Resilience and Repair: Responses to Conflict and Disaster

In conversation with Harry Blakiston Houston (Insulate Ukraine), Jenia Gubkina (Architect, Urban Historian, Curator), Ammar Azzouz (Research Fellow, University of Oxford), Mehmet Kalyoncu (Founder and Member of the Board of Trustees, Türkiye Design Council), Mario Balducci (Humanitarian Architect, Article 25)

• What role should designers play in global politics and welfare?
• How can designers meaningfully respond to the devastating impact of conflict and disaster?
• Design interventions that aid conversation and diplomacy
• How can design foster unity over division?
• What actions and projects can designers embark on today that can have long term impact on communities displaced and affected by conflict and disaster?

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