Joseph Heathcott

Joseph Heathcott is Professor and Chair of Urban and Environmental Studies at The New School, where he teaches in Parsons School of Design and the School for Public Engagement. His work has appeared in a wide range of venues, from scholarly books and articles to exhibits and juried art shows. He has held visiting positions at the London School of Economics, Princeton School of Architecture, Sciences Po, and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Joseph Heathcott will be working on a book tentatively titled Worlding Heritage: Historic Urban Landscapes and the Conservation Imaginary. The book examines the ideological and political contours of heritage conservation through a series of case studies. At the root of this project are fundamental questions about the nature of heritage, the meanings that we make of our legated buildings and landscapes, and what versions of the past we will save in order to project them into the future.