BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:652@ssa.ccny.cuny.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T204500 DTSTAMP:20240205T163314Z URL:https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/film-screening-and-panel-discussion-c rip-camp/ SUMMARY:Film Screening and Panel Discussion: Crip Camp DESCRIPTION:Down the road from Woodstock\, a revolution blossomed in a rams hackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities\, transforming their li ves and igniting a landmark movement.\n\n“Crip Camp is both a gripping l ook at the history of the disability rights movement and a timely call to action\, urging us to explore our own duty to fight for the dignity of all people.” – President Barack Obama\, Executive Producer\n\nPlease chec k out the film trailer here.\n\nThe screening will be followed by a conver sation with leading figures in accessibility studies:\nIgnacio G. Galán\n Robert McRuer\nJohn Peterson\n\nIgnacio G. Galán (pictured right) is an a rchitect\, historian\, and educator at Barnard College\, Columbia Universi ty. His work is concerned with the ways in which architecture participates in the articulation of societies—attending to questions of residence\, nationalism\, migration\, and disability cultures. His scholarship has bee n published in JSAH\, JDH\, JAE\, modernism+modernity\, and the volumes It alian Imprints and Architectures of Care amongst others. He is a co-editor of the volumes Radical Pedagogies and After Belonging and his monograph F urnishing Fascism is forthcoming (University of Minnesota Press). His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2014 and 2021) amongst differe nt venues\; has been featured in major platforms including Architectural R ecord and Domus\; has received awards by ACSA\, Dezeen\, and AN\; and is p art of the permanent collection of the Pompidou Center.\n\nRobert McRuer ( pictured left) is Professor of English at The George Washington University \, where he teaches disability studies and queer theory. He is the author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability (NYU\, 2006) an d Crip Times: Disability\, Globalization\, and Resistance (2018). With Ann a Mollow\, he co-edited Sex and Disability (Duke\, 2012). He is the genera l co-editor\, with David Bolt\, of the six-volume series\, A Cultural Hist ory of Disability (Bloomsbury\, 2020).\n\nJohn Peterson\, (pictured center ) architect\, educator and activist\, is Curator of the Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Peterson is the founder of Public Arch itecture\, a national nonprofit organization based in San Francisco. The o rganization’s work has been showcased at the Venice Architecture Biennal e\, MoMA\, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum\, the Benaki Museum in Athens\, and the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. Public Ar chitecture’s 1+ program challenges architecture and design firms to pled ge a minimum of 1% of their time in pro bono services to nonprofits in nee d and has attracted participation from over 1500 firms nationwide. Public Architecture’s projects have been covered by national and international media\; its ScrapHouse\, a house built from only salvaged materials\, was the subject of a National Geographic Channel documentary. The organization was a Harvard Business School case study in 2010 and has been supported b y a long list of major funders. Peterson’s work has appeared in several books and publications\, including The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong i n a World Where Things Go Wrong\, The New York Times\, Architectural Recor d\, Architect\, Metropolis\, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. He has con tributed to books such as Expanding Design\, Urban Interventions\, and The Power of Pro Bono. Peterson led the architectural practice Peterson Archi tects from 1993 to 2010 and has taught at the University of Texas at Austi n and California College of the Arts. A recipient of numerous design and s ocial innovation awards\, Peterson has played an important part in definin g the concept of “public interest design.” He holds degrees in fine ar ts and architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and was a Loeb Fell ow in 2006.\n\nSuggested Readings: Ignacio G. Galán\, "Disabled Domestici ties and the Politics of Restrooms. Architectural Enactments of Interdepen dence” in Architectures of Care: From the Intimate to the Common\, Britt any Utting ed. (New York: Routledge\, 2023)\, 15-33. Robert McRuer\, "Keyw ords for Radicals: The Contested Vocabulary of Late Capitalist Struggle".\ n\nThis film screening and panel discussion will be in person and is part of the Spring 2024 Sciame Lecture Series\, titled "Access and Beyond: Arch itecture and Disability."\n\n"Access and Beyond: Architecture and Disabili ty" answers the call for disability justice in our time. Architects\, desi gners\, and scholars\, inspired by critical disability studies\, make up t he distinguished roster of speakers who situate disability\, ability\, and access in pointed\, specific critiques of design\, culture\, and power. T his series invites practitioners to probe assumptions embedded in universa l design\, to center belonging in design practice\, to critique technology in relation to inclusion\, and to apprehend the rich contribution of diff erence in the sensorial experiences of places.\n\nThis film screening and panel discussion is free\, open to the public\, and held in the Bernard an d Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium. Live captioning a nd ASL interpretation will be available upon request. For access requests or questions\, please contact ssadean@ccny.cuny.edu. \n\nSee https://www. ccny.cuny.edu/return-campus for current requirements for in-person visitor s.\n\nThis lecture series is made possible by the Spitzer Architecture Fun d and the generous support of Frank Sciame ’74\, CEO of Sciame Construct ion. 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