19 Apr 04/19/23 Design & Solidarity Book Launch

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Design & Solidarity Book Launch Party

Thurs, April 20 (6-7:30 pm) RSVP

Presented by MIT School of Architecture 

Co-presented by MIT Open Doc Lab and NuLawLab at Northeastern University School of Law

77 Mass Ave, 7-429 (Long Lounge)

What does it mean to design spaces for — and of — solidarity? How does solidarity inform design, and how can design enable new forms of solidarity to emerge? How can design visibilize and stabilize the complex economies that comprise our everyday lives? 

In their new book, Design & Solidarity, (Columbia University Press), artist Marisa Morán Jahn (Director, Parsons’ Integrated Design Program) and architect Rafi Segal (Director, MIT SMArchS Urbanism Program) explore the power of design, art, and architecture in shaping emergent forms of mutualism, fulfilling their promise of solidarity, and ensuring that these values endure. Join us for a lively conversation with the authors and leading thinkers and designers: 

Authors Marisa Morán Jahn, Artist and Rafi Segal, Architect; MIT 

In conversation with Arturo Escobar, Design Anthropologist; Author, Designs for the Pluriverse   

And Greg Lindsay, Fellow, MIT Future Urban Collectives; Mercedes Bidart, Co-Founder, Quipu; Rashin Fahandej, Multimedia Artist, Filmmaker

Remarks by Jules Sievert, Artistic Director, NuLawLab, Northeastern University and Sarah Wolozin, Director of MIT OpenDocLab

Moderated by Ana Miljacki, Critic, Curator, Director, Architecture and Urbanism Section, MIT