Rod Barnett

Rod Barnett is a landscape architect and researcher based in Aotearoa New Zealand, where he maintains an experimental design practice exploring the co-creation of social ecologies.

He is head of the school of architecture at Victoria University of Wellington/Te Herenga Waka. Previously he served as chair of the graduate program in landscape architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

His books include Emergence in Landscape Architecture and The Modern Landscapes of Ted Smyth: Landscape Modernism in the South Pacific.

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The Dog Barks

Two new books advance arguments against capitalism and its discontents — especially against the technological despotism of the internet, and the scientific despoliation of earth.
Utu in the Anthropocene

How are colonial landscapes to be redesigned? To answer this question, begin with the Māori concept of reciprocity, the foundation for the valuation of all beings, human and non-human.
Designing Indian Country

Suppose Native America is not over, that there is no “after colonialism.” How do we create public spaces that enable true contact between cultures?

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The Dog Barks

Utu in the Anthropocene

Designing Indian Country

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Rod Barnett

Articles

The Dog Barks

Utu in the Anthropocene

Designing Indian Country