At a Distance

Walter Hood on Rethinking Monuments and Memorials in the 21st Century

Oct 22, 2020

50:51

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Place Making in the 21st Century

01:42

The Role of Reflection in African Culture

02:14

Is There a Place of Reconciliation?

02:14

Introduction

2min

The Last 20 Years Are About This Moment

2min

The Gisha War to the Mac Arthur Wart

3min

We're Beginning to See Our Environments Differently

2min

Place Making in the 21st Century

2min

The Importance of Accepting Things on Face Value, Right?

3min

Design for Diversity

1min

Is There a Place of Reconciliation?

2min

Can We Just Talk About One Thing?

4min

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The Garden of the Slave Ship Embedded in the Harbor

5min

11.

The Ugliness of the Ground Plain

2min

12.

The Role of Reflection in African Culture

2min

13.

I Don't Want to Do a Project Ixed D C

4min

14.

D C Is a Chocolate City, Right?

5min

15.

The Fountain Is Not a Monument

4min

16.

Youn From the South, I Tell Stories.

3min

17.

What's Your Greatest Hope as We Emerge From Pandemic?

4min

Walter Hood, founder and creative director of Hood Design Studio and co-author of the forthcoming book “Black Landscapes Matter,” talks with us about how his new proposal for Washington, D.C.’s National Mall Tidal Basin could facilitate unity, why spaces that elicit discomfort are a step toward reconciliation, and the importance of investing in people and places that society takes for granted.

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