June 19, 2019
Recorded on April 2, 2019.
Artist Torkwase Dyson, the Spring 2019 Robert Gwathmey Chair in Architecture and Art at The Cooper Union, and writer Françoise Vergès, featured lecturer in the Spring 2019 IDS Lecture Series, speak about their work, which touches on race, sustainability, and access to equitable space.
In this video, Françoise Vergès speaks on environmental history and race in a lecture at The Cooper Union. Her lecture draws from her recent publications, including:
Omar Berrada of The Cooper Union introduces the lecture.
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