Leonie Sandercock
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Leonie Sandercock is an Australian academic currently teaching at the School of Community & Regional Planning at University of British Columbia
, Vancouver, Canada. Her research interests include immigration
, cultural diversity
and integration; participatory planning
, democracy
, and information and communication technologies
; fear and the city; a more therapeutic model of planning; the importance of stories and storytelling in planning theory
and practice; and the micro-practices of power
, discourse
, and institutions in urban governance.
Sandercock has a MFA (screenwriting) University of California at Los Angeles (1989), a PhD, Australian National University (1974) and a BA (Hons), University of Adelaide (1970). She has served as a senior academic in Australia at Macquarie University
, RMIT University
and the University of Melbourne
, as well as UCLA. Sandercock is married to John Friedmann
.
Her current research focuses on working with First Nations through the medium of film as a catalyst for dialogue on the possibilities of healing, reconciliation, and partnership. She is using her recently completed documentary (with Giovanni Attili), "Finding Our Way," as a catalyst for dialogues in British Columbian communities. (See www.mongrel-stories.com and www.facebook.com/FINDING.OUR.WAY.thefilm).
Other research interests include immigration, cultural diversity and integration; a more therapeutic model of planning; the importance of stories and storytelling in planning theory and practice; and the micro-practices of power, discourse, and institutions in urban governance.
Sandercock has published many books, the most influential of which is "Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities" (1998), and its sequel "Cosmopolis 2: Mongrel Cities" which won the prestigious Paul Davidoff Award from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning. These books established Sandercock as one of the foremost urban planning theorists concerning issues of multiculturalism in contemporary cities, and she is widely in demand internationally as a speaker.
In 2005 Sandercock was awarded the Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning (community engagement), and in 2007 she received the BMW Group Award for Intercultural Learning for her writing on Cosmopolitan Urbanism and for her collaboration with Collingwood Neighbourhood House in Vancouver. Her film (with Giovanni Attili), 'Where Strangers Become Neighbours" (National Film Board of Canada, 2007) has also won several awards.
She has also written books about sport (Australian football), and about the Australian labour movement, and had one of her screenplays produced as an ABC TV Movie of the Week in 1992. Her most recent publication (with Giovanni Attili, her research partner), is the edited collection, "Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning: beyond the flatlands" (2010).
Selected publications:
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, Vancouver, Canada. Her research interests include immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
, cultural diversity
Cultural diversity
Cultural diversity is having different cultures respect each other's differences. It could also mean the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole...
and integration; participatory planning
Participatory planning
Participatory planning is an urban planning paradigm that emphasizes involving the entire community in the strategic and management processes of urban planning; or, community-level planning processes, urban or rural...
, democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
, and information and communication technologies
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
; fear and the city; a more therapeutic model of planning; the importance of stories and storytelling in planning theory
Planning Theory
Planning Theory is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of planning and development. The journal's editor-in-Chief is Michael Gunder...
and practice; and the micro-practices of power
Power (sociology)
Power is a measurement of an entity's ability to control its environment, including the behavior of other entities. The term authority is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure. Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as endemic to...
, discourse
Discourse
Discourse generally refers to "written or spoken communication". The following are three more specific definitions:...
, and institutions in urban governance.
Sandercock has a MFA (screenwriting) University of California at Los Angeles (1989), a PhD, Australian National University (1974) and a BA (Hons), University of Adelaide (1970). She has served as a senior academic in Australia at Macquarie University
Macquarie University
Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...
, RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
and the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
, as well as UCLA. Sandercock is married to John Friedmann
John Friedmann
John Friedmann is an Honorary Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA...
.
Her current research focuses on working with First Nations through the medium of film as a catalyst for dialogue on the possibilities of healing, reconciliation, and partnership. She is using her recently completed documentary (with Giovanni Attili), "Finding Our Way," as a catalyst for dialogues in British Columbian communities. (See www.mongrel-stories.com and www.facebook.com/FINDING.OUR.WAY.thefilm).
Other research interests include immigration, cultural diversity and integration; a more therapeutic model of planning; the importance of stories and storytelling in planning theory and practice; and the micro-practices of power, discourse, and institutions in urban governance.
Sandercock has published many books, the most influential of which is "Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities" (1998), and its sequel "Cosmopolis 2: Mongrel Cities" which won the prestigious Paul Davidoff Award from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning. These books established Sandercock as one of the foremost urban planning theorists concerning issues of multiculturalism in contemporary cities, and she is widely in demand internationally as a speaker.
In 2005 Sandercock was awarded the Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning (community engagement), and in 2007 she received the BMW Group Award for Intercultural Learning for her writing on Cosmopolitan Urbanism and for her collaboration with Collingwood Neighbourhood House in Vancouver. Her film (with Giovanni Attili), 'Where Strangers Become Neighbours" (National Film Board of Canada, 2007) has also won several awards.
She has also written books about sport (Australian football), and about the Australian labour movement, and had one of her screenplays produced as an ABC TV Movie of the Week in 1992. Her most recent publication (with Giovanni Attili, her research partner), is the edited collection, "Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning: beyond the flatlands" (2010).
Selected publications:
- Sandercock, L and Attili, G (2010) Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning, Springer (ISBN 9789048132089)
- Attili, G and Sandercock, L (2010) Finding Our Way, 90 minute documentary, Vancouver: Moving Images.
- Sandercock, L and Attili, G (2009) Where Strangers Become Neighbours: integrating immigrants in Vancouver, Canada, Springer, (ISBN 9781402090349)
- Attili, G and Sandercock, L (2007) Where Strangers Become Neighbours, 50 minute documentary, Montreal: National Film Board of Canada
- Sandercock, L (2003) Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities in the 21st Century, London: Continuum (ISBN 0826470459 and 0826464637 (pbk.))
- Sandercock, L (1998) Towards Cosmopolis: planning for multicultural cities, London: John Wiley (ISBN 0471971979 and 0471971987 (pbk))
- Sandercock, L (Ed)(1998) Making the invisible visible : a multicultural planning history, Berkeley : University of California Press (ISBN 0520207343 (alk. paper) 052020735 (pbk))
- Sandercock, L (1990) Property, Politics, and Urban Planning: a history of Australian city planning, 1890-1990, Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Press.
- Sandercock, L (1979) The Land Racket, Canberra: Silverfish.
- Sandercock, L (1975) Cities for sale : property, politics and urban planning in Australia, Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press (ISBN 052284085X)