home, a multimedia history of suburbia. Her writing appears in Artforum, e-flux, Log, Domus, and numerous international journals.Find out more about Keller through these links:Keller Easterling websiteKeller Easterling at Yale UniversityKeller Easterling on WikipediaKeller Easterling at Verso BooksOlufemi O. Taiwo websiteConnecting episodes you might be interested in:No.246 - Interview with Boyd Cohen about abundant capitalismNo.272 - Interview with Frank Elavsky about anarchist thinkingNo.326 - Interview with Sarah Bridges about public transport as one of the biggest opportunitiesNo.341R - Global urban structural growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building upWhat was the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shownotes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Episode generated with ⁠⁠⁠Descript⁠⁠⁠ assistance (⁠⁠⁠affiliate link⁠⁠⁠).Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠

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