04.02.25 - Join virtual discussions for the Land Practices/Prácticas de la tierra graduate seminar
The graduate seminar Land Practices/Prácticas de la tierra (ARC3313) taught by Rafico Ruiz (Canadian Centre for Architecture) seeks to situate a range of ‘land practices’ to document how the land holds memories, marks and modes of orientation across subject positions that include humans, but also exceed our capacity to articulate relationships to land.
Designers, artists and researchers from Indigenous, Afro-Colombian and other communities in Colombia will contribute to the seminar discussions.
Daniels students, faculty and staff are invited to tune in virtually on Mondays from 6-7:30 p.m.
February 10
Josefina Klinger Zúñiga with Pedro Aparicio-Llorente
Colombian environmentalist and community activist Josefina Klinger Zúñiga and Pedro Aparicio-Llorente, architect and founding principal of APLO, will discuss:
- Afro-Colombian land rights and knowledges
- Environmental activism and education in Nuqui, Chocó
- Pacific coast as Afro-Colombian homelands
- Building youth-based environmental knowledges
March 10
Gilma Mosquera with Pedro Aparicio-Llorente
Gilma Mosquera is an architect, teacher and researcher with a wide trajectory on the habitat of the Colombian Pacific and Afro-Colombian ways of creating domestic and urban spaces.
Topics covered
- Afro-Colombian-defined architecture on the Pacific Coast
- Community-based methods
- Afro-Colombian spatial knowledges
- Cultural memory and design
March 17
José de la Cruz with Pedro Aparicio-Llorente
José de la Cruz is a community leader in Bojayá, Colombia.
Topics covered
- Bojayá as a site of violence and memory work
- Afro-Colombian commemoration and activism
- Land as a place of healing and repair
- Afro-Colombian land reparations
Images: 1) Mangrove, Jurubira. Courtesy of Pedro Aparicio 2) Payao, engraved drawing. Courtesy of Pedro Aparicio.