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Category Archives: conflict resolution
Publication of Co-crafting the Just City
I am very pleased to report that on March 24, 2022, Routledge Press published my new book, Co-crafting the Just City: Tales from the Field by a Planning Scholar Turned Mayor. Narrated from my perspective as a city council member … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 City Council campaign, 2015 City Council campaign, conflict resolution, Iowa City, persuasive storyteling, planning, planning theory, scholarly books, sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged climate action, governance, inclusiveness, Iowa City, Just City, local politics, persuasive storytelling, planning, planning theory, sustainability
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Enacting the Role of Mayor
[Note: On January 4, 2016, the seven members of Iowa City’s City Council elected me mayor of our city. I am very honored that they entrust me with this important position. Immediately after the election, I took a few minutes … Continue reading
Two Contending Visions of Iowa City’s Future
[Note: This post is a more detailed version of “2 contending visions for Iowa City’s Future,” Iowa City Press-Citizen (April 8, 2015), p. 11A.] Over the past several weeks Iowa City’s City Council has held two contentious public hearings. One … Continue reading
Crafting Deft Transitions
[Note: A slightly different version of this post can be found at Jim Throgmorton, “Deft transitions can help smooth civic controversies,” Iowa City Press-Citizen (April 27, 2013), p 12A.] A few days ago a German friend and colleague, Prof. Walter … Continue reading
For Proposed TIFs, Allow Sufficient Time for Public Debate
[Note: A slightly different version of this short piece can be found at: Jim Throgmorton, “For TIFs, Iowa City needs to allow more time for debate,” Iowa City Press-Citizen (Jun 27, 2012), p. 7A.] There has been considerable public debate … Continue reading
Pork, Planning and Place
[Note: A complete version of this paper can be found at the following: Throgmorton, James A. 2012. Pork, Place, and Planning. Poroi: Vol. 8, 1. Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/poroi/vol8/iss1/2%5D This paper focuses on the relationship between pork producers and consumers, and … Continue reading
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Tagged CAFOs, collaborative planning, community identity, cyborg watershed, ecological footprint, energy impors, Environmental Kuznets Curve, federal farm subsidies, flood damage, global climate change, global pandemic, industrialized agriculture, Iowa River watershed, K-12 education, Latino immigrants, negative externalities, network society, place connection, pork production, post-humanism, public health, rural depopulation, space, sustainability, tenticular radiations, trans-humanism, water pollution, wicked problems
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Overview of Candidacy
[Note: This post can also be found on Facebook at “Jim Throgmorton for City Council” (www.facebook.com/Throg4IC?sk=app_190322544333196) in the Notes section of the left hand column.] Throg4IC Position Paper #1 When first announcing my candidacy for the District C position on … Continue reading
Resolve Conflicts Skillfully
[Note: This post can also be found on Facebook at “Jim Throgmorton for City Council” (www.facebook.com/Throg4IC?sk=app_190322544333196) in the Notes section of the left hand column.] Throg4IC Position Paper #2: Resolve Conflicts Skillfully Conflicts will inevitably emerge within any place that … Continue reading
Remembering Jean Martin on Memorial Day
[Note: A slightly different version of this essay can be found at: Jim Throgmorton, “Remembering Jean Martin,” Iowa City Press-Citizen (June 8, 2011), __A.] The wind sings while a bright morning sun glistens over the pines. More than a hundred … Continue reading
Discovering Where Our Interests Reside
As any college professor knows, not every undergraduate is a good student. Other enticements lead many a potentially good student down convoluted paths of self-discovery. That certainly was the case for me when I was an undergrad at the University … Continue reading
Storytelling and Cities 