Book Review: Voices of the Land Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies Book Review: Voices of the Land Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies
A compilation of work by Indigenous students from the University of Manitoba s Faculty of Architecture provides glimpses of what Indigenous knowledge can bring to design education.
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Voices of the Land: Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies
Edited by Reanna Merasty, Naomi Ratte, Danielle Desjarlais and Desiree Theriault (Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association, 2021)
In 2019, Ininew (Woodlands Cree) architecture student Reanna Merasty and Peguis First Nation landscape architecture student Naomi Ratte met at the University of Manitoba. To bring their cultures more strongly into the school’s design teaching, they founded the Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association (IDPSA). The group now includes 16 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students of architecture, landscape architect