Urban Limitrophe is a podcast exploring the various initiatives happening in cities across the African continent (and diaspora) to creatively solve problems, support their communities, create vibrant urban spaces, and build better cities overall.
Ideas from the continent are often overlooked. This podcast seeks to bring to light the intersecting ideas and practices from urban planning, architecture, economics, arts and culture, geography, and politics that define our urban living, and uncover how to build resilient communities, economies, and ecologies.
Tune in to catch interviews with urban planners, designers, researchers, community-builders, creatives and more, doing great work to change the future of their cities and find out how you support them to make a difference in their communities and get inspired to take action in yours.
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Urban Limitrophe is a podcast exploring the various initiatives happening in cities across the African continent (and diaspora) to creatively solve problems, support their communities, create vibrant urban spaces, and build better cities overall.
Ideas from the continent are often overlooked. This podcast seeks to bring to light the intersecting ideas and practices from urban planning, architecture, economics, arts and culture, geography, and politics that define our urban living, and uncover how to build resilient communities, economies, and ecologies.
Tune in to catch interviews with urban planners, designers, researchers, community-builders, creatives and more, doing great work to change the future of their cities and find out how you support them to make a difference in their communities and get inspired to take action in yours.
How Book Bunk is Restoring Public Libraries Across Nairobi | Marion Anvango & Jane O'Brien Davis
Urban Limitrophe
40 minutes
3 years ago
How Book Bunk is Restoring Public Libraries Across Nairobi | Marion Anvango & Jane O'Brien Davis
In this episode, my co-host Jane O'Brien Davis and I chat with Marion Anvango at Book Bunk. The Book Bunk is "working to restore some of Nairobi's most iconic public libraries into sites of heritage, public art, collective memory, knowledge production, shared experiences, cultural leadership and information exchange." During our discussion, we explore their diverse series of programming that they offer in their public library branches. We also chat about Book Bunk's approach to restoring libraries to make them more inclusive and accessible and cultivate a sense of belonging for the local community.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
- how they involve the community in the restoration of public libraries,
- their experiential, digital, architectural, and social approach to restoring public libraries,
- their efforts to make library services more accessible for those living with disabilities,
- why public libraries are so important for cities to have,
- and much more!
Guest: Marion Anvango, Book Bunk
- Website: https://www.bookbunk.org/
- Twitter: @thebookbunk
- Instagram: @thebookbunk
Co-Host: Jane O’Brien Davis
- Twitter/Instagram: @janeobd
- Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jane-o-brien-davis-772211197/
Acknowledgements:
This episode is co-sponsored by the University of Toronto School of Cities and the Department of Geography and Planning.
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Credits:
- Music by Imany Lambropoulos
- Podcast concept, development, and design by Alexandra Lambropoulos
Urban Limitrophe
Urban Limitrophe is a podcast exploring the various initiatives happening in cities across the African continent (and diaspora) to creatively solve problems, support their communities, create vibrant urban spaces, and build better cities overall.
Ideas from the continent are often overlooked. This podcast seeks to bring to light the intersecting ideas and practices from urban planning, architecture, economics, arts and culture, geography, and politics that define our urban living, and uncover how to build resilient communities, economies, and ecologies.
Tune in to catch interviews with urban planners, designers, researchers, community-builders, creatives and more, doing great work to change the future of their cities and find out how you support them to make a difference in their communities and get inspired to take action in yours.
