Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Bio

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate for humanist cities. As an applied urban anthropologist, she consults with cities and agencies on urban user experiences by conducting “spatial ethnographies” of public space. She is a thesis advisor at Drexel University and a guest lecturer at the Royal Institute for Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Previously, she worked with organizations including Copenhagenize, Project for Public Spaces, and City ID to bring humanist philosophy into city planning and design. Recent projects include the Third Wave Urbanism podcast and the Women Led Cities Initiative. Here she discusses the psychology of designing public spaces, the notion of what a feminist city can be, and the rapidly changing landscape of urbanism.