Fabricated Fields: Agriculture in the City

Myvonwynn Hopton + Jennifer Regnier + Adrian Suzuki

BRENDAN MUHA

January 27, 2010
115 Harris Hall
12pm

Guest presenter: Brendan Muha

Flash Communities

Jeff Nordberg

BROOKE HODGE

January 22, 2010
Watt Hall Room 115
12pm

Guest presenter: Brooke Hodge, curator and writer talks about architecture, fashion, car design and what it means to curate exhibitions in the 21st century.

CHRISTOPHER JAMES ALEXANDER

January 15, 2010
Watt Hall Room 115
12pm

Guest presenter: Christopher James Alexander, architecture and design curator at the Getty Research Institute, talks about his job and the challenge of reaching a broader audience.

YOUR ENGAGEMENT HAS CONSEQUENCES.

Following the recent earthquake in Haiti, the devastation of Port-au-Prince has been at the forefront of international news. The Christian Science Monitor reported,
“An estimated 3 million people may have been affected by the quake and that it would take a day or two for a clear picture of the scope of the destruction to emerge. Thousands of structures – from government and United Nations buildings to the millions of shacks that line the streets of the impoverished nation's capital have been reduced to rubble.”
To what extent does the global community hold a moral responsibility to prevent such massive human destruction? In the context of this tragedy and as part of the course introduction, delivered January 13, 2010, a day after the disaster, students reflected on the idea of civic engagement. Whether in the form of governance, policy or activism the question above provokes inquiry into the well being of all world citizens. Drawing from Qingyun Ma’s, “Dean’s Message: Honoring the Past • Inventing the Future”, published on the university website, students are asked to write a brief statement analyzing and evaluating the potential for civic engagement at USC’s School of Architecture.