Tracing Political Violence in Postcolonial Architecture

Upcoming lecture by Anoma Pieris on political violence in the context of postcolonial architecture

Modern archi­tecture and the built environ­ment have been organized by net­works of colonial power. The lec­ture series “Organi­zing Architectures: Coloniality” exa­mines modernist archi­tecture and urban planning in light of Co­loniality. It is organized by the inter­disciplinary DFG-funded re­search training group “Orga­nizing Archi­tectures”, that addresses the tension be­tween architectural produc­tion and social pro­cesses in their work. 

TraCe Advisory Board Member Anoma Pieris will give the ope­ning lecture “Tracing Poli­tical Violence in Post­colonial Architecture” on November 26, 2025. Anoma Pieris is Pro­fessor at the Faculty of Archi­tecture, Buil­ding and Planning at the Uni­versity of Melbourne. 

  • When? Novem­ber 26, 2025, 19:00 - 20:30 h
  • Where? Deutsches Architektur­museum, Audi­torium, Schaumain­kai 43, Frankfurt

The lec­ture will be held in English. 

Full program of the lec­ture series.