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The African Landscape Architectures conference brings together a wide range of landscape practices from across the continent. This two-day hybrid event highlights the transformative potential of decolonizing design to address social injustices and prepare African cities for the impacts of climate change. Speakers will explore innovative strategies through frameworks such as ecology, adaptation, and materiality that offer alternative futures for African landscapes.
Panel 2: Materialities
The botanical, mineral, and other material compositions and extractions of contemporary landscapes in Africa.
Moderated by Amber M. Henry,Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
Mounia Bennani, MB Paysage, Rabat, Morocco and President, Moroccan Landscape Architects Association
Ann Gollifer, Earth artist, Gaborone, Botswana
Joe Christa Giraso, MASS Design Group, Boston, USA, and Kigali, Rwanda
0:00 Panel 2 Introduction by Amber M. Henry
03:04 Presentation by Mounia Bennani
34:14 Presentation by Ann Gollifer
01:01:22 Presentation by Joe Christa Giraso
01:22:36 Panel Discussion
01:33:08 Q+A
The African Landscape Architectures conference brings together a wide range of landscape practices from across the continent. This two-day hybrid event highlights the transformative potential of decolonizing design to address social injustices and prepare African cities for the impacts of climate change. Speakers will explore innovative strategies through frameworks such as ecology, adaptation, and materiality that offer alternative futures for African landscapes.
Panel 2: Materialities
The botanical, mineral, and other material compositions and extractions of contemporary landscapes in Africa.
Moderated by Amber M. Henry,Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
Mounia Bennani, MB Paysage, Rabat, Morocco and President, Moroccan Landscape Architects Association
Ann Gollifer, Earth artist, Gaborone, Botswana
Joe Christa Giraso, MASS Design Group, Boston, USA, and Kigali, Rwanda
0:00 Panel 2 Introduction by Amber M. Henry
03:04 Presentation by Mounia Bennani
34:14 Presentation by Ann Gollifer
01:01:22 Presentation by Joe Christa Giraso
01:22:36 Panel Discussion
01:33:08 Q+A
