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SUMMARY:Introduction to Moroccan Graphic Design Histories with Dina Benbrah
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DESCRIPTION:PORTLAND\, ORG\n\n\n\nJoin us for an evening evening with graph
 ic design professor Dina Benbrahim\, University of Connecticut.\n\nMorocca
 n design narratives that have been systematically undervalued\, omitted or
  exoticized. From the nineteenth century through the independence from the
  French Protectorate in 1956\, the story of Moroccan art and design was wr
 itten largely from a colonialist perspective. Through retelling design his
 tories centered on Moroccan perspectives\, Dina Benbrahim challenges domin
 ant narratives that have traditionally positioned European aesthetics and 
 methodologies as universal standards\, while relegating non-Western design
  traditions to categories like vernacular or craft. Her approach to cultur
 ally decolonizing design addresses several interconnected layers of histor
 ical erasure in North Africa. You are invited to an introductory lecture o
 n the topic and engage in a more pluralistic understanding of global desig
 n histories.\n\n------\n\nThis talk is funded through the generosity of th
 e Mary Ausplund Tooze Endowed Visiting Professor of Islamic + Ancient Art 
 Fund with additional support from the PSU Middle East Studies Center.
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