Curating for Culture

Gender and Academic Leadership in Architecture in IndiaThe research symposium on Gender and Academic Leadership in Architecture in India will examine the engagement of women and persons of minoritized genders and sexualities in the construction of the academy, architectural knowledge, professional identity, and academic practice. While the academy in India is often viewed as a softer, more flexible, an almost feminized alternative to practicing professionally for women (who have the culturally pre-ordained role of being the primary carer for the family), or a possible safe space for queer persons (whose bodies and knowledges are otherwise invisibilized or violently erased), academic leadership roles have not been always accessible. Whilst this is now changing, a vast majority of these positions are still being held either by men, or by privileged savarna academics and those with access to intergenerational wealth and social networks.

We are a collective. We are also many diverse individuals. We are passionate about cultural issues and creativity is our hack. Our work ranges from community engagement in regional settlements, exercises in historical and cultural preservation, taking up institutional responsibilities, engaging in constructive activism to designing responses and facilitating public appreciation in urban settings for creative exchanges.

संस्कृति के लिए संग्रहाध्यक्ष का काम | સંસ્કૃતિ માટે વસ્તુપાલનું કામ | संस्कृती साठी पदार्थ संग्रहालयाचा प्रमुख चे काम | ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಗಾಗಿ ಕ್ಯುರೇಟರ್ ಕೆಲಸ | ସଂସ୍କୃତି ପାଇଁ ଚିକିତ୍ସା