Jane Jacobs: Super Citizen

The one, the only, Jane Jacobs. This week's episode needs very little introduction. Kristen and Katrina talk about the latest documentary Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, and the implications of privilege in protest, women in urbanism, historic preservation, and the "bad guys" (and planning paradigm) that she fought against.

We are also excited to highlight our new outro Urbanist Women at Work! We’re looking forward to sharing your advice as women in urbanism on social media by using the hashtag #urbanistwomenatwork, or you can email us your anonymous submission at [email protected].

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Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist

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Here are the references in this episode:

The new documentary: http://www.altimeterfilms.com/citizen-jane-battle-for-the-city/

Platetizen's review: https://www.planetizen.com/node/92603?utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news-05152017

Next City's article: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/how-jane-jacobs-affected-new-york?utm_source=Next+City+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c5a5132682-Daily_677&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fcee5bf7a0-c5a5132682-44102657

Washington Post's take: https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/citizen-jane-battle-for-the-city-gives-urban-planning-the-excitement-of-a-thriller/2017/05/04/022401cc-2f3a-11e7-8674-437ddb6e813e_story.html?tid=sm_fb_lily&utm_term=.6de8817b43a3

Jane Jacob's Walks: http://www.janejacobswalk.org/

Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode