FAME Collective celebrates the successes of the ethnic minority women in architecture and exposes the barriers they face through narratives of their lived experiences.
Co-hosted by the AA School of Architecture and RIBA, this participatory research symposium focuses on the ‘pathways to success’ and the challenges they have overcome in architecture education. Through this lens, we will review the systemic inequality and expose the barriers for a FAME while studying architecture in the UK.
This event is part of a series of events that will be documented and shared with those in power to change and address the inequality that exists in architecture. Our symposium will comprise a key-note speaker, panellists and participants addressing the subject.
The first half of the event will consist of the keynote speaker’s presentation and the panel speakers’ introductions, which will facilitate the discussions. For the second half of the event, we will host small breakout rooms for audience participation and discussions, facilitating the audience to discuss their barriers in architecture education and directly address the panel members. Audience participation is encouraged to share diverse experiences and perspectives, which can be anonymous if preferred.
Programme
18:00 - Introduction by the hosts
Manijeh Verghese – AA
Marsha Ramroop – RIBA
18:10 - Introducing FAME Collective by the Chair
Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows – Founder of FAME collective
18:20 - Keynote speakers' presentation
Dr Tania Sengupta – Bartlett School of Architecture
18:30 - Panel speakers' introductions
Felicity Atekpe – Ravensbourne University
Dr Constance Lau – University of Westminster
18:40 - FAME Collective's presentation
Revealing the findings of the recent students’ survey: Exposing the barriers in architecture education
18:55 - Breakout rooms
Audience participation
19:30 - Return to main room
Summaries of the Breakout room discussions / Q&A
19:55 - Closing remarks
FAME Collective is a research-based network founded to support women of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities in architecture and the built environment. FAME is responding to an urgent need for understanding how race and gender affects established practitioners, young scholars and students, from diverse backgrounds, knowledge and practices by researching the barriers in architecture. Our aim is to raise awareness of the barriers, inequality and lack of diversity in architecture and the built environment and to demand change that responds to our collective challenges.
FAME’s ongoing research has been conducted through a range of participatory methods and by engaging with the community of practitioners and students of architecture.
Speakers
- Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows, Founder - FAME Collective
- Marsha Ramroop, RIBA
- Rebecca Roberts-Hughes, ARB
- Manijeh Verghese, AA School of Architecture
- Dr Tania Sengupta, Bartlett School of Architecture
- Felicity Atekpe, Ravensbourne University
- Constance Lau, University of Westminster
