Design of Self Symposium

February 23, 2013 from 9 am – 7 pm UCLA Royce 314 The idea of “the self” has been central to recent invocations of an authentic embodied experience. This symposium focuses on new methodological approaches to exploring the category of “the self" in architectural history and its relevance to the question: “What is the modern mode of being subjects?” Invited speakers will introduce a critical distance from naturalizing claims to embodied experience by addressing the cultural formation of concepts like habit, the senses, and environment. Participants include: Daniel Barber Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Zeynep Celik Alexander Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Irene Cheng Assistant Professor, California College of Arts Edward Eigen Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate John Harwood Associate Professor, Oberlin College School of Design Erika Naginski Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design Michael Osman Assistant Professor, UCLA Aron Vinegar Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter Tijana Vujosevic Assistant Professor, University of Western Australia Information: 310.267.4704 Parking is available for $11, purchase parking at the Westwood Blvd. Plaza kiosk for lot 5. Check the website for confirmation of all programs at www.aud.ucla.edu The campus map is available at http://www.aud.ucla.edu/map The Design of Self is organized by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Assistant Professor Michael Ossman.