Resources
ISAPD creates and collaborates on resources to support access to the architecture, planning, and design fields and to elevate Indigenous knowledge and communities.
THE LIVING EARTH CHALLENGE - WITH THE LO-TEK INSTITUTE
The Living Earth Challenge is a collaborative initiative put together by the Lo—TEK Institute and the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning and Design (ISAPD). The Challenge seeks to restore and strengthen an individuals’ knowledge of a specific environment and encourages the creation of imaginative built designs that give back to the natural environment. The Living Challenge will guide you through the steps of creating a Site Profile, Sentient Framework, and Plan of Action to design and build a structure that tells a Story of Reciprocity.
About the Lo—TEK Institute:
Working at the nexus of solidarity and innovation, the Lo—TEK Institute collaborates with educators, knowledge keepers, designers, artists, historians, and environmentalists to develop and implement community-driven changes that amplify Indigenous knowledge systems, promote sustainable development, and foster resilient landscapes and societies.
Read the Living Earth Challenge brief in full here:
https://www.lo-tek.com/challenge?utm_campaign=21a31613-dd4c-4f60-8228-5b8c073a4d73&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=77b1d6bf-9188-42cd-bdb9-02a0ebf02072
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS - CALL TO ACTION: CO-CREATE A FUTURE THAT HEALS LAND AND CULTURE
ISAPD Supports the American Society of Landscape Architect’s 2024 Call to Action: Co-Create a Future that Heals Land and Culture Announced at the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C.
The Call to Action was developed by a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners including Julia Watson, Lyla June Johnston, José de Jesús Leal, Katie Riddle, Jared Green, and ISAPD Director, Anjelica S. Gallegos.
The ASLA invites members to “Respect Indigenous Knowledge, Empower Future Generations, and Engage with ASLA”. They invited members to “help us build an Indigenous landscape architects' network of ASLA members and work in collaboration with groups like the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design”.
Read the Call to Action in full here:
https://www.asla.org/healinglandandculture.aspx
ENVISION RESILIENCE - INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INITIATIVE (IKSI) WORKING SYLLABUS
The Envision Resilience IKSI Working Syllabus provides selected resources on critical Indigenous knowledge systems and narratives of uncommon experiences of place, as a method to bolster climate justice. Principles and case studies of Indigenous sustainability in architecture, design, and programming are presented. The working syllabus, launched in August 2023, is a framework to add analyzed resources as the needs and sites change for each Challenge in the future.
ISAPD supports the Envision Resilience Indigenous Knowledge Systems Initiative. IKSI embodies innovative and effective knowledge sharing to equip individuals and communities with principles and design solutions that elevate all architecture and related fields to embrace land and environment as fundamental for living.
Find out more about the Envision Resilience Challenge, IKSI, and the working syllabus here:
https://www.envisionresilience.org/iksi
YALE LIBRARY INDIGENOUS ART + ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH GUIDE
This guide highlights resources related to Indigenous Art and Architecture. These resources are not exhaustive, but rather provide a starting place for research. If you would like to share feedback or additional resource suggestions, contact Tess Collwell, Arts Librarian for Research Services, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library.
https://guides.library.yale.edu/IndigenousArtArchitecture
THE STEPPING STONE: A GUIDE TO SCHOLARSHIPS + FELLOWSHIPS + GRANTS
This is a simple guide to provide scholars who are Indigenous and in the architecture, planning, design, landscape architecture, environmental design, interior design, and construction fields, with information on scholarships and fellowships applicable to them.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nK3MBqwGGGzRUDMWGIJB_5oNJxuYqVGqWTOABjaI4MM/edit?usp=sharing
ISAPD STUDENT CHAPTER KIT
This ISAPD Student Chapter Kit focuses on providing an organizational framework for student members and chapters to leverage ISAPD resources and lessons learned as a foundation to initiate, create, and determine their own identity as student chapters. Find out more information here:
https://isapd.org/Student-Chapter-Kit-1
