Decolonising Architecture
@Decolonise_arch
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Students | academics | designers @Cambridge_Uni working towards an inclusive & accessible architecture- as an art, practice & profession.
Joined October 2021
Pakistan is still within its fair share of the safe planetary boundary for CO2 emissions. The global North countries, as a group, have overshot the boundary several times over, driving climate breakdown.
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Excellent thought-provoking talk by @nish_aat on digital witnessing in contemporary mapping & #forensicarchitecture- creating compelling narratives 4m marginalised groups: She explores why "those who hav lived thru atrocities, often cannot bear witness to it". @Decolonise_arch
Thank you @nish_aat for the fascinating talk yesterday on @TopologicalA digital witnessing @Decolonise_arch The UNFOLD talks will be available on our website which we'll launch very soon
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📢 New UNFOLD Talk with the wonderful @nish_aat who will be streaming from TU Delft this Tuesday at 5pm to discuss race, digital technologies and the production of borders! We’re so looking forward to this one and hope to see you there. Join us at https://t.co/Za3lL4sMAT
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Join us today for a wonderful talk with @RamitDebnath in Lecture Room 1 or online! Grab your ticket on eventbrite or simply join us in the room. Snacks and drinks provided 🫒🥨
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📢Tomorrow at 5pm in UNFOLD @Decolonise_arch @arch_cambridge - Ramit Debnath @RamitDebnath will discuss decolonising knowledge production in energy research in Global North-South 📢 Cambridge's department of architecture and online: https://t.co/RdbR7EjQSn
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TODAY! UNFOLD Mini session 2 in the Mill Lane Studio at 5pm. Last time was a great success, so please join us even if this is your first one!
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***UPDATE*** Tonight’s event has been POSTPONED until further notice. We hope to reschedule soon! Watch this space!
FILM NIGHT⚡️ we are so excited for you join us this Tuesday for a screening of three short films: The Present, The White Helmets & Two Distant Strangers. Register using link in bio✨✨ EVENT WILL BE OFF CAMPUS!
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FILM NIGHT⚡️ we are so excited for you join us this Tuesday for a screening of three short films: The Present, The White Helmets & Two Distant Strangers. Register using link in bio✨✨ EVENT WILL BE OFF CAMPUS!
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Our very first UNFOLD mini is tomorrow. Super informal, short presentations of work around the department. Come along to the department tomorrow at 4pm!!
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For more about our speaker and her work, see Patagonia’s film on the Canelo Project: Raised from Earth. https://t.co/SFlO9dQ8ab
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In our first talk this Tuesday, Athena will share the wonders of Earthen Materials as regenerative tools for culture and construction in the face of an increasingly disconnected world.
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We are so excited to invite you to our first UNFOLD Talk of the term, with Athena Steen joining us virtually from Arizona at 5pm (UK Time), Tue 25th Jan to discuss her work as a crafter, educator, maker, writer and co-founder of The Canelo Project. Sign up https://t.co/hec6QstWRA
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Happy new year! We are so excited to share our term card for Lent. Some amazing speakers lined up, you don’t want to miss them! 🎉
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Join us for the and final workshop of the term! TOMORROW. We will be forming action groups and planning new events- everyone welcome, no sign up necessary 🙌
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All our UNFOLD talks are recorded and we are excited to announce that they will finally be available to view on our website soon. Watch this space!
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Thank you to everyone who joined today’s talk by Yasmeen Lari. An incredible breath of work and hugely inspiring call for low carbon building. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
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Hugely inspiring talk today in @Decolonise_arch by Yasmeen Lari, 1st female Architect of #Pakistan, on her Barefoot Social Architecture movement and the 3 Z's approach: Zero cost, Zero carbon, Zero waste = Zero poverty! @arch_cambridge
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Sign up for tomorrow’s talk here: Join us in the department for the livestream or join us online!
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On our third UNFOLD, Yasmeen Lari joins us to discuss working at the nexus of tradition, heritage, and humanitarian work in Pakistan.
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YASMEEN LARI tomorrow at 5pm. “We must develop a framework for a changed direction in architecture. We need to do away with the prevalent colonial mindset and the desire to create imposing megastructures…”
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