Spatial Justice Studio

Great local press on our new cohort of SJS Fellows.

2023-2024 Spatial Justice Studio Community Fellows Announced 2023-2024 Spatial Justice Studio Community Fellows Announced

The Spatial Justice Studio (SJS) at CDI is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 SJS Faculty and Community Fellows.

-Dr. Carrie Hart, UNCSA
Project: “Identifying Changemakers in the Community”

-Dr. Amy Hildreth and Dr. Mary Alyce McCullough from Wake Forest School of Medicine
Project: “Access to Trauma Care in Winston-Salem, NC: An Analysis of Trauma Deserts and the Effects of Highway Closure”

-Dr. Radscheda Nobles, WSSU
Project: “Exploring Barriers to Campus Space and Resources: Is Our Campus ADA Compliant?”

The SJS Faculty and Community Fellows will receive support over the next 8 months to work on their projects and will share the results of their work at a SJS Symposium to be announced at a later date.

The Spatial Justice Studio invites you to check out our new website! It features information on our Spatial Justice Fellows program, current research efforts, calendar of events and spatial justice resources!

Click the link below:

Spatial Justice Studio | Center for Design Innovation OUR WORK | PEOPLE | EVENTS | RESOURCES | CONTACT US FollowFollow OUR MISSION The Spatial Justice Studio (SJS) seeks to establish and sustain interinstitutional, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral programs that bring faculty, students and the community together across disciplines into diverse expe...

Tomorrow Dr. Charity Brown-Griffin and Dr. Russell Smith will be talking about economic mobility in Forsyth county. You don’t want to miss this! Don’t forget to rsvp.

Here are some pictures from the CDI opening. Thank you to everyone who came out!

Urban tree distribution reveals neighborhood inequalities within cities, including Houston Photo from Phab Studio, nappy. Christopher Servidio The Indispensability of Shade In a city notorious for rain, heat and humidity (and often all three at once), shade is a highly-coveted, heat-reprieving resource for all Houstonians. And yet, the presence of shade at times feels unequal depending on...

The History of Cities Is About How We Get to Work From ancient Rome to modern Atlanta, the technologies that allow people to commute in about 30 minutes have defined the shape of cities.

Check out this new article:

Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them Trees are one of the best ways to fight deadly urban heat, but U.S. cities lose millions every year. And many low-income areas are starting at a disadvantage.

Winston-Salem Journal op-ed.

Russell Smith: Spatial injustice is hurting Winston-Salem Even a cursory analysis of Winston-Salem’s geography reveals a variety of alarming inequities, ranging from uneven access to healthy food and educational opportunities to severe job and housing imbalances and

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/03/visualize-inequality-by-viewing-cities-from-above/

Want to visualize inequality? View cities from above Aerial pictures of adjoining neighborhoods reveal how cities around the world are unevenly developed.