On Empathy: Identity, Space, & Expression Through Making

Dear Friends, 

We would like to invite you to the second On Empathy conversation this term. 

Join us on Friday, June 26th at 7 PM for a conversation on the relationship between identity, space, and making as a form of expression and research into the two. The talk will feature Waterloo Architecture alumni Haneen Dalla-Ali, Jessica Hanzelkova, and Danielle Rosen, who each tackled these questions, in their own unique ways, with their masters’ theses. Through their work, the three alumni have, in turn, recalled nearly-lost memories, traced difficult family histories, and questioned the concept of identity and womanhood, to confront their positions in the world of art and design. Through these journeys, writing and making have played instrumental roles in their research methodologies. 

Our talk will include discussions on the struggles and rewards of identity-driven research, writing and making as media for personal exploration, and different methods for tackling hard questions in design and research. We hope that this discussion will ultimately act as a prompt for an open conversation to share and seek solace in the broader Waterloo Architecture community.

Please join us on Zoom:

• Time: Jun 26, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
• Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82659646841?pwd=RFFmczJtVFNvY0ZhRnMvRHViSnQzUT09
• Meeting ID: 826 5964 6841
• Password: empathy
• Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kq4K2FxqK
  

You can find the trio’s graduate work on UW space through the following links:

• Haneen Dalla-Ali (2019). Tracings: Unraveling Home in the Diaspora. UWSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/14729
• Jessica Hanzelkova (2020). The Artifacts of No-Place. UWSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15924
• Danielle Rosen (2018). Still Wandering: Tales from the Diaspora. UWSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/13904

Hope to see you there,
Paniz and the On Empathy Team