Shumi Bose presents her thoughts on the benefits of Coalition, as part of Blueprint for Decolonisation, a symposium organised in collaboration with the Asian Architects Association (AAA) exploring the steps towards a decolonised architectural education.
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Shumi Bose is an architectural historian, curator and teacher. She is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Central Saint Martins, covering architectural history, theory and broader cultural issues. She also teaches Critical and Historical Studies at the Royal College of Art. Shumi has worked as curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects since 2017; exhibitions include Freestyle: Architectural Adventures in Mass Media (2020) with Space Popular, and A Home For All: Six Experiments in Social Housing (2018). In 2016, she co-curated Home Economics, the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, alongside Jack Self and Finn Williams. Shumi works as an editor on books on architecture, regularly contributing to publications including Pin Up, Log and Metropolis. Recent publications include Spatial Practices: Modes of Action and Engagement with the City (ed. Mel Dodd, Routledge, 2019), Wherever You Find People (Park Books, 2017) and Home Economics (The Spaces, 2016).
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