Theory’s Curriculum
May 18, 2019, 10am
311 East Broadway
New York, NY 10002
USA
Syllabi are theory’s infrastructure. They set a program for study, give structure to vast networks of ideas, and define an interpretative stance on the world. This one–day event will address who our theory syllabi represent, what theoretical objects or concerns they should address, and why we should continue to teach architectural theory today? The program will include the launch and presentation of the e–flux Architecture project Theory’s Curriculum as well as responses to the project by 12 panelists who will discuss the who, what and why of architectural theory today in a series of panel sessions.
Panelists
Marta Caldeira, Yale University
Tao Sule DuFour, Cornell University
Mario Gooden, Coumbia GSAPP
Sophie Hochhäusl, University of Pennsylvania
Dora Epstein Jones, Texas Tech University
Sanford Kwinter, Pratt Institute
Peter Laurence, Clemson University
Sylvia Lavin, Princeton University
John May, Harvard GSD
Ana Miljacki, MIT
Meredith TenHoor, Pratt Institute
David Theodore, McGill University
Provocateurs
Matthew Allen, University of Toronto
Joseph Bedford, Virginia Tech
Elisa Dainese, Dalhousie University
Gabriel Fuentes, Marywood University
Antonio Furgiuele, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Joseph Godlewski, Syracuse University
Jeremy Lecomte, SCI-Arc
Jake Matatyaou, SCI-Arc
Ginger Nolan, University of Southern California
Bryan Norwood, University of Michigan
Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco, Iowa State University
Marrikka Trotter, SCI-Arc
Program
INTRODUCTIONS
10:00–11:00am
SESSION 1: Who?
11:00am–12:00pm
Meredith TenHoor, David Theodore, Tao Sule DuFour; moderated by Joseph Godlewski
LUNCH
12:00–1:00pm
SESSION 2: What?
1:00–2:00pm
Ana Miljacki, John May, Mario Gooden, Dora Epstein Jones; moderated by Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco
BREAK
2:00–2:15pm
SESSION 3: Why?
2:15–3:15pm
Sanford Kwinter, Sylvia Lavin, Marta Caldeira, Peter Laurence; moderated by Joseph Bedford
BREAK
3:15–3:30pm
ROUNDTABLE
3:30–4:30pm
CLOSING REMARKS
4:30–4:45pm: Joseph Bedford and Nick Axel
This event is organized by Joseph Bedford. Thanks go to Nick Axel for institutional support and editorial guidance and to Joseph Godlewski for fund-raising support and programming advice. The event was made possible by the following sponsors: Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative; Virginia Tech Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, and School of Architecture + Design; School of Architecture, Syracuse University; John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto; Department of Architecture, Wentworth Institute of Technology; and Department of Architecture, Iowa State University College of Design
For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.