Making History Do Work for the Present

April 10th, 4-5:30 Eastern; 3-4:30 Central; 1-2:30 Pacific

Please join us for this lecture supported by CoPED and Imagining America:

Making History Do Work for the Present: 

Participatory research methods at Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School

Lecture and discussion with Arijit Sen 

Interested in learning more about participatory research methods either as a designer, planner, faculty member, student, or simply as a curious community member? Please join Arijit Sen of University of Wisconsin for this lecture and discussion. Free and open to the public. Zoom info below.

Supported by CoPED and Imagining America

Zoom link:

https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95371653521?pwd=eUYrclZlZE1DZmJaRWZ1cXVVbm9NUT09

Meeting ID: 953 7165 3521 

Passcode: 063694 

Arijit Sen, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, is an architect and urban historian who writes, teaches, and studies urban cultural landscapes and immigrant histories. Sen’s writings examine South Asian immigrant cultural landscapes, urban public histories, and community engaged fieldwork methods. Since 2012, he has directed the Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School in Milwaukee, where university and community partners explore ways to interpret the city by engaging in storytelling, heritage preservation, and civic engagement. In 2021 Sen began serving as a co-director for the Wisconsin Humanities’ Community Powered initiative, a state-wide public humanities project that builds resilience among Wisconsin communities. In 2022 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians.