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Advocacy All of the advocacy activities are related to the other three objectives: education, research and monitoring. Some advocacy work is ongoing and others are in development. · Alternative design (related to education and monitoring) – where communities are being faced with relocation or eviction as a result of development decisions, there is often a possibility that an alternative design can circumvent the requirement for eviction. Pom Mahakan, an ongoing project through the School of Architecture at KMUTT (see Community Design and Human Rights – Moo - link to the paper in the other section.) is one example of this approach to advocacy. · Access – In order for communities to have access to design skills, there must be some form of coordination matching issues with skills - initially, architecture schools and communities. To achieve this, a network is necessary. · Effective participation – plans cannot be implemented without effective organization within the community. Plans, then, cannot be done in isolation from other resources. This is an interdisciplinary activity. · Networks – similar to the Association of Community Design in the US, national networks need to be established. Some of these organizations are local, some national and others international. · Lobbying – grassroots campaigns for more effective legislation. Each of these areas of advocacy requires access to expertise and volunteers. As such, this part of CAHR will focus on institutional and individual memberships, beginning at the local level.
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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 |