Video Modules
Environmental Justice: Histories of Contamination and Stori...
About this lecture:This lecture is available as a pre-recorded video that can be accessed in two ways. Click to play the video above through Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/473072467). Alternately it can be accessed via the online learning platform VoiceThread, where viewers can click through each slide a...
“The Home of the Oppressed”: Democracy, Slavery and America...
"'The Home of the Oppressed': Democracy, Slavery and America’s Civic Architecture" explores how the United States’ early civic sphere formed within a landscape of chattel slavery whose laborers built and maintained the architectures of democracy. It is critical to consider that ...
The Forgotten Women in Architecture and Construction Work
By John Thomas, JD, LLM, MPHNearly everyone knows about Rosie the Riveter, the women who built ships during WWII.[1] These days, many people know about Laura the Luthier, the women who built American guitars during WWII.[2] But, what of Abigail the Architect and Constance the Construction Worker? A...
Globalizing the Video Architectural History Timeline Project
By: Joseph BedfordThe challenge of teaching global history in the architectural history survey course:The project of Global History in architectural education demands a broader range of global expertise from the teacher of the typical survey course in American Universities than ever before, especia...
Vínculos arquitectónicos entre el Mundo Islámico y América ...
Fernando Martínez NespralPrimera clase: Introducción, componente árabe de la cultura iberoamericana.Resumen:Los imaginarios sobre América Latina la ubican a una considerable distancia del Mundo islámico. Lenguajes, religiones y paradigmas culturales nos permiten asociar a América Latina con Occiden...
Port Cities Between Global Networks and Local Transformatio...
Port Cities Between Global Networks and Local TransformationsCarola Hein, Tino MagerCourse Summary: Throughout history, the access to large bodies of water facilitated the foundation, rise and prosperity of human settlements. Besides the vital quality of fresh water, the connecting potential of wat...