Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies
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Decolonizing Architecture

Description: 
A Critical Inquiry Symposium With Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti, and Eyal Weizman. With Theaster Gates as a respondent. This half-day symposium on Friday, May 12th, brings together the Palestinian/Israeli art/architecture/design collective, “Decolonizing Architecture,” and our own Rebuild Foundation, represented by Theaster Gates. This event will help to inaugurate the Sawyer Seminar, Urban Art/Urban Form, and will feature additional responses by community activists as well as representatives of Palestine Legal and Black Lives Matter. The event will include a coffee break and reception. COSPONSORED BY THE NEUBAUER COLLEGIUM, THE FRANKE INSTITUTE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, AND THE URBAN ART / URBAN FORM MELLON SAWYER SEMINAR
Date: 
Friday, May 12, 2017