Department or Program
Environmental Studies
Abstract
Urban public parks are highly valuable amenities which have the ability to bestow a multitude of benefits upon visitors. Due to their high draw and often central positioning, public parks have a huge potential as spaces which can facilitate socialization between racial groups. This socialization across social boundaries, the key to antiracism, is often hindered by physical design which functions to create racialized landscapes which favor visitors of the power-majority, Whites. This paper argues that by implementing certain physical design features in Franklin Park, a Boston public park built in 1885, planning committees can create an environment which cultivates and accommodates antiracist action and sentiments.
Level of Access
Restricted: Campus/Bates Community Only Access
First Advisor
Sonja Pieck
Date of Graduation
5-2021
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Recommended Citation
Banks, Adam B., "Franklin Park: Imagining an Antiracist Design" (2021). Standard Theses. 237.
https://scarab.bates.edu/envr_studies_theses/237
Number of Pages
93
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