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Date

May 14, 2019 7:00PM

Name

Performative Preservation
with Dr. Azra Akšamija

Description

Join us for a talk exploring bold new creative responses to humanitarian crises with artist and scholar Dr. Azra Akšamija from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Akšamija works at the intersection of art, design, and technology to co-create projects with communities affected by conflict and crisis — projects that preserve the community’s cultural heritage, identities, and memory, and in turn help restore social structures and living culture.

Through a look at past projects, Dr. Akšamija will show how the approach, which she calls Performative Preservation, has worked with refugee women in Bosnia (Monument in Waiting); with communities in the Middle East and North Africa (Memory Matrix); and in her recent work with refugees in the Al Azraq Camp in Jordan.

This is the third in our Changemakers Talk series, which delves into the critical conversations of our time. This season we present four exceptional women forging new paths in art and activism. Dr. Akšamija is leading the way in a revolutionary new field with innovative approaches that empower communities and advance outdated narratives.

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