U-M PDC Lecture Series
SUMMER 2021
U-M PDC has arranged a seven-part public lecture series featuring Taubman College faculty speaking on a term ubiquitous in the field of Public Interest Design. These terms, such as participation, place, or access are employed repeatedly, but rarely interrogated. Through a semantic framework, this series provides a venue to form a collective understanding of each term, and inch closer to a definition of Public Interest Design writ large.
Speakers include:
Harley Etienne
Jean Louis Farges
Joe Grengs
Julia McMorrough
Meredith Miller
Thom Moran
Gina Reichert
Mireille Roddier
Jose Sanchez
Jean Louis Farges & Gina Reichert on COMMONS + GOVERNANCE
Joe Grengs on ACCESS (pt.2)
Julia McMorrough on ACCESS (pt.1)
Thom Moran & Meredith Miller on MATERIAL
Jose Sanchez on PARTICIPATION
Harley Etienne on COMMUNITY
Mireille Roddier on PLACE (MAKING/KEEPING/KNOWING) + TEMPORALITY
Gallery Show
SEPTEMBER 2020
During the Summer of 2020, six teams of students and faculty mentors worked with six community partners to investigate design’s transformative role in a post-covid urban context. Project outcomes were broad and varied, ranging from videos to online art galleries to on-site solutions for safe occupation of space.
The Summer concluded with a public conversation between community partners, students and mentors. Discussions were broken into 3 loosely structured topical categories: Spinning Stories, Crossing Lines & Playing it Safe.
Public Design Corps Gallery Show, Hosted by Anya Sirota
Professional Confessionals
SUMMER 2020
Professional Confessionals invited Taubman College faculty with experience in the area of public design to discuss work and critical thinking around issues of public interest design and community engagement; the partners, the successes and challenges and the outcomes.
Moderated by Sharon Haar, faculty speakers included Anya Sirota, Cyrus Peñarroyo, Marc Norman, Ana Paula Pimentel Walker & María Arquero de Alarcón.
Sharon Haar w/ Anya Sirota
Sharon Haar w/ Cyrus Peñarroyo