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SUMMARY:WORK — Architecture and Labour / RIOT
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DESCRIPTION:Namita Vijay Dharia\nHow does the economic system underlying s
 pace production impact architectural practice? Conversely\, how does the p
 ractice of architecture impact the construction industry and housing crise
 s? This lecture series\, WORK—Architecture and Labor\, seeks to illumina
 te obscured and too often ignored economic questions to address work condi
 tions and the division of labor and class in the profession. How can the c
 urrent architecture practice be reformed to operate on non-extractive prin
 ciples? For instance\, will bridging the gap between intellectual design w
 orkers in the office and the manual and executive labor force on-site offe
 r a way out? What is the causality between land and material value and the
  organization of the office? Why is the profession so remote from labor st
 ruggles and poorly organized\, with so few unions\, badly negotiated labor
  contracts\, and barely any self-management models? Asking candidly ‘who
  can afford to be radical\,’ this lecture series seeks answers from thin
 kers\, researchers\, and practitioners to address power structures and lab
 or in architecture.\n\nNamita Vijay Dharia\nMonday\, April 8\,  17:00 - 1
 8:30 CET\n\nNamita Vijay Dharia is an associate professor at the Rhode Isl
 and School of Design. She is an architect and anthropologist who studies u
 rban political economy and ecology in India. Her work combines ethnographi
 c methodologies and anthropological theory with the scalar\, spatial and m
 aterial approaches of architecture and design. She works across the themes
  of materiality and aesthetic studies\, political ecology\, labor studies\
 , and planning and development politics. She is the author of the Industri
 al Ephemeral: Labor and love in Indian Architecture and Construction. Her 
 second book length project studies the politics of rest in environmental a
 nd labor relations in Mumbai\, India\, focusing on the significance of urb
 an and planetary rest. 
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