Dezeen has teamed up with The World Around to live-stream its In Focus: Land event on 22 October, an afternoon of free online talks exploring the complex post-colonial issues of land use in the 21st century.
Environmental social scientist Holly Jean Buck and MASS Design Group principal Joseph Kunkel are among the speakers scheduled for The World Around In Focus: Land.
The event will bring together artists, activists and practitioners from around the world across three themed sessions as part of The World Around's year in residence at Guggenheim Museum.
Event to explore the "infrastructures and systems that shape our lives"
The free online public programme is the latest event by The World Around ? a non-profit organisation founded in 2020 by Beatrice Galilee with the aim to deepen architectural discourse. With The World Around in Focus: Land, the organisation says it will "share the compelling and important stories of artists, researchers, designers, scientists and architects whose work explores the agency of infrastructures and systems that shape our lives and deplete natural resources".
The World Around's previous events include January's 2021 summit, also live-streamed on Dezeen, and an Earth Day symposium held as part of Dezeen's Virtual Design Festival.
The October 22 forum will be the first in a series of "In Focus" events focused on contemporary post-colonial land-use issues and aimed at building a more equitable future.

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