2024 Lecture “On Collaborations: Critical Spatial Practices in the Americas and the Caribbean" Symposium
Reception in Temple Buell Hall Atrium beginning at 5:30PM.
Lecture in Temple Buell Hall Plym Auditorium, room 134, at 6PM.
This panel brings together architects, urban planners, educators, and community activists Elisa Silva (Venezuela), Yazmín M. Crespo Claudio (Puerto Rico), David J Isern (Peru), Magdalena Novoa (Chile), and Irene Farah Rivadeneyra (Mexico) to discuss critical spatial practices and collaborative engagement in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Rooted in epistemologies from the South, these practitioners challenge dominant narratives and seek to redefine design practices that emerge from and respond to the region’s distinct histories, knowledges, and identities. This panel exhibits how these leaders reframe spatial design by embedding it within their communities’ social, cultural, and environmental dimensions.