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ACHP Spring 2024 intern Shannen Smiley was selected by the Fund for the City of New York as a one of their 2024-2025 Community Planning Fellows. The program helps develop future leaders of urban innovation and civic engagement. Shannen?is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation at the Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies, with a minor in Art and Architectural History, from the University of Colorado Boulder.?https://lnkd.in/eDuJt4gH #achpintern #intern #historicpreservation #achp

I'm delighted to share news of Pratt Historic Preservation's forthcoming symposium entitled, 'Preservation in a Time of Precarity: Intersecting Indigenous Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence." Scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 29, from 12 to 6 p.m. (EST), this event will bring together an impressive roster of scholars and practitioners to explore the complex role of AI in historic preservation in the face of destruction and loss of peoples, cultures, architectures, and places. Participation is free, and for members of The American Institute of Architects (AIA), this event also carries AIA 4.5 LU (Learning Units). RSVP for in-person or online participation via this link: https://lnkd.in/ebH523gz Honored speakers include Helio Takai, Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), Robbie Jimerson Jr, PhD, Seneca Tribe, Dr. Lorna Wanosts’a7 Williams, chair of the First Peoples' Cultural Council Culture Council, Lisa Ackerman, Executive Director of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, k. kennedy Whiters, AIA, LEED GA, (un)Redact the Facts, Black in Historic Preservation, Cequyna Moore,?director of the?Monuments Toolkit International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)?World Heritage USA, Ahmed Elgammal, founder and director of the?Art and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory?at Rutgers University, Jeffrey Hogrefe, co-author of In Search of African American Space @Pratt SLAS, and Nour Abuzaid from Forensic Architecture #AIArt #AIpreservation #AIlanguage #AIjustice #AIbias #IndigenousIntelligence #ArtAndTech #AI #intangibleheritage #anticolonialism #machinelearning #historicpreservation Image credit: Forensic Architecture - reconstruction of Witbooi homes following the (German Colonial)#Hornkranzmassacre of the #Nama in #Namibia, 1893.

Preservation in a Time of Precarity: Intersecting Indigenous Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence → Tuesday, October 29th, 2024, 12:00-6:00pm, Pratt Institute Manhattan Campus. In the days leading up to the symposium, we're excited to introduce you to the incredible line-up of speakers participating in the event: PANEL 02 Preservation Intelligence beyond the artificial in a time of paradigm shift 2:45-4:00pm - Chair: Lisa Ackerman, Columbus Citizens Foundation - Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University - Cequyna Moore, World Heritage USA-ICOMOS Monuments Toolkit Project - k. kennedy Whiters, AIA, (un)Redact the Facts and Black in Historic Preservation Join us to gain an awareness of the potential issues with using AI, such as racial bias, its ability to perpetuate inequalities, and why these issues exist. Special thanks to Dr. Harriet Harriss for organizing this amazing symposium! This event carries AIA CES 4.5 Learning Units. Registration is required. Here is the RSVP link

Preservation in a Time of Precarity: Intersecting Indigenous Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence → Tuesday, October 29th, 2024, 12:00-6:00pm, Pratt Institute Manhattan Campus. In the days leading up to the symposium, we're excited to introduce you to the incredible line-up of speakers participating in the event: PANEL 01 From preservation to prejudice: is AI always a tool for allyship? 1:00-2:15pm - Chair: Dr. Helio Takai National Science Foundation and Pratt Institute School of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Alex Jimerson, Seneca Language Learner/Archivist, Deadiw?n?hsnye's G?johgwa' - Dr. Robert Jimerson, Seneca Nation and Rochester Institute of Technology - Dr. Lorna Wánosts'a7 Williams, First Peoples' Cultural Foundation Join us to understand the role of AI and other forms of machine learning in relation to tangible and intangible heritage, including the preservation of language, buildings, and spaces. Learn from practical case studies that use AI and other forms of machine learning to address social injustice within historic preservation. Special thanks to Dr. Harriet Harriss for organizing this amazing symposium! This event carries AIA CES 4.5 Learning Units. Registration is required. RSVP link is here: https://lnkd.in/e35dM2Uj

Join us for "Preservation in a Time of Precarity: Intersecting Indigenous Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence" at Pratt Institute on October 29, 2024! This symposium will bring together an impressive roster of scholars and practitioners to explore the complex role of AI in cultural and historic preservation in the face of destruction and loss of historic peoples, cultures, architectures, and places. Don’t miss this chance to reimagine what preservation means in our ever-changing world. Let’s honor all forms of intelligence. Attendance is online or in person at Pratt Manhattan. RSVP here; https://lnkd.in/e35dM2Uj We look forward to welcoming you to this event.

https://lnkd.in/e9Hd-XPg PRATT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE EVENTS FALL 2024 transects How do we relate to each other across disciplines, scales, densities, environments and communities? As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the School of Architecture in the 2024-2025 academic year, we invite our community to join us as we explore?transects?– the connections across, within, and outside of our school – through diverse programs and departments. We will lay out the various approaches to dealing with some of the pressing issues faced by the built environment. It is a way to, through the cut, bring immense diversity together. Join us as we connect across and within disciplines and find out what a cut through our connections looks like and discussions on what is driving our transects now and into the future.

Shannen Smiley is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation at the Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies, with a minor in Art and Architectural History, from the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 2021, Shannen has been actively involved in the preservation field, holding roles at Village Preservation, the Tenement Museum, and the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation. All of these experiences, in tandem with her studies at the Pratt Institute, have provided her with a complex understanding of planning and preservation policy in New York City and beyond. Shannen’s interest in the Community Planning Fellowship is rooted in her passion for expanding the scope of preservation to include affordable housing, inclusive designations, and more diverse representations of heritage. She envisions a future where preservation plays a crucial role in both local and national planning discourse, ensuring the continuation of cultural histories and traditions that have been previously overlooked. Shannen looks forward to collaborating with local community boards to nurture and preserve valuable cultural histories in an ever-changing urban landscape. Learn more about the 2024-2025 Community Planning Fellows: https://lnkd.in/dw6yb_sj

Calling all Broadway and theater lovers! Today’s 2024 Thesis Topic Share takes us off of Broadway (actually off off of Broadway), with Urvi Patel’s thesis entitled “Reviving the Stages: A Preservation Paradigm for NYC’s Off-Off-Broadway Theaters”. Urvi’s thesis focuses specifically on Off-Off-Broadway theaters that are a much loved and an essential aspect of New York City’s artistic landscape. “[if] Broadway theater is about commercial runs and Off-Broadway is about new voices and revivals, then Off-Off-Broadway is about avant-garde, experimental and non-traditional approach to the performance” (Nasrullah Mambrol) However, these theaters face numerous preservation challenges due to their unconventional nature and often limited financial resources. Therefore, her study explores the tangible and intangible preservation of Off-Off-Broadway theaters, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive preservation strategy that sustains this vibrant and culturally significant community. Urvi’s thesis offers different considerations for the preservation recommendation of the Off-Off Broadway theaters,whilst underscoring the critical role these theaters play in fostering artistic innovations and cultural diversity. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors necessary to sustain the off-off-broadway community, ensuring that it continues to thrive and contribute to the cultural fabric of New York City. All 2024 thesis projects are available at the Pratt library archives for any Off-Off-Broadway fans interested in reading more about Urvi’s thesis! Terrific job, Urvi!!!!

New!! Get an advanced certificate in Historic Preservation at Pratt! We are thrilled to announce the launch of four GCPE Advanced Certificate programs! Open to working professionals as well as current Pratt graduate students, these specialized 9-10 credit certifications help propel your career with additional knowledge about Historic Preservation, Sustainable Environmental Systems, Urban Placemaking, and Community Planning. If pursuing certification in Historic Preservation or one of the other disciplines sounds interesting to you, RSVP to our virtual info session taking place on September 10, 4:30-5:30pm (https://lnkd.in/eWyu-Xj5 ) to learn more. You can enroll for either the spring or fall semester. Priority deadline for spring is OCT 5, 2024. Priority deadline for fall is JAN 5, 2025. Reach out to us at [email protected] or hit us up here with your questions!