Can we talk about the dissonance in the terms used in this hellscape called planning? Let's start a thread:

placemaking - how you gonna make a place that was already there???

landlord - you really want someone, another person, lording over you, another person? We are okay with deifying people who have enough $$ to buy land and the ppl who live on it? How is this okay? How is it ethical?

built environment - similar sentiments with placemaking. there are ways to live in harmony in the environment instead of scarring it with all of these roads and development

smart city - what's smart about it? how are data captured and being used? oh, to continue to surveil. not smart to me.

nonprofit - now we *know* not gonna get involved if there's no money or stealing involved. let's not act benevolent

urban renewal - yall remember learning about fault lines in earth and atmospheric sciences?

basically, this term reminds me of convergent subduction. one earth, eating the other

community engagement - a few dissonances here:

community is a verb not a noun.
community is not monolithic.
engagement moreso means exploit.

community engagement (cont'd) -

yall went to planning/graduate school to "know" how to do your job, yet ask (exploit) community members to help (not listen to them)

community members don't "meet" job requirements for job (that they'd do better) bc they didn't go to

(urban) planning school - so much here. much was talked about in #unurbanist.

interesting that there aren't many "urban" people teaching and learning at these schools.

(urban) planning school - I have my theories about what education should look like here, but that's for another thread

Just thankful I found ways to validate my learning, growth, and knowledge outside of spending over $100k

landscape architecture - this isn't my area of expertise, but it gives me "built environment" vibes. I just ask, why the need to structure or "tame" the outdoors?

pi*neer - when white celebrity planners say something many the hip-hop artist, community organizer, resident has said....can we not call them this?

Like, pi*neer, tr*ilbl*zing, isn't innovate but foul. It's just a colonizer in khaki?

vision zero - if it doesn't include all violence on the street, like police violence, homelessness, etc. I don't want to talk and this means absolutely nothing.

place-based/ placemaking cont'd -

when we make place, it doesn't fall within "code"

yall realize that when Black people do this it's called loitering / soliciting right?

urban / urbanist / urbanism - @ColonizedLocal said it best https://twitter.com/ColonizedLocal/status/1265433161799999489?s=20

Anyways, that's all I have for now. Thanks for following along.

What are other terms related to planning that don't add up for you?