Tangible Remnants

**Some of the links above may be Amazon affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you.** This episode features some of my favorite things from 2020.  Quote:  "One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark bo...

This episode features a conversation with Professor Amber Wiley.  She is an old friend who is an Assistant Professor in the Art History Department at Rutgers University and a scholar who has traveled the world studying culture. Quote: "The Civil Rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s.  It continues on to this very minute." - Julian Bond   Time...

**EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE** This episode features a conversation with Germaine Joseph with the Saint Lucia National Trust.  We talk about heritage and preservation, colonialism, colorism, climate change, tourism, and the importance of telling multiple narratives.    Quote: “Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for g...

This episode features a conversation with Architect, Rasheda Tripp, and Developer, Morgan C.B. Miles.  They were the only other two black women in my graduating architecture class at UVA and have been dear friends of mine for almost 20 years.  We talk about our careers, what brought us to architecture and how we navigate white, male spaces as black women. Quote: "The function, the very seriou...

**EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE** This episode features a conversation I had with Melissa R. Daniel of the Archispolly podcast.  We cover a range of topics from safety in the built environment to the impacts on mentor had on her life. Melissa R. Daniel is an architectural designer in Washington DC and the creator and host of the Architecture is Political podcast, a podcast where Black and Bro...

This episode is a condensed version of the Race and Preservation conversation I had with Brent Leggs from the National Trust for Historic Preservation on the Quinn Evans Queries & Theories webcast. Links: UVA Memorial to Enslaved Workers National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Culture Heritage Action Fund Rosenwald Schools Madame C.J. Walker's Villa Lewaro 'O...

This episode explores how the Color of Law expanded my knowledge of Levittown and things we didn't learn in architecture school, FHA discrimination and family connections.   Links to a few resources mentioned in the show: Color of Law book Color of Compromise book Designing the We Prologue DC Other People's Secrets album by Sarah Gilberg Quote of the week:   "If you're going to...

This episode explores the intentionality of design decisions.  From selecting the color of flesh-colored bandaides, to designing colored bathrooms or locating confederate statues, design is not neutral.  Links: Actual flesh-colored bandaids: https://trucolourbandages.com/ Timeline of White Supremacy: https://medium.com/the-new-standard/black-history-a-history-of-permanent-white-oppression-from-161...

The introductory episode that explores the interconnectedness of architecture, preservation, sustainability, race, and gender. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=66435616) Mentioned in this episode: To Build is Human Context & Clarity