The Caribbean Futures workshop and symposium will gather scholars, practitioners, and students at the LSU School of Architecture to investigate and imagine actionable ideas to meet the challenges of escalating inequality and accelerating climate change in greater Caribbean, including the Gulf Coast. Between Wednesday and Friday, architecture students will represent a possible future scenario in a Caribbean site tutored by a broad panel of experts. On Saturday, February 11, the results will be exhibited and discussed in a symposium with the expert workshop leaders, LSU and regional faculty, and students. Throughout the workshop, a curated Caribbean resource room including books, multimedia, and digital resources will be set up in the Clark and Laura Boyce Gallery.

Feb 1-10 | Caribbean Resource Library | Clark and Laura Boyce Gallery |104 Julian T. White Hall (formerly Design Building)

Feb 8 | Sabine Malebranche, Nadine Carter Russell Chair Lecture | Music Building, Recital Hall

Feb 9-10 | LSU School of Architecture Workshop | Atkinson Hall

Feb 10 | Reception & Exhibition of All-School Workshop Projects | 5:30 p.m. | Barnes Ogden Art & Design Complex gallery

Feb 11 | Caribbean Futures Symposium | 9:00 a.m. | Honors College Sternberg Salon

with visiting scholars:

Jack Travis, Pratt University

Carla Urbina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Brazil

Zulma Bolivar, Universidad Central de Venezuela

Fredo Rivera, Grinnell College

Andrea Castro Marcucci, Universidad ORT Urugua

Mark Raymond, University of Johannesburg

Anna L. Georos Santos, Universidad de Puerto Rico

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