Dolores Hayden
Encyclopedia
Dolores Hayden is an American
professor, urban historian, architect, author, and poet. She teaches architecture, urbanism
, and American studies at Yale University
.
in 1966. She also studied at Cambridge University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design
where she obtained a professional degree. She is the widow of sociologist and novelist, Peter H. Marris and is the mother of Laura Hayden Marris.
She founded a Los Angeles based non-profit arts and humanities group called The Power of Place which was active from1984-1991. The goal of the organization was to, "celebrate the historic landscape of the center of the city and its ethnic diversity. Under her direction, collaborative projects on an African American midwife's homestead, a Latina garment workers' union headquarters, and Japanese-American flower fields engaged citizens, historians, artists, and designers in examining and commemorating the working lives of ordinary citizens." http://www.doloreshayden.com/index.htm This is documented in the text, The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History.
United States
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professor, urban historian, architect, author, and poet. She teaches architecture, urbanism
Urbanism
Broadly, urbanism is a focus on cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.-Philosophy:...
, and American studies at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
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Background
Hayden received her B.A. in architecture from Mount Holyoke CollegeMount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
in 1966. She also studied at Cambridge University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design
The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design.-History:...
where she obtained a professional degree. She is the widow of sociologist and novelist, Peter H. Marris and is the mother of Laura Hayden Marris.
Career
Since 1973, Hayden has traveled to MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Yale to hold lectures about architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and American studies.She founded a Los Angeles based non-profit arts and humanities group called The Power of Place which was active from1984-1991. The goal of the organization was to, "celebrate the historic landscape of the center of the city and its ethnic diversity. Under her direction, collaborative projects on an African American midwife's homestead, a Latina garment workers' union headquarters, and Japanese-American flower fields engaged citizens, historians, artists, and designers in examining and commemorating the working lives of ordinary citizens." http://www.doloreshayden.com/index.htm This is documented in the text, The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History.
Awards
- American Library Association Notable Book
- Award for Excellence in Design Research from the National Endowment for the Arts
- Paul DavidoffPaul DavidoffPaul Davidoff was a planning theorist responsible for the creation of the "advocacy planning" paradigm.The American Planning Association presents the Paul Davidoff National Award for Social Change and Diversity annually to a project, group, or individual that has assisted the disadvantaged.The...
Award for an outstanding book in Urban Planning from the ACSP - Diana Donald Award for feminist scholarship from the American Planning AssociationAmerican Planning AssociationThe American Planning Association is a professional organization representing the field of city and regional planning in the United States. The APA was formed in 1978 when two separate professional planning organizations, the American Institute of Planners and the American Society of Planning...
Books
- A Field Guide to Sprawl, W W Norton, 2006 W W Norton page
- American Yard -- Poems
- Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000
- The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History
- Redesigning the American Dream: Gender, Housing, and Family Life, W W Norton, 2002 W W Norton page
- The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities
- Seven American Utopias: The Architecture of Communitarian Socialism, 1790-1975
Further reading
- Building Suburbia, Pantheon booksPantheon BooksPantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
, ISBN 0-375-42128-9 - Redesigning the American Dream, W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-393-73094-8
- Seven American Utopias, The MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-08082-6
External links
- Video: Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn at LIVE from the New York Public Library, March 7, 2008
- Official site
- Yale "Gender Matters article
- Interview on Weekend America September 27, 2008