Please
join
us
for
Caretaking,
the
fourth
of
five
conversations
on
the
theme
of
attention,
with
speakers
Annmarie
Adams,
McGill
University,
and
David
Theodore,
McGill
University.
Their
short
presentations
will
be
followed
by
a
discussion
moderated
by
Fiona
L.
Kenney,
PhD
student,
McGill
School
of
Architecture.
Praxes
of
Care
asks,
“what
is
an
architecture
of
care?”
Over
four
terms–Fall
2021
to
Winter
2023–a
series
of
conversations
will
bring
together
two
or
more
architects,
designers,
researchers,
artists,
activists,
and
care
workers
to
discuss
care
processes
according
to
the
themes
of
Attention,
Action,
Communication,
and
Maintenance.
The
series
is
curated
by
faculty,
staff,
and
representatives
of
student
groups:
Treaty
Lands
Global
Stories,
Bridge,
and
the
Sustainability
Collective.
Recent
calls
for
change
have
shifted
the
discipline
toward
the
underlying
social
and
ecological
processes
enabled
by
the
production
of
architecture.
By
listening
to
and
learning
about
care
practices
from
interdisciplinary
perspectives,
we
can
begin
to
reshape
the
discipline
of
architecture
into
a
form
of
care.
FALL
2021:
ATTENTION
“Caring
about
means
that
we
are
attentive
to
the
needs
that
need
to
be
addressed.
Before
any
caring
process
can
begin,
someone
has
to
recognize
the
need
for
care.
This
is
a
more
difficult
task
than
it
at
first
seems:
some
needs
are
made
difficult
to
see
or
deliberately
ignored.”
—
Joan
Tronto
Paying
attention
is
the
initial
step
of
the
caring
process.
Western
technoscience
theorists,
Aryn
Martin,
Natasha
Myers,
and
Ana
Viseu,
describe
attention
as
“a
mode
of
inquiry
mediated
by
hesitations,
questions,
and
observations:
it
is
a
practice
of
not
knowing
what
to
do
even
as
one
wants
to
respond.”
What
is
observed,
focused
on,
or
paid
attention
to
is
filtered
through
our
individual
experiences
and
understandings
of
the
world.
In
bringing
attention
to
something,
other
things
may
be
neglected
in
the
process.
What
we
pay
attention
to
effects
and
reflects
our
worldviews
and
the
decisions
we
will
make.
Not
all
attention
will
lead
to
action
and
that
can
be
very
important.
Yet
the
act
of
paying
attention
also
calls
on
us
to
bear
witness,
fight
for
recognition,
and
coordinate
our
efforts
in
the
struggle
for
equity
and
inclusion.
This
set
of
conversations
explores
how
architects
can
be
attentive
to
care
needs
while
remaining
critical
of
how
and
to
whom
attention
is
given.
Accessibility:
Waterloo
Architecture
is
committed
to
achieving
accessibility
for
persons
with
disabilities
who
are
attending
the
event.
Closed
Captioning
will
be
available
during
the
live
event.
For
accommodation
questions
and
requests,
please
contact
us
in
advance
of
the
event
at
julie.dring@uwaterloo.ca.
For
more
information
on
this
series
and
other
events
presented
by
Waterloo
Architecture,
please
visit
waconnect.ca
or
follow
us
@waterloo_architecture.