Name: LSU Science Café: Afrofuturism in Architectural Research and Design
Start: 2024-04-30T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-04-30T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Varsity Theatre & Facebook Livestream

$LSU Science Caf\u00e9: Afrofuturism in Architectural Research and Design$

Join us for LSU Science Café with LSU Researcher.
About this Event

Afrofuturism has been codified in creative and science disciplines, including theater, music, literature, fashion, and science fiction. The 2018 and 2022 installments of the movie Black Panther then brought afrofuturism to the big screen, showcasing an emerging afrofuturistic approach to architecture in almost every scene. This talk will explore what that means in research and design from perspectives of imagination, technology, the future, and liberation.

About the Speaker

Annicia Streete is an assistant professor in the LSU School of Architecture. Born and raised in the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, her academic and professional background is multi-disciplinary. Streete earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology before receiving her Master of Architecture at the University of Colorado Denver. She teaches and practices across the architecture, construction, and engineering disciplines and currently serves as the EDUCATE co-chair for the National Organization of Minority Architects, which also has a student chapter at LSU. Her research on afrofuturism focuses on heritage documentation and building technology practices within African diasporic communities throughout the Caribbean, Latin America, and South Louisiana.

Photo credit: Marvel Studios.

LSU Science Café is presented in partnership with Campus Federal Credit Union and WRKF.

Registration & Attendance Information

The event is open to the public and advance registration through Eventbrite is recommended.

If you are attending in-person, please print your registration ticket or have it available on your electronic device upon arrival. Doors open at 5:00 PM. Event begins at 6:00 PM.

If you are attending virtually, access to the live event will be available through Facebook Live. A Facebook account is not required to view the event livestream.

The event broadcast will be closed captioned, and a recording of the event will be made available on the LSU Research YouTube channel shortly after the event.