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Talk: Interrupt, Reframe
Becoming Urban, Differently
What does it mean to be urban? In the Americas, the word “city” calls up images of buildings, streets, and infrastructure for public services like processing wastewater and waste. Planning is done above ground: there is little relationship to the wildlife, insects, the water and trees. What systems (colonial, structural, unequal) shape quotidian life? Are we ignoring voiceless populations…do wildlife or the rivers have a voice?
Hear from:
Ana María Durán Calisto is an Ecuadorian architect, academic and urban-environmental planner. For more than two decades, she has been investigating urbanization processes in the Amazon basin with an emphasis on the oil urbanisms of Ecuador and indigenous systems of settlement. Ana María has co-edited the books Beyond Petropolis: Designing a Practicable Utopia in Nueva Loja and Ecological Urbanism in Latin America. She is currently a professor at Yale School of Architecture and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Fernando Huambutzereque is a Shuar architect working in Ecuador. He led the team that developed the Achuar Life Plan, a territorial planning scheme advanced by the Achuar First Nation of Ecuador. He has collaborated with several Amazonian municipalities, and is currently envisioning a forest resurgence program for the highway that leads from Macas to Huamboya.
Greves Pouchette is Eyathka (Stoney) born, raised and still residing in Mini Thni (Morley) on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, east of Calgary. He is a well-traveled artist who has attended celebrations, shows, and festivals as a performer and participant. He relishes the opportunity to make new friends, connect with old friends, and learn about other cultures and customs…something he continues to do today.
Thursday October 27, 7pm MT (online)
This talk is produced in partnership with the Calgary Public Library and with the support of Canada Council for the Arts. The events are free, open to the public. RSVP to receive a link to attend.
The talks are part of the Interrupt, Reframe issue of FOLD. The issue is published by d.talks with the support of Canada Council for the Arts, in addition to the ongoing support of Calgary Arts Development and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
