Truth telling is not always comfortable, but it is essential to honest design and to imagining a way forward. Both of our panelists will address the realities of how institutions have failed their communities — not to impart blame, but to illuminate opportunities for design and the possibilities of place making. In the face of hard truths, design can open space for dialogue and a way forward. Whether that is admitting the failings of infrastructure in the American South or prompting a conversation about housing evictions in rural India, this lecture offers truth telling as a practice: to ourselves, and through our work.
The lecture brings together Swati Janu, founder of the Social Design Collaborative in Delhi, and Monique Verdin, a storyteller and environmental advocate from New Orleans who directs the Land Memory Bank and Seed Exchange. Both work at the intersection of architecture, culture, landscape, and social justice, exploring “place” not as a fixed site but a continuous creative process brought together by those around us.
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