BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Online event\, \;May 15\, 2025 \;at 12 noon Eastern Tim e (9 am Pacific Time\, 5 pm UK time)&ldquo\;Gender\, Identity\, and Resist ance: Strategies and Methodologies of Women Designers on the Edge&rdquo\;& nbsp\;explores how women designers have challenged invisibility and redefi ned cultural narratives. From Safia Farhat&rsquo\;s role in post-independe nce Tunisia to the Wiki Women Design project and the recognition of Turkis h interior architects\, this session highlights strategies of visibility\, resistance\, and methodological approaches to recovering overlooked contr ibutions.Register for the Zoom Event HERE: \;https://sah1365.zoom.us/m eeting/register/UQZj9gVOR4eUcX87uECdkQ \;About the presentations \ ;Safia Farhat&rsquo\;s tapestry: exploring identity and resistance \;( Maria Oliver). \;This text highlights the overlooked role and signific ance of Tunisian artist\, tapestry designer\, educator\, and activist Safi a Farhat\, exploring how her initiatives fostered social and cultural tran sformations in post-independence Tunisia\, particularly in relation to nat ional identity\, tourism development\, and personal rights legislationMaki ng Women Designers Googleable. The methodology behind the Flanders Archite tcture Intitute \;Wiki WomenDesign Project \;(Zsuzsanna \;B&ou ml\;rö\;cz).This text describes the Wiki Women Design project\, launch ed in 2020 by the Flanders Architecture Institute\, which aims to enhance the recognition of women designers in Belgium by expanding their presence on Wikipedia. The initiative helped break the cycle of invisibility\, resu lting in a 7.5% increase in related articles by 2023.Modern interior archi tects in Turkey: a focus on women \;(Deniz Hasirci\, Zeynep Tuna Ultav \, Melis Ö\;rnekoğlu-Selç\;uk and Deniz Avci).This study aims to highlight women designers who have made significant breakthroughs in furn iture and interior design in Turkey\, shedding light on their often undere stimated contributions. Focusing on four female figures and employing the oral history method\, it contributes to both national and international re cognition of their work. \;About the presentersMaria Isabel Oliver\, a Master of Architecture graduate from Columbia University\, is an Assistan t Professor at the American University of Sharjah. Her research explores t he intersection between modern architectural discourses and production in the Global South. Her current research focuses on the networks of moderniz ation in the United Arab Emirates.Zsuzsanna Bö\;rö\;cz \;PhD i s an art \;and architecture historian. Her research primarily focuses on interior and design-related topics within the context of heritage conse rvation\, craftsmanship\, and art education in the 19th and 20th centuries . She serves as a guest professor at VU Amsterdam and is a researcher affi liated with the KU Leuven and the UAntwerpen. Additionally\, she is Presid ent of Docomomo Belgium and Co-Chair of the Specialist Committee on Interi or Design at Docomomo International.Prof. Dr. \;Deniz Hasirci \;sp ecializes in Turkish modern furniture and environment-behavior at Izmir Un iversity of \;Economics. \;She is a Fulbright scholar\, former IUE -IAED department head\, IUE Design Studies graduate program head\, \;m ember of The Chamber of Interior Architects-Turkey\, \;committee membe r of DOCOMOMO ISC-ID and DOCOMOMO Tr-Interiors (founding)\, and project co -coordinator of DATUMM &ndash\; Documenting and Archiving Turkish Modern F urniture. DTEND:20250515T170000Z DTSTAMP:20250510T022139Z DTSTART:20250515T160000Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Gender\, Identity\, and Resistance: Strategies and Methodologies of Women Designers on the Edge UID:RFCALITEM638824404998063223 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Online event\, \;May 15\, 2025& nbsp\;at 12 noon Eastern Time (9 am Pacific Time\, 5 pm UK time)< /p>

&ldquo\;Gender\, Identity\, and Resistance: Strategies and M ethodologies of Women Designers on the Edge&rdquo\; \;explore s how women designers have challenged invisibility and redefined cultural narratives. From Safia Farhat&rsquo\;s role in post-independence Tunisia t o the Wiki Women Design project and the recognition of Turkish interior ar chitects\, this session highlights strategies of visibility\, resistance\, and methodological approaches to recovering overlooked contributions.

Register for the Zoom Event HERE: \;

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About the presentations \;

Saf ia Farhat&rsquo\;s tapestry: exploring identity and resistance \;(Maria Oliver). \;

This text highlights the overlooked role and significance of Tunisian artist\, tapestry designer\, educator\, and a ctivist Safia Farhat\, exploring how her initiatives fostered social and c ultural transformations in post-independence Tunisia\, particularly in rel ation to national identity\, tourism development\, and personal rights leg islation

Making Women Designers Googleable. The methodology behind the Flanders Architetcture Intitute \;Wiki WomenDesign Project \;(Zsuzsanna \;Bö\;rö\;cz).

This t ext describes the Wiki Women Design project\, launched in 2020 by the Flan ders Architecture Institute\, which aims to enhance the recognition of wom en designers in Belgium by expanding their presence on Wikipedia. The init iative helped break the cycle of invisibility\, resulting in a 7.5% increa se in related articles by 2023.

Modern interior architects i n Turkey: a focus on women \;(Deniz Hasirci\, Zeynep Tuna Ult av\, Melis Ö\;rnekoğlu-Selç\;uk and Deniz Avci).

This stud y aims to highlight women designers who have made significant breakthrough s in furniture and interior design in Turkey\, shedding light on their oft en underestimated contributions. Focusing on four female figures and emplo ying the oral history method\, it contributes to both national and interna tional recognition of their work.

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About the presenter s

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