Performing Architectures: ‘haciendo teorías’ [making room] for situated narratives of design

Performing Architectures makes room for new teorías and draws attention to the insight and knowledge of those that have been unnoticed/overlooked. The most significant contribution of this paper is its focus on situated narratives of design as it places the sightlines of the others to the forefront, it circulates gendered discourses, and displays inclusive pedagogies. In order to make room for new sets of knowledge, the essay attributes significance to Donna Haraway’s “situated knowledge”, which underscore local embodiment. Moreover, Gloria Anzaldúa’s “haciendo teorías” as it discusses the need to “de-academize theory and to connect the community to the academy.” Lastly, Jane Jacobs and Jan Gehl concept of space as a site for further understanding of subgroups where it is vital that we occupy the theorizing space with new approaches and methodologies.

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