Kerb 30: Power

This issue of Kerb is an exploration of the powers that make and unmake us. How does power manifest in the built environment? How do we address existing ecologies of power? Where are the opportunities to shift the centres of power inherent in our landscapes? Following a conceptual framework of surrender, agency and resistance, it examines the discourse that provides landscape architects with a social license to practice, and those practitioners working to resist the discourse.We are immersed in power, seen and unseen, explicit and implicit, felt and feared. It is tightly held, seldom deserved and often misplaced. Landscape architects play a vital role in expressing human and non-human centred stories in our environment. In doing so, they address, navigate, and ultimately influence the power dynamics intrinsic to our living world – for better or worse.
ISBN 9781922601261. Uro Publications. pb. 128 pages. 21 x 29.7 cm.
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