A podcast about the story of architect Minerva Parker Nichols, and a conversation about what she can teach us about the work of architecture, history, and preservation today.
What Minerva Built
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A podcast about the story of architect Minerva Parker Nichols, and a conversation about what she can teach us about the work of architecture, history, and preservation today.
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6/22/2020
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June 22, 2020
9. What Minerva Built
<p>The final episode of the series takes a look back at Minerva's surviving records, in the form of her drawings and extant buildings. It sheds new light on the influence that Minerva has continued to wield for over a century, through her life, teachings, writings, and most importantly, her work.</p>
June 22, 2020
8. Memory Loss
<p>The collective forgetting of Minerva Parker Nichols is not an isolated case. This episode take a look at three other case studies in which under-represented communities have been overlooked, including a re-examination of Edith Farnsworth's house in Plano, Illinois; the work of the New York City LGBT Historic Sites Project; and the mission of H.O.P.E. Crew.</p>
June 22, 2020
7. Gatekeeping
<p>One of Minerva's highest-profile projects was a pavilion commissioned by the Queen Isabella Association, to be built for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. A series of political maneuvers by the fair's organizers ultimately cost Minerva the project and led to the breakdown of one of her colleagues in the profession, Sophia Hayden. This episode examines the ways in which the profession of architecture has for over a century written the definition of an "architect" so that women are left out.</p>
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