The Role of the Researcher / Oct 30, 2019

The Role of the Researcher / Oct 30, 2019

Tanzil Shafique

The monthly session started with presentations from Reden Recio and Rewa Marathe. Reden presented his findings from his recent trip to Manila and Rewa shared her insights from her trip to Delhi. Both the presenters pointed out the various roles they were playing out, albeit some of them unintentionally. The presentations provided a realist account of what researcher end up doing on the ground when they are not in their ivory tower, and the potential impact of those roles on ensuring research justice and preventing epistemicide.

The presentations were followed by an open discussion chaired by Tanzil Shafique that picked on the aspects of the various roles and their implications.

Pictures showing Reden Recio in various roles:

Tanzil Shafique
Tanzil Shafique

Tanzil Shafique, Assoc AIA, is a PhD researcher at the Melbourne School of Design. Previously, he was the Design Research Specialist at the Office of the Dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design at University of Arkansas, where, he worked also as a Project Designer at the University of Arkansas Community Design Center and was a faculty for the Urban Design Studio, leading the Urbanism Seminar. He graduated at the top of his M.Arch in Ecological Urbanism class from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York in 2014. His thesis was awarded the Faculty Graduate Award. He was practicing architecture in NYC before moving to Arkansas. Previously he taught undergraduate studios in BRAC University in Bangladesh. As part of the UACDC, his work has been awarded numerous AIA awards. He writes and lectures on design philosophy around the world. In 2016, he co-founded Estudio Abierto / Open Studio with Paco Mejias. 

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