The concept of settler colonialism has recently emerged as a name for a distinctive form of colonialism that develops in places where settlers permanently reside and assert sovereignty. While ongoing settler colonialism in the United States is centered in indigenous thought and contemporary urban activism alike, architecture in the U.S. has only tentatively explored its deep relationship to settler colonial conditions and processes. How could architecture negotiate the settler colonial present and even understand that present as calling for a decolonized future?

This event is part of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning’s lecture series. This event is free and open to the public. Attendees will earn one (1) AIA continuing education learning unit (LU).