Urban Futures Lab

05 Aug URBAN FUTURES LAB // Yearbook Edition Episode 1: This is OUR Time Capsule – One Year in Review

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Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 1: This is OUR Time Capsule: One Year in Review https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-1-this-is-our-time-capsule-one-year-in-review/s-gPGSOqw2mLM **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks before...

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05 Aug URBAN FUTURES LAB // Yearbook Edition Episode 2: What Do You Meme? – Breaking Down the UFL Experience

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Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 2: What Do You Meme? - Breaking Down the UFL Experience https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-2-what-do-you-meme-breaking-down-the-ufl-experience/s-WDgOSD40L9i **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks...

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05 Aug URBAN FUTURES LAB // Yearbook Edition Episode 3: The Rose that Grew from Concrete/The Lotus Rising from the Mud

Posted at 19:32h in Ashley Ajayi, Brisa Aviles, Podcast, Sabrina Im, Urban Futures Lab

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Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 3: The Rose that Grew from Concrete/The Lotus Rising from the Mud https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-the-rose-that-grew-from-concretethe-lotus-rising-from-the-mud/s-VKJHeA2cmy6 **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few...

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23 Mar Sabrina Im – Poetics of Community: Story of a Khmer American Poet

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The day I heard the Urban Futures Lab Fellows would be giving an ABSTalk for the Public Matters family, deep, deep anxiety set in. What is an ABSTalk? Well, it’s a Public Matters spin on the popular TEDTalk series, but about half the time (10 minutes)....

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23 Mar Ashley Ajayi – My ABSTalk Journey: A Story about Public Speaking

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Public Matters is a creative civic engagement studio that forms strong partnerships through unconventional measures as a way to redress social ills. My involvement as a Fellow in the two-year long Urban Futures Lab Fellowship definitely falls under this purview. This round’s cohort, which consists...

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23 Mar Brisa Aviles – Curiosity Transcends Borders: An Unconventional Origin Story

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Imagine one day out of the blue somebody asks you, “What motivates you in life?” At first we stutter and think about the question so deeply that we come up with many things, or nothing at all. When I was asked that question for ABSTalk, an...

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04 Sep Brisa Aviles – Personifying Creative Civic Engagement

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As we conclude this month’s module, I realize that the topic “creative civic engagement” has come to mean many things to me. First and most importantly, it emphasizes the importance of incorporating community voice into public projects. Although this framework may seem simple, it requires...

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04 Sep Ashley Ajayi-The Generative Effects of Cultural Mythology Production

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At least one week leading up to the Fourth of July and even some days afterwards, the city resonates with the loud “BOOM” of illegal fireworks. Annually I become part of a sacred pact, an unspoken agreement amongst neighbors to stomach intrusive sounds and react...

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04 Sep Sabrina Im – How Everyday Urbanism Manifests Radical Vulnerability

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Coming into the Urban Futures Lab Fellowship has been nothing but incredibly exhilarating, and mind blowing. When I first learned about Public Matters last summer when I was at a Sunday Jump open mic (which is held at the Pilipino Workers Center), I never would...

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10 Jun Public Matters at Americans for the Arts 2019

Posted at 21:10h in General, Urban Futures Lab

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Starting Thursday, June 13, 2019, Mike and Reanne will be at the annual Americans for the Arts Convention in the Twin Cities. Mike will be talking about Urban Futures Lab and leadership opportunities for people of color in a conversation with Demone Carter, Program Manager...

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