Mellon Forum: Space
Brandi Thompson Summers, University of California, Berkeley; Ashlie Sandoval, Princeton Mellon
February 18, 2020 · 12:00 pm—1:15 pm · School of Architecture, South Gallery
Princeton Mellon Initiative; Humanities Council
Urban space and Blackness exist as embodied realities and material relationships, but they can also be subject to aestheticization, representation, and abstraction. This opening session of the Spring 2020 Mellon Forum on the Urban Environment will consider how the aestheticization or representation of Blackness and architectural design has impacted processes of urban renewal, designs for the urban environment, and the life conditions of Black communities.
