Pedagogy, Place, and Publics: An Equity Analysis of GSAPP Historic Preservation Studios
Erica Avrami, Andrew Dolkart, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Architecture, Planning and Preservation
The research takes a critical yet action-oriented position: historic preservation is a predominantly White field, and GSAPP is a predominantly White institution that established the first graduate program in the field. The GSAPP HP program has an affirmative obligation to reckon with how its curricula and pedagogy, over time, constructed a body of knowledge and practice—and thus shaped the profession—in ways that may have contributed to the under-representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color’s stories in the landscape and built environment. The HP program’s own history will serve as an evidentiary basis for informing and guiding anti-racist and anti-bias curricula moving forward.
This project was funded through the Addressing Racism: A Call to Action for Higher Education initiative of the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement.