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Our Movement
Our Movement
TerraPlan invites submissions for its next issue, themed “Our Movement: People, Change, and Access”. Movement shapes how we experience places and understand where we belong, from the movement within our own bodies to our daily commutes, migration, and the passage through different stages of life.
This issue of TerraPlan invites submissions that explore movement as a lived process, whether chosen or forced, and how it is shaped, supported, or restricted by the places and systems around us. How accessible and equitable is movement, and how have cities facilitated or restricted it over time? What happens when we're forced to move? And what does it mean to have our movement surveilled?
We encourage essays, research projects, creative reflections, and visual submissions that examine the human experience of movement in planning.
Interested in submitting your work?
Guidelines for Submission
Guidelines for Submission
Topic Examples
Topic Examples
Movement as access and privilege: Equity, accessibility, affordability, safety, and independence
Movement as a design outcome: How planning and design enable, direct, or restrict movement
Movement across places and cultures: Migration, immigration, commuting, belonging, identity, and home
Movement as displacement: Gentrification, conflict, climate migration, development, and loss of space and sense of place
Movement across life stages: Childhood independence, disability, caregiving, and aging in place
Movement as embodied expression: Dance, exercise, recreation, ritual, ceremony, and celebration shaping communities and sense of belonging
Movement as collective action: Protest, political movements, and claims on public space and the right to the city
Movement as pilgrimage and return: Spiritual, cultural, political, and personal journeys that create connections to land and claims to shared spaces
Movement shaped by technology: The effect of new mobility tools, navigation software, access controls, and surveillance on people
Submission Types
Submission Types
Feature Articles (1,500-5,000 words): In-depth student essays or research projects on planning topics
Project Spotlights (200-750 words): Shorter summaries of ongoing student research, design work, coursework, or internship projects
Op-Ed & Reflections (750-1,500 words): Space for students to share opinions on planning issues, urban policy, or experiences in the field
*The references are not counted towards the word counts.
Writing and Formatting
Writing and Formatting
Make a clear connection to the issue’s theme and the field of planning.
Keep the human experience of movement at the center of your submission.
Develop a focused argument, narrative, reflection, or visual story appropriate to your submission type.
Support your ideas with relevant research, examples, observations, or lived and professional experience.
Write in a clear and accessible style for readers across planning and related fields.
Original photographs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, and other visuals are encouraged.
If you use visuals that are not your own, make sure they are legally available for reuse and provide the required credit or attribution.
We encourage you to avoid using Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially for the creative parts of your work.
If you are using AI, please make sure you credit it properly.
Need more information?
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Contact Terry
Contact Terry
If you have any questions regarding submissions or anything related to TerraPlan, feel free to contact Terry. Although he's a very busy turtle, he'll make sure to respond as soon as possible!
Email me at: terraplan@umd.edu
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