Hostile Streets: Designing for Inclusive Public Space

Authors

  • Ellie Nielsen

Keywords:

Toronto, homelessness, infrahumanization, public space, hostile design, human-centered design

Abstract

This paper is an intervention in the dehumanization of unhoused persons. I examine the intersection of urban design, public space, and homelessness through the lens of infrahumanization. Informed by a literature review and media scan, this paper questions whether unhoused people are considered valued human members of the public in urban design decision-making processes in the city of Toronto, Canada. This study raises new questions about the possibilities of human-centred design that might address the exclusionary consequences of hostile design practices and disrupt the infrahumanization of unhoused persons as devalued outcasts of the city.

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Published

2021-08-24

How to Cite

Nielsen, E. (2021). Hostile Streets: Designing for Inclusive Public Space. Revue YOUR Review (York Online Undergraduate Research), 8. Retrieved from https://yourreview3.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/yourreview/article/view/40521

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