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Lisa Peattie
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Peattie at an Occupy Boston march in 2011
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| Born | March 1, 1924 |
| Died | December 13, 2018 (aged 94) |
| Education | University of Chicago (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Advocacy planning |
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Roderick Elia Peattie
(m. 1943; died 1963) |
| Awards | ACSP Distinguished Educator Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Urban Anthropology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | (1968) |
Lisa Redfield Peattie (1924–2018) was an American anthropologist. She was also a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She studied how cities grow and change, a field called urban anthropology.
Lisa Peattie was famous for her work in advocacy planning. This is a type of city planning that makes sure everyone's ideas are heard. It tries to include all people and groups in decisions about their city. She wrote a lot about poor neighborhoods and informal settlements. She also took part in many peaceful protests.
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Lisa Peattie's Early Life and Family
Lisa Peattie was born in Chicago in 1924. She spent part of her childhood in Mexico. Her parents were doing research there. Her grandfather, Robert E. Park, was a famous sociologist. He studied cities and how people live in them. He worked with Booker T. Washington at the Tuskegee Institute.
Her father, Robert Redfield, was also an anthropologist. He studied different cultures and how they connect. He was interested in linking different fields of study. These included archeology, language, and cultural studies.
Her Work in Anthropology
Lisa Peattie started her anthropology career in 1948. She joined the Fox Project in Iowa. This project aimed to change how anthropology was seen. It became about helping people and solving real-world problems. This idea was called "action anthropology." It later influenced her "advocacy planning" work.
In 1943, she married Roderick Elia Peattie. They wrote two children's books together: The Law and The City. These books started her lifelong interest in studying cities.
Planning Cities and Helping Communities
In 1962, Lisa and Roderick Peattie worked on a project in Venezuela. They helped plan a new city called Ciudad Guayana. They were the only team members who lived in the city itself. This allowed Lisa to see how city planning affected the people living there. She wrote about this experience in her book, The View from the Barrio.
Sadly, Roderick Peattie died in a car accident in Venezuela in 1963. Lisa Peattie then returned to the United States. She taught urban planning at MIT until she retired.
In 1966, she helped start Urban Planning Aid. This group helped local people fight against new highway construction. They also helped with housing problems. Lisa Peattie studied and criticized traditional economic ideas. These ideas often favored big development projects.
Lisa Peattie inspired many people to work for change. She was involved in the Homeless Empowerment Project. She also helped create "Spare Change News." This is a newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness. Its goal is to show that people facing hardship can create positive change. She also became involved in the movement against nuclear weapons.
Awards and Recognition
- ACSP Distinguished Educator Award (1999)
Her Writings
- "Women's Claims: A Study in Political Economy (The Library of Political Economy)", with Martin Rein, Oxford University Press, 1983 ISBN: 0-19-877180-0 ISBN: 978-0198771807
