We ’ re living in a time in which people across the country are wondering what to do in light of recent election results . How can architecture help us figure out what to do next and how to f i g h t b a c k a g a i n s t oppression and abuse of power ? MW : We are going to have to find new ways of engaging in public space . Part of this process includes understanding how space has been modified . The analysis of how this modification produces inequality is a very critical understanding possible next steps . Begin with the Past was published in September of 2016 and Negro Building , runner up for the John H . Franklin Prize for best book in American Studies , was published in 2012 . Your scholarly essays , including “ Carceral Architectures ” which was published in the October 2016 edition of E- Flux , have appeared in numerous journals and books . Who Builds Your Architecture ( WBYA ), a coalition you co-founded in 2011 , currently has an installation on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through June 11 , 2017 . You ’ re incredibly busy . Can
you share with our readers what ’ s next ? I ’ m currently working on a project that examines the relationship between the building of Washington D . C ., slavery , and forms of resistance by both free Blacks and slaves . It also takes a look at the history of structures in the mid- Atlantic region and how the City of Richmond , Virginia , served as model for the design of Washington D . C .
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How can our readers learn more about your work and stay up-to-date with your projects ? MW : I encourage your readers to visit http :// studioand . org /, to l e a r n m o r e a b o u t m y projects and writings .
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MABEL O. WILSON:
'OTHER MONUMENTALITIES'
MABEL O. WILSON:
'WHO BUILDS YOUR ARCHITECTURE?"
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