Courtney Elizabeth Knapp
Biographic Data
| ID | 6502569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Courtney Elizabeth Knapp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Courtney Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Knapp |
| SIGNATURE | KNAPP C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pratt Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4882-9737 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Repair and Healing in Planning
Local Planning in the Age of Mass Decarceration
This exploratory study discusses the results of a nationwide survey of planning directors, designed to understand whether local agencies understand and actively engage with reentry and social integration efforts targeting formerly incarcerated people. The results suggest agencies play administrative-bureaucratic roles facilitating environments that affect housing and employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated populations, yet many appear …
Constructing the Dynamo of Dixie
What can local histories of interracial conflict and collaboration teach us about the potential for urban equity and social justice in the future? Courtney Elizabeth Knapp chronicles the politics of gentrification and culture-based development in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by tracing the roots of racism, spatial segregation, and mainstream “cosmopolitanism” back to the earliest encounters between the Cherokee, African Americans, and white settlers. …
Unlocking the Democratic Potential of Urban Planner–Librarian Collaborations
Planners and librarians work in complementary fields with common civic engagement and empowerment goals. This essay argues that urban planners and librarians stand to benefit mutually from interdisciplinary collaboration in four key areas: democratic access and participation, information literacy and capacity building, trust and social capital, and evolving institutional relevance. My commentary draws from a review of relevant literature, persona…
Integrating Critical Autobiography to Foster Anti-Racism Learning in the Urban Studies Classroom
Planners are bound up in the reproduction of racialized exclusion. This fact inspires demands for equity, cultural competency, and anti-racism within the profession. This study examines the impacts of a “Race and Place” autobiography writing assignment on undergraduate students’ racial identities and understanding of racism. It combines: (1) a content and narrative analysis of student essays; (2) a post-course survey; and (3) qualitative intervie…
Experimenting with anarchistic approaches to collaborative planning
Urban planners have long recognized that collaborative planning processes can lead to more equitable development outcomes. Despite this recognition, calls for greater inclusion, community self-determination, and equitable decision making appear louder than ever before. This study combines narrative and dialogic analysis to examine the transformative impacts and limits of the Planning Free School of Chattanooga, an experimental collaborative plann…
Experimenting with anarchistic approaches to collaborative planning
Urban planners have long recognized that collaborative planning processes can lead to more equitable development outcomes. Despite this recognition, calls for greater inclusion, community self-determination, and equitable decision making appear louder than ever before. This study combines narrative and dialogic analysis to examine the transformative impacts and limits of the Planning Free School of Chattanooga, an experimental collaborative plann…
Integrating Critical Autobiography to Foster Anti-Racism Learning in the Urban Studies Classroom
Planners are bound up in the reproduction of racialized exclusion. This fact inspires demands for equity, cultural competency, and anti-racism within the profession. This study examines the impacts of a “Race and Place” autobiography writing assignment on undergraduate students’ racial identities and understanding of racism. It combines: (1) a content and narrative analysis of student essays; (2) a post-course survey; and (3) qualitative intervie…
Local Planning in the Age of Mass Decarceration
This exploratory study discusses the results of a nationwide survey of planning directors, designed to understand whether local agencies understand and actively engage with reentry and social integration efforts targeting formerly incarcerated people. The results suggest agencies play administrative-bureaucratic roles facilitating environments that affect housing and employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated populations, yet many appear …
Experimenting with anarchistic approaches to collaborative planning
Urban planners have long recognized that collaborative planning processes can lead to more equitable development outcomes. Despite this recognition, calls for greater inclusion, community self-determination, and equitable decision making appear louder than ever before. This study combines narrative and dialogic analysis to examine the transformative impacts and limits of the Planning Free School of Chattanooga, an experimental collaborative plann…
Constructing the Dynamo of Dixie
What can local histories of interracial conflict and collaboration teach us about the potential for urban equity and social justice in the future? Courtney Elizabeth Knapp chronicles the politics of gentrification and culture-based development in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by tracing the roots of racism, spatial segregation, and mainstream “cosmopolitanism” back to the earliest encounters between the Cherokee, African Americans, and white settlers. …
Unlocking the Democratic Potential of Urban Planner–Librarian Collaborations
Planners and librarians work in complementary fields with common civic engagement and empowerment goals. This essay argues that urban planners and librarians stand to benefit mutually from interdisciplinary collaboration in four key areas: democratic access and participation, information literacy and capacity building, trust and social capital, and evolving institutional relevance. My commentary draws from a review of relevant literature, persona…
Integrating Critical Autobiography to Foster Anti-Racism Learning in the Urban Studies Classroom
Planners are bound up in the reproduction of racialized exclusion. This fact inspires demands for equity, cultural competency, and anti-racism within the profession. This study examines the impacts of a “Race and Place” autobiography writing assignment on undergraduate students’ racial identities and understanding of racism. It combines: (1) a content and narrative analysis of student essays; (2) a post-course survey; and (3) qualitative intervie…
Local Planning in the Age of Mass Decarceration
This exploratory study discusses the results of a nationwide survey of planning directors, designed to understand whether local agencies understand and actively engage with reentry and social integration efforts targeting formerly incarcerated people. The results suggest agencies play administrative-bureaucratic roles facilitating environments that affect housing and employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated populations, yet many appear …
Repair and Healing in Planning
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Inclusion (mineral (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)