262I_Ishara Sahama, human geographer

What is The Future for Cities?

"How we come together as people for the betterment of our social lives as well as the quality of our lives living in urban regions?"

Are you interested in how you connect to the city and place? What do you think about human geography? How can we build trust within the local community?

Interview with Ishara Sahama, human geographer. We talk about their vision for the future of cities, community engagement, urban evolution, human geography, and many more.

Ishara is a Human Geographer who focuses on systemic change through community engagement, social justice advocacy and systems impact measurement. Ishara is passionate about co-designing experiences, programs or systems that leave a positive & lasting impact on communities and the environment. They are skilled at transforming human emotions and socio-cultural motivations into tangible outcomes that can be easily evaluated for its impact. Leading the impact evaluation, reporting and storytelling sphere of Echo Impact Group, Ishara works closely with stakeholders, community leaders and members to understand the full depth & breadth of social complexity & change brought upon by external factors (programs, services, funding, policies, cultural processes etc). Ishara is committed to reflecting truth, lived experiences and justice through storytelling and evaluation approaches that ensures systems accountability and transparency for positive impact.

Find out more about Ishara through these links:

• Ishara Sahama on LinkedIn
• ishi0707 as Ishara Sahama on Instagram
• Echo Impact Group website
• Echo Impact Group on LinkedIn
• echoimpactgroup as Echo Impact Group on Instagram

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.108 - Interview with Anthony Kent about economic geography
• No.159 - Interview with Michael Browne about Country and aboriginal knowledge
• No.261R - Place and city: toward a geography of engagement
• No.264 - Interview with Rob Pradolin about affordable housing

What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sho⁠w⁠notes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are also available.

I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.

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