Monday, November 21, 2016

Dispatch: Urban Planning (UP) Lecture


Moderator, ya'll...
I must have been bored shitless because somehow I found myself volunteering to moderate the debate between working groups - this lecture's (on Urban Planning: Theories, Planning & Practice; still under UGPPP) ancillary workshop.


From taking selfies during class...
Sitting that far out, I managed to stick out my hand to volunteer as debate moderator... What was I thinking? (Note that I don't ever participate in auditorium lectures because
We got the Motion A. We reason from papers by Broeck (2013) and Healey (1998).
I know why, I wanted to step back from my group just this once, you know, let others come forward. Of course, I got away from being one of the debaters. But turns out, I still needed to help in coming up with good arguments (in the debate that I'm moderating -- what? -- I know, right?).

P.S. We won.

The debate after ours. (Motion B)

* Broeck, J. v. d., 2013. Balancing strategic and institutional planning: The Search for a pro-active planning instrument. The Planning Review, 49 (3), pp. 43-47. 
** Healey, P., 1998. Collaborative planning in a stakeholder society. The Town Planning Review, 69 (1), pp. 1-21.