Breaking the Bronze Ceiling uncovers a glaring omission in our global memorial landscape—the conspicuous absence of women. Exploring this neglected narrative, the book emerges as the foremost guide to women's memorialization across diverse cultures and ages. As global memorials come under intense examination, with metropolises vying for a more inclusive recognition of female contributions, this book stands at the forefront of contemporary discussion. More than a mere compilation, Breaking the Bronze Ceiling epitomizes a movement. The book comprehensively assesses the portrayal of women...
Infrastructures can be conceptualized as networks that link up the built environment, people, and technology. They might include energy, transport, or communication, while also relating to natural resources, human bodies, and other species. These networks often remain invisible when they function as planned yet suddenly appear in the public imagination when they...
Fong Auditorium at Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138
Musical performance and conversation on Indigenous urban movements with Liberato Kani, Quechua hip-hop artist, and Jorge Luis Astovilca, a master of traditional Andean scissor dancing. Both the performance and conversation will offer an opportunity to learn more about the relevance of Indigenous urban music and dancing in the Andes. Quechua is the most spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas, with almost 10 million speakers in South America, and with significant migrant communities in the U.S., Spain and Italy.
Counter-mapping: Documenting Urban Spaces in Visual Poetry
In this poetry workshop, we will investigate visual forms of representing urban spaces at the intersection of poetry and cartography. Grounded in the textual/visual analysis of works from the Latin American avant-garde, concrete...
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As the planet becomes increasingly urban, cities will be expected to absorb many of the impacts of climate change. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that compact urbanization is much more environmentally sustainable than car-centric sprawl. In...
Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138
Our North is the South (Nuestro Norte es el Sur) is a group of architecture and urban historians working and teaching on Latin America, first convened in Quito in 2018 and with periodical meetings since. In 1935, Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres-García reversed the map of South America to argue for the point of view of artists working “from the south,” claiming: “Our north is the south.” Thinking with Torres-García, we study the history of architecture and cities from the point of view of the South and Latin America. This symposium builds on research produced by members of...