Imagining Otherwise with Imani Jacqueline Brown

Titled after Lola Olufemi’s “Experiments in Imagining Otherwise”, this lecture series learns from established practices that shift the focus from European contexts or knowledge systems and instead champions decolonial epistemologies and methodologies. We will navigate the space between what is and what could be, weaving through an exploration of identities and the possibility of living otherwise.

In this event Imani Jacqueline Brown will present her research and work on the MARCH journal, Black Ecologies and the extractive systems of settler-colonial societies - highlighting the body politics involved in our ecological understanding of the world.

Imani Jacqueline Brown is an artist, activist, and researcher from New Orleans. Her work investigates the 'continuum of extractivism' (which spans from colonialism to climate change) and imagines paths to ecological reparations.

Imani received an MA in Research Architecture from Goldsmiths in 2019. Among other things, she is currently a PhD candidate at Queen Mary, University of London, a research fellow with Forensic Architecture, and an associate lecturer in MA Architecture at the Royal College of Arts.

Image: Still from Imani Jacqueline Brown, What remains at the ends of the earth?, 2022.

The Imagining Otherwise event series coincides with the As Hardly Found in the Art of Tropical Architecture exhibition on display in the AA Gallery from 20 January to Saturday 25 March 2023.

Please get in touch to let us know of any access requirements that you have. If you are unable to attend physically but would like to join the event remotely please email publicprogramme@aaschool.ac.uk.