Beyond the Given: What? Organizing for Critical Pedagogy, Practice, and Institution Building in Architecture, A collaborative conference between Avani Institute of Design, School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai, C.A.R.E. School of Architecture, Trichy, and Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, Mysore Co-Convening, Gender and Academic Leadership in Architecture, Avani Institute of Design, 05-07 September, 2019 (co-convenor Kush Patel)
The conference was focused on exploring, revealing, and reflecting on modes of thinking and acting in architectural academies that have become habitualized over decades; modes which remain outside of inquiry, be it the notion of site specificity and “master builder” identity, or the agency of the academic and professional practitioner in initiating and supporting real change, or faith in content-based curriculum as the path to innovations in pedagogy. These modes have become ossified over time through inheritances of institutional legacies; disciplinary modes of proceeding; p
