lecture
elisa dainese

June 24, 2021, 3-7 pm
Online

Dr. Elisa Dainese, Georgia Institute of Technology
Visiting Fellow 2020-21, Università di Pisa

Starting from the definition of architecture as “political technology” (Felicity D. Scott, 2010), this seminar questions how and for whom digital technologies, services and structures are created and it explores which rights and restrictions make their architecture accessible. Through the investigation of questions at the intersections of theory and praxis and considerations on how tools can be theorized, hacked, and used in service of decolonization, the research challenges colonial epistemological legacies working towards decolonial futures of design. Results investigate the limits of anti-colonial, post-colonial and even decolonized theories on design to understand how renovated paradigms and approaches could build new social architecture and urban design. The first part of this seminar, with Lina Malfona, took place on June 25, 2020 while the third part, the roundtable, will be held on November 2021.

Program

Opening
Renato Iannelli, UniPi (PhD coordinator)

Introduction
Lina Malfona, UniPi

1) Elisa Dainese, The Call to Decolonize Architecture
Discussants: Camillo Boano, PoliTo; Phd students: Szymon Mateusz Ruszczewski (SSoA), Gaia Ballatori (UniPi)

2) Elisa Dainese, Decolonizing the Digital Space
Discussant: Charles Batach, Kindom University; Phd student: Andrea Crudeli (UniPi)

3) Elisa Dainese, Decolonizing Knowledge: Data, Archives and the Classroom
Discussants: Sergio Pace, PoliTo; Phd students: Szymon Mateusz Ruszczewski (SSoA), Gaia Ballatori (UniPi)

Conclusion
Marco Trisciuoglio, PoliTo

Immage credits: The Universal Constructor, group project by students at the Architectural Association directed by John and Julia Frazer 1990

Polit(t)ico Research Lab is a versatile research platform sponsored by the University of Pisa, focusing on architectural theory, epistemology, and the arts.