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 My dissertation in anthropology, titled “ University Expertise and Community Design: An Ethnographic Study of an Urban Design Workshop,” looks at a group of architects, landscape architects, sculptors and geographers engaged in collaborative urban design. Working as both professional practitioners and university teachers, these “professional-teachers” have developed relationships with several non-profit organizations and community groups within the low-income neighborhoods proximate to their university’s urban campus. Their goals have included the development of meaningful learning opportunities for their students, the pro bono provision of professional services to needy organizations, and the pursuit of innovative solutions to contemporary urban design issues. As a result of my studies, I have had the chance to teach as an anthropologist within a professionally accredited architecture program. I believe this kind of direct and integrated engagement of social science with the professional training of architects is an important way to forge a diverse, robust, and effective approach to interdisciplinary work. With this kind of collaboration in mind, I will be working with Temple University undergraduate members of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) to bring speakers from disciplines not commonly paired with architecture for discussions on how they might productively work together, in both professional and academic contexts. |
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