Architecture(+)
Architecture & Environmental Design Librarian
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Robert E. Kennedy Library Room 216J
805-756-2640
jvesterm@calpoly.edu
Welcome!
This guide has been created by
CAED Librarian Jesse Vestermark
to serve all at Cal Poly who are studying
architecture ("plus" related disciplines).
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Pictured: Plaza of the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale University, New Haven, CT (Photo: Jesse Vestermark)
Architectural Resources Focused on Black, Indigenous and People of Color
Corporate search engines like Google and databases such as those provided by Kennedy Library will, to varying degrees, return results that reflect the dominant whiteness and hetero-centricity of American and western culture. This problem can appear in the articles and images themselves, in skewed rankings from biased algorithms (formulas that decide the relevance of results) and in outdated or offensive keyword filters or subject terminology. In an effort to counter this problem, this box contains a working list of references to architects and firms identifying as black, indigenous or people of color.
- BIPOC StudiosThis is a dynamic list of over 400 black, indigenous and POC-owned design studios, mostly created for the purpose of job-seeking and recruiting.
- BlackPast ArchitectsBlackPast is dedicated to providing a global audience with reliable and accurate information on the history of African America and of people of African ancestry around the world. They aim to promote greater understanding through this knowledge to generate constructive change in our society.
- Directory of African American ArchitectsThe Directory of African American Architects is maintained as a public service to promote an awareness of who African American architects are and where they are located. The sole qualification for listing is licensure in one of the fifty US jurisdictions and their territories.