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EDUCATION There are 5 key features of the education program: Formal (M.Arch.) – providing, through a local university to which it is affiliated, an accredited alternative architecture program emphasizing a rights-based approach to architecture and community development. Initially in Thailand, this program would be available to qualified Thai students from any university architecture program in the country, and to qualified students from other countries in the region (with a focus on Burma, Lao, Cambodia). Accreditation would be done through a twinning process between a Thai university and an accredited university that has an ongoing interest/program in community development issues. An example might be Thammasat University twinning with Oxford Brookes through the Centre’s program. Professional – providing continuing education programs for practicing professionals in the field. These programs would emphasize the human rights aspects of architecture and development. Paraprofessional – providing training programs to field workers in development. While modelled after UNESCO’s Barefoot Architects program, it would also emphasize the human rights aspects of architecture and development. Kids and Architecture – outreach education on human rights and development in the schools and, particularly, in communities. Replicability – this model would be replicable in any architectural school willing to participate. UNESCO. Training of 'Barefoot' Architects. Report of a Working Group, Workshop held in Bangkok, 30 MAY - 04 JUN, 1983. Bangkok: UNESCO, 1983 (see this site for description of an earlier version of this program) |
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CURRENT ACTIVITIES: |
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COURSES: |
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BUILDING: |
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· Unfolding School (upcoming) · Portable School (operating) |
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WRITING: |
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Just completed: · “Surviving the Second Tsunami: land rights in the face of buffer zones, land grabs, and development” (2010), in Lizarralde, G., Davidson, C., and Johnson, C. (eds.), Rebuilding after disasters: From emergency to sustainability, Taylor & Francis. · “Rendered Invisible: Urban Planning, Cultural Heritage, and Human Rights” (forthcoming), in Logan, W., Nic Craith, M., and Langfield, M. (eds.)Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights, Routledge. For April 2010: · "Architecture & Human Rights" (forthcoming) in Cushman, Thomas (ed.), Handbook of Human Rights, Routledge. |
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TEACHING |
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Professional Degree Programme (with KMUTT) · Studio – Community Design · Architecture and Human Rights · Ethics for Design Professionals · Housing · Professional Practice · Environmental Psychology · Human Impacts on the Environment
Continuing Professional Development: · Architecture and Human Rights (AIBC, for May 2010) · Migrant Construction Workers: Architectural Responses in the International Arena (AIBC, 2009) · The Portable School (MADE, 2009) · Right to the City (RAIC, 2006) · The Role of Architecture in Post-Disaster Development (RAIC, 2005) |
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CAHR 2010: |
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10 KEY PROJECTS: |
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· International Studio (Phnom Penh) · Kids & the Built Environment 1 · Kids & the Built Environment 2 · Portable School · Training Programmes · Continuing Professional Development · Migrant Construction Workers study · Symposium 2010 · Urban Codes & Human Rights · Construction contracts and Human Rights |
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CONTACT: |
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CAHR International 464 Stannard Avenue,
CAHR in Thailand 231/2 South Sathorn Road, |
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IN THE NEWS: |
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· Executive Director, Graeme Bristol interviewed in architectureBC, January 2010 · Executive Director, Graeme Bristol interviewed by Bangkok Post, August 2009 · Portable School on Thai Channel 9 and Executive Director Graeme Bristol interviewed. · Executive Director, Graeme Bristol interviewed by Radio Nederlands |
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· March— Bangkok: The homeless of Sanam Luang (with KMUTT) · May—Vancouver : Lecture at AGM of AIBC · Jun—Completion of Draft, ‘Architecture and Human Rights’ · October—Bangkok |