{"id":6,"date":"2011-06-19T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interculturalurbanism.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-08-02T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T21:53:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropologists have long known that humans are, in many ways, what they build. It&#8217;s human nature to invest cultural meaning in both landscape and architecture, and to draw comfort and inspiration from them. Thus, the built environment can either enhance or erode the commitments that people make to the places where they live and, of course, the commitments they make to each other. The more sensitive that urban designers, planners, architects, and developers are to the role that culture plays in how people interact with landscape and built space\u2014especially in today\u2019s increasingly diverse urban communities\u2014the better the chances for building neighborhoods and cities that are environmentally and culturally sustainable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Intercultural Urbanism<\/em> explores the territory where culture, public policy, urban design, and built environment intersect. \u00a0It&#8217;s informed by an interdisciplinary and international perspective that integrates anthropology with archaeology, history, geography, sociology, ecology, evolutionary science, art, architecture, literature, communication, business, and other fields. \u00a0The view is from Denver, Colorado, but the scope is global.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/?attachment_id=3847\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3847 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saitta.photo_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2119\" height=\"2384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saitta.photo_.jpg 2119w, http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saitta.photo_-267x300.jpg 267w, http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saitta.photo_-768x864.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saitta.photo_-910x1024.jpg 910w, http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Saitta.photo_-260x293.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2119px) 100vw, 2119px\" \/><\/a>Dean Saitta is the author and editor of <em>Intercultural Urbanism<\/em>. He also writes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/user\/62500\"><em>Planetizen<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\u00a0Dean is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.du.edu\/ahss\/schools\/anthropology\/facultystaff\/Saitta_Dean.html\">Professor of Anthropology<\/a> and Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.du.edu\/ahss\/urbanstudies\/index.html\">Urban Studies<\/a> program at the University of Denver. \u00a0His personal website is at <a href=\"http:\/\/portfolio.du.edu\/dsaitta\">http:\/\/portfolio.du.edu\/dsaitta<\/a>. His email address is dsaitta@du.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropologists have long known that humans are, in many ways, what they build. It&#8217;s human nature to invest cultural meaning in both landscape and architecture, and to draw comfort and inspiration from them. Thus, the built environment can either enhance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1H2bI-6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3850,"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}