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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T173000
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URL:https://live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io/events/spring-2025-sciame-le
 cture-series-despina-stratigakos/
SUMMARY:Spring 2025 Sciame Lecture Series: Despina Stratigakos
DESCRIPTION:This in-person lecture is part of the Spring 2025 Sciame Lectur
 e Series\, "Still Making Space for Gender."\n\nDespina Stratigakos (she/he
 r) is a writer\, historian\, and professor at the University of Buffalo. H
 er research explores how power and ideology function in architecture\, whe
 ther in the creation of domestic spaces or world empires. She is the autho
 r of four books\, including Where Are the Women Architects? (2016) and A W
 omen’s Berlin (2008). In 2011\, she collaborated with Mattel on Architec
 t Barbie. She taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan 
 before joining the Department of Architecture at UB. During the 2016-17 ac
 ademic year\, she was in residence as a member of the Institute for Advanc
 e Study in Princeton.\n\n"A Collaborative (Re)turn: Feminist Architectural
  Historians Join Forces and Get Things Done… Again": The last few years 
 have witnessed a notable rise in collaborative initiatives to increase kno
 wledge about the histories of women architects. These range from team-base
 d writing projects to exhibitions\, research networks\, and more. Such eff
 orts harken back to feminist practices of the 1970s\, 80s\, and 90s\, whic
 h broke new ground in raising awareness of women in architecture. What are
  the reasons for this renewed focus on collaborative work and how does it 
 differ from earlier developments?\n\nSuggested Reading: Stratigakos\, Desp
 ina. 2016. Where Are the Women Architects?\n\n"Still Making Space for Gend
 er" centers women and LGBTQIA+ folk in the built environment. While the d
 iscourse framing gender morphs and gender identities broaden and become mo
 re intersectional\, the predicament remains the same. Women and LGBTQIA+fo
 lk continue to struggle against exploitation and fight for equal rights an
 d equity opportunities in the United States\, with this situation troublin
 g unrelenting claims of exceptionalism at home and abroad. Although gender
  politics are ever present\, achievements are hard-won and sometimes rolle
 d back in the face of misogyny\, homophobia\, transphobia\, and other ingr
 ained expressions of exclusion. Buildings\, cities\, and landscapes are no
 t only where battles over gender unfurl\, but these spaces also foster ide
 ntities and incite change. In this lecture series\, trailblazing women and
  LGBTQIA + design practitioners\, scholars\, and activists—working in ar
 chitecture\, landscape architecture\, and urban design—insist that gende
 r must remain in sharp focus if we are to shape equitable and just built e
 nvironments.\n\nAll lectures are free\, open to the public\, and held in t
 he Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium. For 
 live captioning\, ASL interpretation\, or access requests\, please contact
  ssadean@ccny.cuny.edu.\n\nThis lecture series is made possible by the Spi
 tzer Architecture Fund and the generous support of Frank Sciame ’74\, CE
 O of Sciame Construction.
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures
LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\
 , 10031\, United States
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