women and children sitting at praxagora kok project in Stockholm

Women and Cities 3: Gender Equity in Private Life

This course explores interiors as they relate to gender equity using several case studies as examples.

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Course Info

  • Duration 7 video lessons (54 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2022
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 1 min
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    Pre-Patriarchal Private Life
    Chapter Duration 6 mins
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    3.
    A Woman’s “Place” in the Home
    Chapter Duration 13 mins
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    Turning the Home Inside Out
    Chapter Duration 9 mins
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    Changing the Norm: Contemporary Interior Design by Women
    Chapter Duration 9 mins
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    Better Private Life in Practice
    Chapter Duration 11 mins
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    Conclusion
    Chapter Duration 1 min

What You Will Learn

  • Understand how interiors relate to gender equity.
  • Learn about how a woman's "place" in private life was established over the centuries.
  • Learn how women were impacted in the workforce in the post-war economy.
  • Learn how women in urban planning and design are changing the conversation around what a home is.
  • Learn about community land trusts and their benefits.
  • Understand how recent history impacts women in urban design interiors.

Course Description

The prior courses in this series explained concepts of the city as a home from our earliest examples, and saw how women emphasize things like care in urban planning and design in recent history. It is much more difficult to see the life and labor of a woman in a private space than in public. Exploring interiors as they relate to gender equity, using several case studies as examples, this course explains why it's important to consider private spaces as a key component of living in an urban environment and what can be done through a gender-equity sense to make private spaces more pleasurable for women.

Learn these skills

  • Accessibility
  • Architecture
  • Demographics
  • Development
  • Economic Development
  • Economics
  • Equity
  • History
  • Housing
  • Land Use
  • Regulations
  • Site Analysis
  • Urban Design
  • Urbanism

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit.

AIA CES

This course is 1 LU.

CIP

This course is eligible for self-reported CIP unstructured CPL units.

Meet Your Instructor

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate for heart-centered cities. Her work focuses on human behavior in public space and the relationship between behavior and design.

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Course Reviews

4.50
Jeffrey Montague

Jeffrey Montague

Extremely Satisfied
Jeffrey Jones 1

Jeffrey Jones 1

Extremely Satisfied
Great job. Makes me want to continue research on this topic.
Emily Pierson-Brown

Emily Pierson-Brown

Satisfied
boalkan

boalkan

Extremely Satisfied
The idea that we need to transform private spaces to impact equity in public spaces is new to me, and a challenging task as those domains are often designed and implemented by separate groups in most cases. A provocative listen.

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Jeffrey Montague

Jeffrey Montague

Extremely Satisfied
Jeffrey Jones 1

Jeffrey Jones 1

Extremely Satisfied
Great job. Makes me want to continue research on this topic.
Emily Pierson-Brown

Emily Pierson-Brown

Satisfied
boalkan

boalkan

Extremely Satisfied
The idea that we need to transform private spaces to impact equity in public spaces is new to me, and a challenging task as those domains are often designed and implemented by separate groups in most cases. A provocative listen.
Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson

Satisfied
Liz Axelson AICP CPL

Liz Axelson AICP CPL

Extremely Satisfied
Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman, an urban anthropologist, and excellent, insightful speaker walks us through changes in the types of cities, neighborhoods, homes, and how these constructs effect private life, can result in phases of gentrification and innovation, and can isolate women. She provides thought-provoking points about changes in how people lived from ancient history to modern times, noting how the isolation of women persists, how these factors influenced many cities’ built environments and how alternative ways of living have emerged and may benefit us.
Sam Harris

Sam Harris

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Maya Alarcon

Maya Alarcon

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