Politics

Black in Design 2021: “Black Matter”

The Black in Design conference, organized by the Harvard Graduate School of Design African American Student Union, recognizes the contributions of the African diaspora...

Aging in [a] Place: Planning, Design & Spatial Justice in Aging Societies

The United States is an aging society with growing economic inequality and socio-cultural diversity. Age-associated disadvantages, such as declining health, overlap with unequal access...

Black in Design Conference

The Black in Design Conference, organized by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design African American Student Union (GSD AASU) recognizes the contributions of the African...

A Convergence at the Confluence of Power, Identity, and Design

This Convergence marks the formation of a regional network of equity-focused design-centric student groups focused on re-imagining the intersection between identity and design. We...

Toolkit for Today 2018: Activisms

This year’s Toolkit, Activisms, focuses on the different forms that engaged practice can take for scholars of architecture. But what counts as activism? We...

Black in Design Conference

The Black in Design Conference, organized by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design African American Student Union (GSD AASU) recognizes the contributions of the African...

Power and the Space of the Planet

Spanning the planet, the dynamics of climate change bind together innumerable, often incompatible categories, things, and processes. Among these are energy infrastructures, politics, nature,...

Black in Design Conference

This conference has been organized to address social justice from the perspective of design, emphasizing the importance of compassion in the design ethos, and...

Informing Justice: A Conversation about the Role of Design in Building Equitable Communities

In the wake of events in Ferguson, Staten Island, and around the country, three organizations at the Harvard Graduate School of Design will come together to...