PlaceLabs Podcast

Episodes

1. 7

   PlaceLabs: Origins ("A Band of Outsiders")

   In this episode, rather than looking at a theme in placemaking as we normally do, we look at PlaceLabs itself. What was the idea behind it? What drives us, what do we hope to achieve? Introducing ourselves – the people behind PlaceLabs – we also reflect on previous events and episodes. Hopefully...

   Feb 25, 2021

   50m
2. 6

   Hyper Local EXTRA - With Neill Gaddes

   In this extra session, we continue to explore the theme of ‘Hyperlocal’. PlaceLabs’s own Rosanna Vitiello is talking to Neill Gaddes about how the local is represented in Shenzhen, China, and in Ao-tearoa as New Zealand is called in Maori. Neill is originally from New Zealand but is now based in...

   Dec 10, 2020

   20m
3. 5

   Hyper Local - EXTRA - With Prof Peter Rees

   In this, our first EXTRA session, we continue to explore the theme of “Hyperlocal” with Prof Peter Rees. Peter was the Chief Planning Officer for the City of London for nearly 30 years. During his tenure, he oversaw the transformation of the Square Mile -- both in its physical appearance, with…

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   Nov 23, 2020

   21m
4. 4

   Hyper Local

   We have been living in global villages for a while now. 2020 has made this more apparent than ever before: circumstances have forced us into -- or perhaps accelerated a trend towards -- drastically local thinking and living. But what does this new hyperlocalism mean for communities? How do we…

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   Nov 12, 2020

   58m
5. 3

   Assumptions

   In this episode, we’re asking how different our cities and towns would look if we challenged our assumptions. Do we need to move towards more “mindful assuming”? Towards an awareness for when and what we are assuming. Towards an understanding for what’s a reasonable assumption, and what isn’t?…

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   Oct 12, 2020

   55m
6. 2

   Pause

   Using lockdown as a Pause, as a moment of introspection to look at where we came from (even before the pandemic). But, especially, as a moment to think about where we would like to go. The futurist Peter Ellyard says, “the future is not a probably place we are being taken to, but a preferred…

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   May 29, 2020

   1h 03m
7. 1

   Disaster?

   In this, our first episode, we discuss the theme of “Disaster?” — amidst wildfires and floods, the coronavirus outbreak and forced migration, how does Disaster affect our places in the present and the future? Is “disaster” even the right word for our times? Our guests are Gemma Jones, Noel Moka…

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   Mar 11, 2020

   31m