https://piajustesen.com/blog daily 0.75 2019-05-18 https://piajustesen.com/blog/v0hrvftow3hvilwe84if1eym7slkol monthly 0.5 2016-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f6798afe4b097349e410d49/1383938279746-UO50MY6TGZCRX1GQ4CSJ/20130731_Trade+100_0229.jpg Blog - SoHo, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f6798afe4b097349e410d49/1383938243666-9MBKJFLKBMMPSU6IS9LL/20130731_Trade+100_0202.jpg Blog - SoHo, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f6798afe4b097349e410d49/1383938258564-Q33MNN1H07259JC2TN63/20130731_Trade+100_0220.jpg Blog - SoHo, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f6798afe4b097349e410d49/1392068682526-31MPZNFLURK8RYN7U3R2/20130731_Trade+100_0196.jpg Blog - SoHo, NYC https://piajustesen.com/blog/bridge-looks monthly 0.5 2015-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f6798afe4b097349e410d49/1392068625021-X7HG2YN1986UAYL4PDKM/20130731_Trade+100_0275.jpg Blog https://piajustesen.com/blog/street-scenes monthly 0.5 2015-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f6798afe4b097349e410d49/1392068654679-KUSSQ5HMGVQBJ3C3FR1H/20130731_Trade+100_0452.jpg Blog - Street Scenes Street Corner, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4f6798afe4b097349e410d49/1383938421102-ET04XM9X9GH2E62XJQZS/20130731_Trade+100_0260.jpg Blog - Street Scenes https://piajustesen.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce06f0527300d00014c4b0f/769a4197-f476-445c-b121-1d33b8326067/Pia+Forsorgsmuseet.jpg Contact - “The Exclusionary City” Begging signs at The Danish Welfare Museum https://piajustesen.com/fromtheperiphery daily 0.75 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce06f0527300d00014c4b0f/1566234259652-9WD7JKXXZVJ3S4XRAA75/From+the+Periphery.jpg BOOK: FROM THE PERIPHERY - Kirkus Reviews: “A mind-expanding collection of important stories” “This is a necessary book, and as uplifting as it is heartbreaking. These voices have gone unheard for long enough. May these stories of courageous Americans be read far and wide...” -Peter Orner, author Am I Alone Here?, Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award “In elevating the voices of people who struggle every day for understanding, accommodation, and equal treatment, Pia Justesen has made an important contribution to the movement to end the ‘invisibility of disability.’ This moving and highly engaging collection demonstrates the many ways in which society imposes institutional, physical, and attitudinal barriers that prevent people with disabilities from enjoying true equality and freedom. A beautiful work of nonfiction.” -Nadine Strossen, former president of the ACLU “Unless you are disabled, it is difficult to understand how it feels to be disempowered and excluded by barriers, prejudice, and the false assumptions of others. This book makes painful reading, because it throws light on disabling barriers and shows how deeply they penetrate and effect the life of every person who has an impairment.” -Lisa Waddington, professor and chair in European disability law at Maastricht University “Pia Justesen has done a remarkable job in eliciting these candid self-portraits and then crafting them into powerful, evocative stories. The result is a compelling book we very much need at the present moment--or maybe, always.” -Phillip Lopate, author To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction https://piajustesen.com/about daily 0.75 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce06f0527300d00014c4b0f/75c3f424-323c-4966-8142-532186bcab71/IMG_9371.jpeg BOOK: NO ACCESS - From the Foreword: “NO ACCESS makes its appearance as an incredibly welcome publication. The book focuses on how people experiencing homelessness are being pushed out of the urban space – this is a trend that is happening both in Denmark and globally. Throughout the book’s academic chapters, the concept of social exclusion and the diversity of homelessness are nuanced – accordingly highlighting how urban design contributes to the exclusion of those who are most vulnerable in our society and highlighting how legal measures do the same. I believe that understanding and empathy are crucial to strengthening inclusion and diversity in architecture. That we are curious and seeking to establish new encounters - and that these encounters help to push our own preconceptions. This is exactly the kind of encounter that “No ACCESS” creates.” Kristine Leth Juul, Rector, Aarhus School of Architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce06f0527300d00014c4b0f/abaf4b35-09a8-482b-9883-8a57369c83df/IMG_9729+2.jpg BOOK: NO ACCESS - An invitation to discuss the exclusionary city NO ACCESS - Social Exclusion in Urban Spaces, edited by Pia Justesen, provides insight into the exclusionary factors of the modern city. The book describes concrete typologies, explanations, and experiences of exclusionary design. It addresses professional and ethical considerations and explains the legal prohibitions of sleeping rough and begging. In NO ACCESS, Pia Justesen explores a different path towards more inclusive urban spaces based on international human rights. Pia Justesen has included seven oral histories from people in homelessness. Readers of the book will meet Arima, Franz, Gina, Ivan, Junior, Luna and Sussi who talk about their personal experiences of living and moving around in the exclusionary and ostracizing city. https://piajustesen.com/home daily 1.0 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce06f0527300d00014c4b0f/e184b8b5-29fc-433c-b0a5-043fc051bc91/IMG_6430.jpeg Home Living in homelessness on the streets is stressful – especially because it’s difficult to find dry and safe places to stay overnight. Bans on sleeping rough are some of the most hostile pieces of exclusionary design and legislation as they interfere with a basic human need - sleep. Hence, Pia was happy when signs prohibiting overnight stays on the City Hall Square in Copenhagen were taken down in November 2023. A de-criminalization that Pia had argued for, and which seemed inevitable after the mayors of Copenhagen had signed the Homeless Bill of Rights earlier the same year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce06f0527300d00014c4b0f/9dfdfb43-0337-4508-86ea-bd6847853879/IMG_7628.jpeg Home - Pia Justesen, Ph.d. Pia is dedicated to working for genuine equality and specifically focus on the human rights of persons experiencing homelessness, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities. Her most recent work focuses on social exclusion in public urban spaces of people experiencing homelessness. Pia's extensive list of publications is centered around human rights, minority groups, and homelessness. Pia has been engaged in social justice since her childhood in the small town of Brenderup. She has lived in Aarhus, Brussels, New York (NY), Madrid, New Haven (CT), Chicago (IL) and Copenhagen. She took the diverse cities to heart and continues to do so. Pia is currently based in Copenhagen. She is the Danish Expert Advisor in the European Equality Law Network and is writing a book on the situation of people with spinal cord injuries - before and now. Most recently, Pia was doing a research project on homelessness and social exclusion with CREATE at the University of Aalborg. Pia also collaborated with the organisation Projekt Udenfor on the exhibition “The Exclusionary City”, which is shown at The Danish Welfare Museum until the end of April 2025. Previously, Pia worked as a corporate social responsibility advisor and as an attorney specializing in employment law. In Chicago, Pia taught disability rights at the University of Illinois and worked with the independent living organization Access Living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce06f0527300d00014c4b0f/6f55bc74-3443-4454-9431-9dfe6bdf168f/Pia+2.jpeg Home - Pia Justesen is a Danish human rights lawyer and journalist - and still a strong believer in the international legal order https://piajustesen.com/other-works daily 0.75 2025-02-26