Malcolm John Rio 4/2/21 Malcolm John Rio 4/2/21

Cinema and Architectural Imagination—The Trans*Metropolis

I will be presenting a parallel trans and urbanism reading of Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 Ghost in the Shell at MIT’s Spring 2021 Cinema and Architectural Imagination Series.

Malcolm John Rio 2/17/21 Malcolm John Rio 2/17/21

“Mellon Forum: Urban Speculation // Queer Resistance,” at Princeton University

I will be a panelist at this year’s Princeton-Mellon Forum, speaking about ballroom culture and queer urban resistance.

Malcolm John Rio 7/30/20 Malcolm John Rio 7/30/20

Buell Center: Green Reconstruction Curricular Workshop

On July 30, i will be moderating a workshop of twenty-six teachers from professional schools in the built environment gathered virtually with the Buell Center and additional faculty from Columbia GSAPP, for an online workshop on "Green Reconstruction," which studies the interconnectedness of today's crises of care, political economy, and climate.

Malcolm John Rio 7/25/20 Malcolm John Rio 7/25/20

“Surrounds: The City, the University, and Insurgency,” with the podcast African Mobilities 2.0

I will be joining a roundtable discussion on the “Surrounds: The City, The University, and Insurgency,” joined by other members of the Black Student Alliance at Columbia GSAPP [BSA+GSAPP] and hosted by the podcasters (African Mobilities 2.0) and curator Mpho Matsipa to respond to the latest episode of African Mobilities 2.0 on enclosure featuring GSAPP faculty members Justin Garrett Moore and Global Africa Lab co-directors Mabel O. Wilson, Mario Gooden.

Malcolm John Rio 5/7/20 Malcolm John Rio 5/7/20

Threshold 48: Kin, “Get-together” Launch Party

Watch the digital launch party for the 48th volume of Thresholds! Thresholds is the annual peer-reviewed journal produced by the MIT Department of Architecture and distributed by the MIT Press. Each independently themed issue features content from leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, art, and culture. Thresholds 48: Kin is edited by Stratton Coffman, Dalma Földesi, and Sarah Wagner.