EDAR Newsletter #93 / Erratum

November 2024

Public Thesis Defense

Anna Karla De Almeida Milani (PhD student at LAB-U)

2 December 2024, 18:30 (CET)

The public defense of the doctoral thesis entitled "Dalmine Lives. A Biopolitical History of an Italian Company Town" will be held in Foyer SG (campus EPFL Ecublens). The thesis is completed under the supervision of Prof. Paola Viganò (LAB-U). To attend the public defense, please contact here.

EDAR Winter Party-Assembly

All PhD Students, Supervisors and Co-Supervisors are warmly invited to attend the annual EDAR Winter Party-Assembly on December 3, 18:00-20:00, which will be held in the exhibit room of the Archizoom.

Organised by EDAR Direction together with QUATRE, the PhD students' representative collective, the Winter Party-Assembly is a festive event during which various information and announcements will be shared and the EDAR Thesis Distinction 2024 will be awarded. The Assembly will be followed by a friendly and warm apéro.

EDAR PhD Room – Updated!

The EDAR PhD Room (BP 3143) is ready to welcome the PhD students benefitting from the updated furnishing and equipment, conducive to studying, reading, and writing. The room is accessible to all students of our doctoral program, with guidelines for its use available through the link. The EDAR PhD Room materialised thanks to the initiative from QUATRE, the EDAR PhD students' representative collective, supported by the administration of the EDAR doctoral program and IA SAR.

AR-682 – CITATION POLITICS

The Laboratory of Research and Development for Innovation on Architecture, Urban Design and Territory (RIOT) will hold the doctoral seminar on November 19-20, entitled Citation Politics. The complex dynamics and power structures inherent in academic referencing practices are increasingly recognised as a crucial aspect of scholarly discourse in architecture. This two-day doctoral seminar delves into the multifaceted realm of citation politics, examining its intersections with artificial intelligence (AI), inclusion concerns, and non-orthodox materials, from conversations in the field to YouTube and TikTok videos.

The seminar will be chaired by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Summer Islam, and Elif Erez (RIOT), with the participation of Khensani Jurczok-de Klerk (ETHZ), Katie Lloyd Thomas (Newcastle University), and Claire Benn (University of Cambridge). For detailed information, please follow the link.

AR-683 – MUD ON THE FLOOR

Why Bother with Construction? – Lecture by Paolo Tombesi

The public lecture series Mud on the Floor. Dirty Realities in Scholarly Work continues with a talk by Paolo Tombesi (FAR). Entitled Why Bother with Construction? A Taxonomy of Scholarly Utilities, it will address the issue of actual construction processes, which currently does not enjoy much currency within architectural academia. It will further reflect on how construction knowledge can infuse architectural debate, from design theory to historical exegesis, and environmental analysis to social values. The lecture will take place on November 14 at 12:30 in AAC 014. For detailed announcement, please visit the link.

Please save the date for the following lecture of the series by Anooradha Siddiqi (Barnard College), which will take place on November 21.

EPFL 2024 Research and Doctoral Awards Ceremony

The EPFL Research and Doctoral Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, November 28, 2024, in the Forum Rolex from 17:00. This celebration provides an opportunity for PhD graduates to gather with their fellows, faculty members, friends, and family to commemorate their achievements. EPFL will present the Research and Doctorate Awards to the laureates in recognition of their outstanding research work.

For detailed programme, please visit the link. To register for participation, please fill out the form before November 14 via the link.

EDOC Career Workshop for PhD Students

EDOC invites interested PhD students to a three-day workshop entitled Tackling the job market successfully. The workshop will help to understand how the job market works and how to promote your value proposition, and will provide the tools to craft effective job applications for industry. Registration for the upcoming sessions in English and French are open until December 31, 2024. For further information and registration, please visit the link.

2025 EPFL PhD Excellence Program

EDOC is very pleased to announce the EPFL PhD Excellence Program designed for doctoral candidates who have a strong interest to pursue a career outside academia, whether in industry, science policy, or launching a start-up. It offers an in-depth training and coaching in leadership and communication and a possibility to explore a diverse set of career paths and build a network of contacts in industry and institutions. For more detailed information on the program, please visit the link. Applications for the 2025 cohort are open until February 7, 2025.

An information session on the program will be held on December 11 in BC 420 (and via Zoom) from 12:15 to 13:30. For registration, please visit the link.

CALLS

Calls for Papers and Participation

National Superior School of Architecture of Lyon (ENSAL), University of Tours, and the Council for Architecture, Urbanism, and Environment (CAUE) of Indre announce the conference entitled The Nearness of Architecture: To Build for the Local Community, which will be held on April 1-2, 2025 in Châteauroux. The conference addresses the debate around metropolisation in the field of architecture and the emergence of a new 'architecture of nearness,' against a backdrop of renewed interest in rurality. It invites contributions on the modalities and challenges of nearness in the design of architectural and urban spaces over the long term (18th-21st centuries). Abstracts in English or French should be submitted to colloque-proximites@lyon.archi.fr before November 20, 2024. For detailed information, please visit the link.

The ARQ journal announces a call for papers for its new issue, entitled American Territories. The issue addresses the idea of territory as a hinge – between human communities and their non-human environments – to explore America's diverse social and geographical conditions, marked by tensions between spatial isolation and social or economic interdependence. Contributions might discuss the relationship between territories and borders, considering issues of migration, displacement, and sovereignty, as well as conservation efforts or other practices of care. Contributions should be submitted to revista@edicionesarq.cl before November 29, 2024. For detailed information, please visit the link.

Les Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère announces a call for papers for its new issue, entitled Infrastructure in Times of Crisis. Imagining and Designing Worlds That Reflect Climate Change. The issue addresses the ecological, economic and social crises of the early 21st century as a way of rethinking the role of infrastructure in the movement of goods, living things, energy and information in line with society's core values and transformed considerations for the coexistence of living organisms, social interaction, or health safety. Contributions might explore infrastructural vulnerabilities, infrastructural adaptation to risk, or anticipate infrastructure of the future. Proposals for complete articles in English or French should be submitted to craup.secretariat@gmail.com before February 25, 2024. For detailed information, please visit the link.