RACIAL EQUITY & THE CITY
EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE OF COLOUR IN LONDON
COMMISSIONED BY ARUP / DECOSM MAY - SEP 21
Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’
A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead.
Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, with the aim to encourage dialogue and action towards anti-racist city-making. Thank you to Smart Women’s Group, Newham, the DOST Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants in Newham and the individuals from Thamesmead who trusted us with their experiences and stories.
The project is funded by Arup with participatory research conducted by Arup in collaboration with Decosm, and Social Broadcasts. The findings and insights from this research will be shared in a report on arup.com in the November 2022
Broadcast on Resonance FM in October 2021
The first piece of research to be completed as part of a longer term project to examine how the built environment can help facilitate equity and inclusivity in the cities of tomorrow.
Working in collaboration with decosm, a London-based collective research group and think tank, and sound artists and facilitators Social Broadcasts, Arup (global engineering and consulting firm) researched and developed a toolkit for designers to show how new projects in cities can be developed with equitable design in mind.
Racial Equity & the City: Experiences of people of colour in London aims to encourage anti-racist city-making and sets out five ‘layers of the city’: narratives, agency & power, interactions, spaces and systems. Each layer is an opportunity to intervene to reshape inclusive and equitable urban experiences and practices of city-making.
A collaboration between Arup, Decosm and Social Broadcasts
Audio Production: Lucia Scazzocchio
Assistance from Dhevia Sharma
Photos by Daniel Imade