Olmsted's Parks, the Right of Assembly, and Black Lives Matter
A timely discussion both for the US and the UK. In the United States, the right of assembly is “expressed” less in written texts than in landscape architecture. This lecture looks at the parks and meadows of Frederick Law Olmsted in relation to the right of assembly, most recently as practiced in nationwide assemblies voicing Black Lives Matter. If the parks of this great artist give people the ground on which to stand, the opposite is also true –Olmsted’s gift was in part itself shaped by the practices of people, particularly Black people. Elaine Scarry (Harvard University) in conversation with Bryan Lee (Harvard Graduate School of Design).
Time: 23:00 BST
