Recs if you like Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life...
TO THE LIBRARYYY!!!
From Sokka in ALTA to Arthur singing it isn't hard to get a library card to Libby/CloudLibrary/Hoopla controlling what we read next, the library is one of our most loved, democratic, and fundamental spaces to have. Learn about the history of libraries to why supporting now matters more than ever. Libraries are for the people; but only the people can save libraries.
The Cities We Deserve
Nonfiction exploring how better city design (urban planning) and policy can build people-centered cities that are sustainable, inclusive, and future-proof. Very North America centric but applies elsewhere.
Books About Books 📚
Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!
This is why we can't have nice things
Books about how systems of inequality are constructed and maintained.
an Urban Planner's recs
books I can find on PB that my professor's and cohort reference
Beyond Sustainable Cities
Inspired by Chelssicle’s list ‘The Cities We Deserve’. How might we build urban spaces that care for both people and the planet? Fic and nonfic.
Books about library workers and libraries
Does what it says on the tin (or the back of the book?). This list is specifically about the people who make libraries work as well as libraries as a concept, but not books that only use the library as a setting for a novel (there are other amazing lists that already do that!).
cities are for people, not for cars
My personal curriculum reading list for a couple of deep dives I have planned, all under the same general category of urbanism, intersectionality, and how to make cities better. This has been a niche interest of mine for a while, but mostly just a thing I watch YouTube videos about. Now I'm looking to dive a bit deeper! I'll add books as I build out my "curriculums" & if you have any suggestions pls let me know! I have a sister list about public transportation.
Love, relationships, and the search for connection
These books question how society defines love and offer new visions for all kinds of relationships.
Design for Social Change
Required reading in undergraduate design for social good. List curated from my class readings. Topics in design, philosophy, fashion, games, and more!
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