Civic Engagement Lunch Talk – Phillip A. Boda, Ph.D
Civic Engagement Lunch Talk Series
February 12, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
Location
Daley Library, Room 1-470
Address
801 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
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‘It’s not just how many people live there, it’s who lives there’: Supporting Racio-Spatial Sense-making using Agentic Environmental Justice Tools
Join Assistant Proffesor Phillip A. Boda, Ph.D and the Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement at IPCE’s Civic Engagement Lunch Talk Series.
There are an overwhelming number of Black and Brown, poor, communities disproportionately over-burdened by U.S. environmental hazards and, thus, identification is needed for the “most vulnerable” populations when creating Environmental Justice policies. Dr. Phillip A. Boda and his team focused their research on Toxics Release Inventories (TRI’S), population density, and median income, leveraging simulation visualizations in their Environmental Justice Tool (EJT).
These simulations’ design features illustrate Chicagoans’ sense-making as the primary driver of development across the three design iterations Dr. Boda’s team conducted. Dr. Boda argues that to expand knowledge around Environmental Justice maps and envision ‘community-engagement’ beyond what we want them to know, we need to honor the voices from the communities justly.
Lunch boxes will be available - please RSVP to share dietary restrictions
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Date posted
Aug 9, 2024
Date updated
Jan 6, 2025