Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Inclusion, Exclusion, and Belonging: Questions to direct part of our class discussion tomorrow, Feb. 18, 2009

1. David Harvey posed this fundamental methodological question: "What is the relationship between process and form?" What say you?

2. Based upon the required and additional readings posted under Session 5 on CourseWorks for our course, "Interdisciplinary Planning for Health," how might inclusion serve as a mechanism for improving the health of populations? Based upon your own experiences, how might belonging (to a family, a community, an organization) improve the health of an individual?

3. Josef agreed to discuss the book, "Restorative Commons: Creating Health and Well-being through Urban Landscapes" in class tomorrow. :) My doctoral student Erika Svendsen and her close colleagues wrote/edited this volume (Erika is an urban forester). I'm very interested in what Josef and others have to say about this new work. I'll share with you other gifts from Erika in class.

Please go ahead and pose your own thought questions to guide our time together tomorrow afternoon. See you soon, Mary

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