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Rachel Dorothy Tanur Memorial Lecture: Urban Natures: Climate Change Adaptation, Design Agency, and Politics
Following welcome back remarks and an introduction by Dean Sarah Whiting, the Druker Design Gallery will host an evening of interdisciplinary conversation to mark the start of the fall semester and the opening of Urban Natures: A Technological and Political History 1600–2030. The exhibition measures how far we have come since the first public gardens were created, and it challenges us to envision the future of our cities in new ways. Following remarks by Dean Sarah Whiting and curator Antoine Picon, Erika Naginski will moderate a panel discussion between Gary R. Hilderbrand, Ali Malkawi, and Mohsen Mostafavi, about three themes in the exhibition: climate change adaptation, the agency of designers, and the role of urban natures in promoting new collective values.
This event is generously supported by The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities and the Villa Albertine, the French Institute of Culture & Education. A reception will follow, made possible by the generous support of Ron Druker.
00:00 Introduction by Sarah Whiting
14:04 Exhibition Overview by Antoine Picon
32:11 Remarks by Ali Malkawi
41:38 Remarks by Gary Hilderbrand
51:32 Remarks by Mohsen Mostafavi
1:06:10 Panel Discussion and Q+A
Rachel Dorothy Tanur Memorial Lecture: Urban Natures: Climate Change Adaptation, Design Agency, and Politics
Following welcome back remarks and an introduction by Dean Sarah Whiting, the Druker Design Gallery will host an evening of interdisciplinary conversation to mark the start of the fall semester and the opening of Urban Natures: A Technological and Political History 1600–2030. The exhibition measures how far we have come since the first public gardens were created, and it challenges us to envision the future of our cities in new ways. Following remarks by Dean Sarah Whiting and curator Antoine Picon, Erika Naginski will moderate a panel discussion between Gary R. Hilderbrand, Ali Malkawi, and Mohsen Mostafavi, about three themes in the exhibition: climate change adaptation, the agency of designers, and the role of urban natures in promoting new collective values.
This event is generously supported by The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities and the Villa Albertine, the French Institute of Culture & Education. A reception will follow, made possible by the generous support of Ron Druker.
00:00 Introduction by Sarah Whiting
14:04 Exhibition Overview by Antoine Picon
32:11 Remarks by Ali Malkawi
41:38 Remarks by Gary Hilderbrand
51:32 Remarks by Mohsen Mostafavi
1:06:10 Panel Discussion and Q+A
