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URL:https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/fall-2023-sciame-lecture-series-selva
 -gurdogan/
SUMMARY:Fall 2023 Sciame Lecture Series: Selva Gürdoğan
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will be in person and is part of the Fall 2023 Sci
 ame Lecture Series\, titled "Crosscurrents: Architecture\, Landscape\, and
  Spatial Practices in Southwest Asia and North Africa."\n\nSelva Gürdoğa
 n graduated from Southern California Institute of Architecture in 2003. Sh
 e worked for Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam and in New 
 York. In 2006 together with Gregers Tang Thomsen\, she founded Superpool. 
 During 2013-2019\, she co-directed Studio-X Istanbul\, an urban laboratory
  of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture\, Planning and
  Preservation. Between 2019-2022\, Selva taught at the Architecture Associ
 ation School of Architecture in London. Since 2021\, she is an advisor to 
 Istanbul Planning Agency supported by a grant from Bernard van Leer Founda
 tion. Currently Selva lives between Copenhagen and Istanbul and aside from
  her work with Superpool\, she supports the development of Open Urban Prac
 tice\, a platform for collaboration for better public programs\, spaces an
 d buildings.\n\n"The Civic Entrepreneur":\n\nCivic | noun | Relating to a 
 citizen’s agency and sense of belonging in the places we call home.\n\nC
 ivic Entrepreneur | noun | A person who works to animate and transform a p
 lace. A civic entrepreneur brings people together from many walks of life\
 , builds common purpose\, unlocks latent talents and works to seed enterpr
 ising\, imaginative and system changing initiatives both inside and outsid
 e the mainstream.\n\nWhy the world needs Civic Entrepreneurs | rationale |
  There is no silver bullet - single initiatives cannot solve problems on t
 heir own. We live in an increasingly complex world - requiring not just de
 ep technical expertise but the ability to work across disciplines and dive
 rse groups of people. We need to think globally and act locally - action n
 eeds to be rooted in place to be effective and enduring. From climate chan
 ge to mental health\, migration to youth unemployment\, we have been facin
 g a crisis of activation. We need a new profession to unlock the awe-inspi
 ring potential of everything we already have - welcome\, the ‘civic entr
 epreneur’.\n\nSuggested Readings: Selva Gürdoğan\, “Play in the City
 " and Selva Gürdoğan\, "Zümrütevler Square Interim Implementation".\n\
 n"Crosscurrents: Architecture\, Landscape\, and Spatial Practices in South
 west Asia and North Africa" probes the radical reimagining of the region c
 ompelled by the expression Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). In rec
 ent years\, the acronym SWANA has gained currency among architects\, lands
 cape architects\, urbanists\, and historians who conceptualize the territo
 ries of the Middle East and North Africa through geography and place rathe
 r than colonial frameworks. The term “Middle East” was a British inven
 tion\, a tool used to advance colonialism in a region where so many nation
 al borders resulted from imperialist interventions. In the Fall 2023 Sciam
 e Lecture Series\, groundbreaking designers\, scholars\, practitioners\, a
 nd activists chart multiple—and sometimes competing—currents in the ar
 chitecture of the region and its diasporas\, while displacing essentializi
 ng colonial narratives. To do so\, speakers from across the area shed ligh
 t on global\, transnational\, and diasporic human stories about design\, s
 pace\, landscape\, and architecture in SWANA\, and advance new ideas about
  territory\, buildings\, places\, histories\, and belonging.\n\nAll lectur
 es are free\, open to the public\, and held in the Bernard and Anne Spitze
 r School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium.\n\nSee https://www.ccny.cuny.e
 du/return-campus for current requirements for in-person visitors.\n\nThis 
 lecture series is made possible by the Spitzer Architecture Fund and the g
 enerous support of Frank Sciame ’74\, CEO of Sciame Construction.
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures
LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\
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