Symposia
The Shape of Space: Graduate Student Symposium
On behalf of the Department of Anthropology and the School of Architecture at Yale University, we invite you to the Graduate Student Symposium, The Shape of Space. The symposium is a two-day event on Yale University campus from February 14–15, 2025.
February 14th (Day 1): Location: HQ 136
9: 30 AM: Breakfast for Symposium registrants
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM: (30 mins/ panelist + 30 mins Q and A)
PANEL 1: Bounding Vitality:
- Angelika Joseph, Architecture PhD Program, Princeton University: Shaping Sovereignty: An Architectural Plan for Indigenous Nation-Building at Wounded Knee, 1973
- Emma Kahn, Anthropology PhD program, Brown University: Heart of the City: The Albuquerque Rail Trail as a Settler (Re)vitalizer
- Stephanie Birch, History PhD program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Making the Midwest: Carcerality in the American Heartland
- Gonzalo Aguirre Orellana, Anthropology PhD program, Brown University: Modern Salmon, Old Disputes: The Distribution of the Sensible in Chiloé and Chilean Patagonia
- Moderator: Connor Liskey
12:45 PM: Lunch for Symposium Registrants
1:45 PM - 4:15 PM (30 mins/ panelist + 30 mins Q and A)
PANEL 2: Lines and Lineages:
- Matthew Ballance, Anthropology PhD program, Brown University: Shaping the Camino Real: Circulation, Space-Time, and the State in Colonial South America
- Patrick McKenzie, Anthropology PhD program, University of Colorado, Boulder: Remembrance, Revival, and Ruin: Monumental Histories and Futures in Bulgaria
- Xhulio Binjaku, Architecture PhD program, Princeton University: On Contours
- Qianye Yu, History of Architecture & Urban Development PhD program, Cornell University: Landscape of Vigilance: The TAZARA Railway (1968-1976) and the Institutionalization of Territory
- Moderator: Alfonse Chiu
4:30 - 5: 30 PM: Keynote Address by Dr. Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen, Yale University
5:30 - 6:00 PM: Q and A
February 15th (Day 2): Location 10 Sachem 105
9:30 AM: Breakfast for Symposium registrants
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM: (30 mins/ panelist + 30 mins Q and A)
PANEL 3: Living Interstices:
- Fatema Tasmia, History of Art & Architecture, PhD Program, Boston University: Shaping Unmapped Spaces: Everyday Urbanism and the Adaptive Role of Sidewalks as Social Space in Dhaka’s Urban Landscape
- Elisheva Levy, Architecture PhD program, University of Pennsylvania: Individualism vs. Collectivism: Comparing the Impact of Ideologies on the Material Realm of the Home
- Kara Morgan Plaxa Arxa, Architecture PhD program, Princeton University: Behind Closed Doors: Masculinity and Identity in Leftover Spaces within the social context of the US
- Kristen Miller, Religious Studies PhD program, Arizona State University: Hindu Varanasi: Iconographic Street Art and the Transformation of Urban Space
- Moderator: Lisa Beyeler-Yvarra
12:45 PM: Lunch for Symposium Registrants
1:45 PM - 4:15 PM (30 mins/ panelist + 30 mins Q and A)
PANEL 4: Im/materialities:
- Annika Hirmke, Geography PhD program, University of Colorado Boulder: Shaping Energy: Constructing Spaces of Energy, Extraction, and Conservation in Montana
- Moad Musbahi, Anthropology & Interdisciplinary Humanities, Princeton University: Buying and Selling Air in the Sahara: Field Notes on Aeration
- Bailey Miller, Anthropology PhD program, Princeton University: Concrete Topologies: Construction, Destruction, and the Shape of Value in Beirut
- Layna Chen, Architecture MED program, Yale University: Reconstituting the Void: Value and Visibility in Indonesia’s Peatlands
- Moderator: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4:30 - 5: 30 PM: Keynote Address by Prof. Vyjayanthi Rao, Yale University
5:30 - 6:00 PM: Q and A
This is event is co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, the Yale School of Architecture and the Dean’s Fund.
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