... This is also an opportunity to expand our terrain of engagement from the city to the hinterland, and yet, remain attentive to our agency as cultural agents at each scale... 

A nuance consideration of the UrbArch disciplinary agency engaging disparate trends of global urbanization remains relevant... Both Global North and Global South represent solid terrains for us to engage, with unique histories worth learning about, urgent needs to be addressed, and radically different imaginations about the future...  

Agree with Scott that this "Idea" has many parts on it, all worth considering... And with Lan: our own students are (can be) main instigators, a source of knowledge and potential drivers to more engaged global partnerships that go beyond established worldwide organizations, government, and local academic institutions and include activists, non-profits and others resisting "single official narratives."

Agree on the need to reinvent ourselves in how we engage the cross, inter, multi, trans and disciplinary itself to address the rapid transformation of society and territory... And we can do so going beyond problem-solving as our only way to engage...