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Apr 2023
26m 35s

Follow the Water

DesignIntelligence
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Adrian Parr, PhD is the dean of the College of Design at the University of Oregon and is an internationally recognized environmental, political, and cultural thinker and advocate, author, and filmmaker. The driving force behind her work is the question of how to overcome ecological and economic scarcity. On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, she tal ... Show More
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