Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video, we hear from two past grantees of the Deborah J. Norden Fund.
This virtual information session features two past Norden Fund grantees, who present the research activities and report supported by the grant, as well as discuss subsequent work on those projects and the award’s impact on their trajectory. A moderated Q&A follows the presentations.
Speakers
Amanda Coen was a 2019 award recipient for her project Inhotim: Contemporary Ruralities. Her research considered the role of cultural institutions in rural development by looking at the Inhotim art center in the remote region of Brumadinho, Brazil.
Benedict Clouette and Marlisa Wise were 2012 award recipients for their project Forms of Aid: The Architecture of Humanitarian Space in Nairobi, Kenya. Their research focused on a “slum upgrading project” in the settlement of Kibera undertaken by the government of Kenya in cooperation with UN-Habitat, and situated that project in relation to other sites across the city
In this video, we hear from two past grantees of the Deborah J. Norden Fund.
This virtual information session features two past Norden Fund grantees, who present the research activities and report supported by the grant, as well as discuss subsequent work on those projects and the award’s impact on their trajectory. A moderated Q&A follows the presentations.
Speakers
Amanda Coen was a 2019 award recipient for her project Inhotim: Contemporary Ruralities. Her research considered the role of cultural institutions in rural development by looking at the Inhotim art center in the remote region of Brumadinho, Brazil.
Benedict Clouette and Marlisa Wise were 2012 award recipients for their project Forms of Aid: The Architecture of Humanitarian Space in Nairobi, Kenya. Their research focused on a “slum upgrading project” in the settlement of Kibera undertaken by the government of Kenya in cooperation with UN-Habitat, and situated that project in relation to other sites across the city
