Open lecture: Expanding Agency and Feminism with Hilde Heynen

Part of a series of events in the project Expanding Agency: Women at Work in Modern Architecture. Expanding Agency and Feminism, a lecture by Hilde Heynen, is part of a series of events in the project Expanding Agency: Women at Work in Modern Architecture, organised by Stad & Architectuur (S&A), PAF and KU Leuven. By learning from historical perspectives, we explore how the work of women and people of color, often invisible in architectural history, shapes our architecture and cities today. In this first open lecture, Professor Emerita Hilde Heynen takes us through the four waves of feminism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and she discusses how these movements have shaped architectural discourse, practice, and the ways in which architectural history is written. At the same time, she shows how architecture has long been a discipline in which masculinity and whiteness have found a place more easily than femininity and color. Successive waves of feminist thought and criticism have challenged the patriarchal identity of architecture. Yet, to date, these challenges have barely entered mainstream architectural culture. The lecture explores why architecture has been so resistant to feminist criticism and considers how future activism might help to change this situation, to expand our notion of agency within architecture. More info about the event. Tickets 5€ student / 10€ regular / 15€ support ticket/ Free ticket (pay what you can) Everyone is welcome to join this conversation. No prior knowledge is needed. We create a warm, open space where every voice is welcome. This ticket also gives you access to the poster exhibition Expanding Agency - Reframed. Accessibility • The event will be held in English. We will do our best to offer ad hoc (whisper) translations if needed. • The space where the conversation will take place (second floor) is unfortunately not accessible by elevator. Please contact us ([email protected]) so that we can provide adequate assistance. Cover © Tatjana Huong Henderieckx