Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
Urbanism in Racial Thought–OLLI at U-M (50+)
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at U-M
Speaker: Milton S. F. Curry, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Dr. Curry graduated from Cornell University and Harvard Graduate School of Design and has taught architecture and urban design for twenty years at the University of Michigan, Cornell, Harvard, and Arizona State University.
The White/Black dichotomy in the United States, the indigenous/ Black/other distinction within South and Latin America, and notions of diasporic or cosmopolitan identity open up intra-racial and intra-nationalist dynamics that recruit political subjects from across racial lines in order to formulate new kinds of solidarity. With architecture and space operating as critical mediators of visual and literary imaginations and fantasies, they emerge as a projective political and theoretical force in social relations.
The White/Black dichotomy in the United States, the indigenous/ Black/other distinction within South and Latin America, and notions of diasporic or cosmopolitan identity open up intra-racial and intra-nationalist dynamics that recruit political subjects from across racial lines in order to formulate new kinds of solidarity. With architecture and space operating as critical mediators of visual and literary imaginations and fantasies, they emerge as a projective political and theoretical force in social relations.
Cost
- $30 for 6-lecture series, $20 annual membership fee, (or $10 per lecture, payable at the door).