Towards a Kinder Public

By Kinderpublic

Towards a Kinder Public is the podcast of Kinderpublic, an interdisciplinary design consultancy. We are working to create kinder public space: more inclusive, accessible, equitable, and sustainable

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November 07, 2023 S3 Ep027 Public Accommodations for Marginalized Groups: Designing for Neurodiversity and Disability with Han Malyn, Pt3
In part 3 of our 4-part conversation, Han Malyn (they/them) speaks with Kinderpublic about the experience of neurodivergence in public space, and how increased awareness and empathy can improve inclusion. We discuss:
-Receiving a diagnosis of neurodivergence as an adult, and how that shed light on past experiences;
-How design and operational choices in public space can cause difference to be experienced as disability;
-Examples of potential barriers to inclusion and examples of effective accommodations;
-How inequities for neurodivergent and disabled individuals begin in our educational system.
(See Episode Website link below for a transcript, YouTube episode with captioning, background information and links.)
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28min
October 30, 2023 S3 Ep026 Empathy, Intersectionality, and Public Space:with Han Malyn, Pt2
Han Malyn (they/them) returns to discuss safety and accessibility for women and gender minorities in public space. They advocate for the use of intersectionality, empathy, and non-defensive listening for decision makers in making design and operational choices. We discuss:
-How women and gender minorities are marginalized by the way we design and operate public space;
-Why failing to ensure the safety and dignity of all people in public space can impact our own experience of inclusion;
-How the history of curb cuts reveals that we are having the wrong conversations about the design of public bathrooms;
-The specific steps we can all take to improve accessibility and safety.
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21min
October 24, 2023 S3 Ep025 Empathy, Intersectionality, and Public Space:with Han Malyn, Pt1
Kinderpublic welcomes Han Malyn (pronouns they/them) to discuss intersectionality and empathy in the design and operation of public space. Han is an institutional fundraiser and has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 15 years, including major organizations working in anti-poverty, human rights, LGBTQI+ community, and arts education. We reflect on:
-The current state of safety for women and gender minorities in public space, and how that negatively impacts accessibility;
-How restrictions on breastfeeding in public space and the safety of pregnant people share a relationship with protecting the safety of the LGBTQI+ community;
-Why Han moved from work in the art and art education sector to human rights;
-Why we should prioritize tolerance and “do no harm” over knowing and categorizing.
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19min
October 17, 2023 S3 Ep024 Designing Space for Healing: with artist Lehna Huie, Pt3
This is the final part of our 3-part conversation with artist and activist Lehna Huie. In the previous episodes, we have talked about BIPOC intergenerational healing, reproductive justice, her personal experiences with medical apartheid and work as a doula. She returns to explain:
-Some of the essential qualities of a healing space;
-Why we should be creating spaces for dialogue on a foundation of emotional respect vs one of emotional safety;
-Her experiences with the MoCADA and Asian American Arts Alliance Bandung Residency and its emphasis on allyship and global human rights;
-Why we should make space to celebrate friendship.
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21min
October 09, 2023 S3 Ep023 BIPOC Reproductive Justice & Intergenerational Healing: with artist Lehna Huie, Pt2
Lehna Huie, a Baltimore and New York City based multimedia artist, and recipient of the Artist Changemaker Award from the Global Fund for Women, returns to explain:
-How her collage processes also function as investigative processes;
-How she deepens her understanding of family connections across time and space;
-Her personal experience, as a pregnant person, with medical apartheid;
-Her work towards reproductive justice for pregnant people and babies who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

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30min
October 03, 2023 S3 Ep022 Diaspora, Monuments, and Harriet Tubman in Baltimore: with artist Lehna Huie, Pt1
Multimedia artist and reproductive justice advocate Lehna Huie discusses her Pan-African and Caribbean identity, the personal, familial, and cultural context of her art, and her work in community and healing modalities. She shares:
-Her roles as a storyteller and an archivist, and how she uses her creative practice to reveal hidden histories;
-The way that she maintains a focus on community care in her life and work as an artist;
-Her research on Harriet Tubman’s presence in Baltimore and subsequent ritual performance at the re-dedicated space of Harriet Tubman Grove;
-Why the removal of the racist monuments is just the beginning of reclaiming public space.

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29min
September 26, 2023 S3 Ep021 Communication Accessibility, ASL, and Inclusion in Museum and Exhibition Spaces, with Curator Rachel Seligman, Pt2
How can public spaces improve the communication accessibility of their exhibitions and programming? Rachel Seligman, the Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and the Malloy Curator at the Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, will discuss her work towards greater communication accessibility in exhibition design and the museum space, particularly with respect to her curatorial work with Berlin-based contemporary artist Christine Sun Kim. Rachel shares:

-The contributions to public space that art institutions are uniquely situated to make;
-Why museums must go beyond ADA requirements,
-Details about exhibition design, the organization of space, operations, and the inclusion of ASL in museum programming;
-The importance of building relationships and listening.
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30min
September 19, 2023 S3 Ep020 Communication Accessibility, Museum Exhibition Design and Christine Sun Kim, with Curator Rachel Seligman, Pt1
Rachel Seligman, the Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and the Malloy Curator at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, will discuss her work to improve communication accessibility in exhibition design and the museum space, and her curatorial work with Berlin-based contemporary artist Christine Sun Kim. She shares:
-The mission of the Tang Museum to reflect the richness and diversity of the human experience;
-The details about American Sign Language that hearing-typical people often get wrong;
-Conceptual frameworks and themes in Christine Sun Kim’s work that reveal the relationship of sound to structures and systems of power in the world;
-Christine Sun Kim’s strategic tool to work across difference;
-Where our society regularly misdirects the work of improving accessibility.
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29min
September 12, 2023 S3 Ep019 How-To Be a Civically Engaged Citizen: Regenerative Agriculture, Agroforestry, and the 2023 Farm Bill with climate activist Pamela Tate, Pt2
This is a Kinderpublic special episode about effective civic engagement, and Part 2 of our interview with climate activist Pamela Tate, Chair of Campaigns for Climate Reality Project’s Chicago Metro Chapter. Pamela walks us through the steps that she uses to advocate for climate and conservation issues with legislators. She shares:
-How to look up your congressional representative and senator,
-How to schedule a meeting and what to expect,
-The talking points and meeting outline that she uses to discuss regenerative agriculture and agroforestry considerations in the 2023 U.S. Farm Bill,
-Why citizen outreach for the 2023 Farm Bill is helpful for everyone involved.
This episode includes the Climate Reality Project Chicago Metro Chapter slide presentation, “The 2023 U.S. Farm Bill, the Food System, & Soil: A Call to Action” available at Kinderpublic’s Youtube Channel.
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23min
September 05, 2023 S3 Ep018 Regenerative Agriculture, Agroforestry, Climate & 2023 Farm Bill: with climate activist Pamela Tate, Pt1
Pamela Tate is an advocate for regenerative agriculture and agroforestry and climate activist with leadership roles in organizations including The Climate Reality Project and American Forests. She walks us through policy proposals for climate smart practices in agriculture, so that we can help advocate for good nutrition, conservation, and climate resilience. She explains:
-Why we all should be concerned about good Farm Bill policy,
-What global soil degradation means for the world’s food supply,
-How the key principles of regenerative agriculture and agroforestry work towards weather resilience and environmental health for the planet,
-The Regenerative Agriculture Coalition’s key policy recommendations to improve nutrition, climate change, and food security outcomes through the 2023 U.S. Farm Bill.
This episode includes the Climate Reality Project Chicago Metro Chapter slide presentation, “The 2023 U.S. Farm Bill, the Food System, & Soil: A Call to Action” available at Kinderpublic’s Youtube Channel.
(See Episode link below for transcript, background info. & links)
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24min

FAQs about Towards a Kinder Public:

How many episodes does Towards a Kinder Public have?

The podcast currently has 38 episodes available.