Mapping Possibility traces the intertwined intellectual, professional,
and emotional life of Leonie Sandercock. With an impressive career
spanning nearly half a century as an educator, researcher, artist, and
practitioner, Sandercock is one of the leading figures in community
planning, dedicating her life to pursuing social, cultural, and
environmental justice through her work.
In this book, Leonie Sandercock reflects on her past writings and films,
which played an important role in redefining the field in more
progressive directions, both in theory and practice. It includes
previously published essays in conjunction with insightful commentaries
prefacing each section, and four new essays, two discussing Sandercock's
most recent work on a feature-film project with Indigenous partners.
Innovative, visionary, and audacious, Leonie's community-based
scholarship and practice in the fields of urban planning and community
development have engaged some of the most intractable issues of our
time - inequality, discrimination, and racism. Through award-winning
books and films, she has influenced the planning field to become more
culturally fluent, addressing diversity and difference through
structural change.
This book draws a map of hope for emerging planners dedicated to equity,
justice, and sustainability. It will inspire the next generation of
community planners, as well as current practitioners and students in
planning, cultural studies, urban studies, architecture, and community
development.
