JBSC: Staying with Modernity? (Dis)Entangling Coloniality and Architecture

The Jaap Bakema Study Centre is holding its 11th annual conference. In this edition, we will reflect on the ambiguous nature of modern architecture, particularly in relation to exploitative colonial practices that stand in stark contrast to the progressive ideals of modernism. With contributions from a diverse group of researchers, we will interrogate the entanglement of modernity, coloniality, and architecture.

Based on different research cases, at different scales and each with its own historical and spatial context, we share a variety of insights into this theme. Will we be able to answer the question posed in the open call? Should we leave modernity and modernism behind, or instead seek out their problems?

The conference will take place on Wednesday 20 November at the TU Delft, and on Thursday 21 November at the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam.

More information about the programme will follow soon.

Keynote session

On Thursday 21 November, we will conclude this edition of the JBSC conference in conversation with Rolando Vázquez Melken, Professor of Post/Decolonial Theories and Literatures at the University of Amsterdam. Together, we will reflect on the themes discussed during the conference, and look ahead to the future of the archive and archival research.

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