Dana Cuff
@danacuff
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Director cityLAB UCLA, Architecture faculty, Urbanist, Urban Humanist, Angeleno
California
Joined April 2010
Today, I introduced a Resolution of No Confidence in Chancellor Block to UCLA's academic senate. It was blocked by filibuster, but we're going to try again next week. We're not done fighting. Here's the full text of what I would have said if I hadn't been cut-off
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After weeks of turmoil, @UCLA chancellor faces growing faculty criticism, no-confidence vote. Police chief, administrative vice chancellor also under scrutiny for security lapses leading to mob attack on pro-Palestinian encampment. w/@ashleyahn88
latimes.com
In the wake of a mob attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment, UCLA chancellor is facing faculty criticism, including a no-confidence vote to take place Thursday.
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Today UCLA faculty rallied in support of the student protests underway here & elsewhere with the message that Palestinian liberation lies at the heart of all social justice struggles. And that speaking on the matter is a fundamental right. My darling dog agrees!
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Hi LA friends. Join us and Check out "VALE's Tasting Event" https://t.co/cSSN2TNQA5
@Eventbrite
eventbrite.com
Come join us at VALE's First Tasting Event to try out 10 new drinks at the VALE Coffee Truck - don't miss out on the fun!
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Amaza Lee Meredith (1895-1984) was one of the nation's first black female architects. Her home, Azurest South, represents one of the earliest iterations of architectural modernism. Check out a biography of this notable architect 👉🏻 https://t.co/xZSOPio3qC
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Robert A. Clark, #UCLA Activist-in-Residence based @cityLABucla, is part of an upcoming exhibition @P_I_C_A entitled, Policing Justice. 📆Portlanders, mark your calendars for opening weekend on February 23-24 + additional programming. Learn more>> https://t.co/YTKVtzbp6H
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Come work with us! Search for Assistant or Associate Professor in the History of Architecture and Urban Development. @Cornell @CornellAAP
https://t.co/g9iBIodSTS
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And on the 6th day… @danacuff speaks about her book, Architectures of Spatial Justice, published by @mitpress, everywhere as audio, and also on YouTube: https://t.co/Deo5noMy1P via @YouTube
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📢'Architecture after COVID' is out today! It features a natural experiment with 130 architectural practices around the world during the pandemic. Thanks @BloomsburyBooks! Thanks @jeremytill and @danacuff for your endorsements! https://t.co/pDggHHSvPw
bloomsbury.com
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https://t.co/siEtwb9Za6 So cool to be part of @AisArchitecture — and get to talk about my @mitpress Architectures of Spatial Justice. @UCLA_AUD @LAForum_AUD @cityLABucla @UCLA
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A is for Architecture Podcast · Episode
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We at Emory Art History are hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Architecture to help build our burgeoning Architectural Studies program. Come be my colleague! MArch/PhD or equivalent degrees required. Deadline 4 December 2023 To apply > https://t.co/bcR4HmPYvc
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Undocumented students and their supporters shut down @UofCalifornia regents meeting this morning. They are demanding that UC make good on promise to hire them regardless of immigration status. Via @hayleyrburgess #opportunity4all
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Congratulations to @danacuff on your selection as the 135th Faculty Research Lecturer!
research.ucla.edu
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✨We’re now taking applications for a full-time tenure-track position in architectural design!✨ We’re esp. interested in those whose work treats design as a creative site for intervening in movements for social liberation and climate justice. Details👇 https://t.co/Z0ngVHhD8l
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Interested in urbanism? Then, don’t wait—do something and do it in Houston—join our team of architects and scholars at @RiceArch We are searching for a tenure-track colleague with a focus on the scholarship and design of cities.
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#UCLA DOCTORAL STUDENTS🗣️@ChallengeIneq invites you to apply for the 2023-24 Ideas & Organizing Doctoral Awards. Those who've participated in shared research & organizing w/movement-based orgs are encouraged to apply. Learn more👉DEADLINE: Monday, Nov. 6>> https://t.co/nHHqiWPuI8
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Saudi Arabia has so much money, it’s willing to try everything. Couple that with the fact architects have so little money, they’re willing to do anything, and you have a recipe for The Line. By @danacuff in @dezeen
dezeen.com
A recent documentary about The Line mega-project in Saudi Arabia paints a bleak picture of the architecture profession, writes Dana Cuff.
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This week, historians Alice T. Friedman, Despina Stratigakos, & PLATFORM’s Matthew Gordon Lasner react to the @barbiethemovie film and reflect on the real-life houses that inspired it, why Ken could never be an architect, and Barbie’s right to the city.
platformspace.net
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has entranced movie-goers around the world. Critics and fans have reveled in its wit and wisdom, music and choreography, costumes and sets, and launched a thousand think pieces...
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Another sighting— this time in Providence RI! Thanks Manos Proussaloglou for the pic
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Four UC campuses are in the top 25, all nine in the top 100 in a new @Forbes ranking of schools that enroll students from across the socioeconomic spectrum who go on to earn high salaries and become leaders in their fields, without huge student debt. https://t.co/74bEtvNFMS
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