XXAOC Conversations Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:38:37 -0400 http://www.xxaoc.com en-us © 2026 XXAOC Conversations yes a3d03250-85f5-53dd-ac22-45d00ecf9457 Sarah Akigbogun episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Sarah Akigbogun https://storage.buzzsprout.com/x19gc3rkeh4d8iswcjodqxedd5sz?.jpg XXAOC Conversations http://www.xxaoc.com 'Playing In The Dark' - Architecture, Race & Joy - with Professor Lesley Lokko 'Playing In The Dark' - Architecture, Race & Joy - with Professor Lesley Lokko A special conversation, held with Professor Lesley Lokko, as Part of '25 Years Later - Conversation Across PhD Generations', celebrating 25 years of the design PhD at The Bartlett School of Architecture.

With thanks to Professor Lokko, the African Future's Institute and The Bartlett School of Architecture for making this conversation possible.

]]> A special conversation, held with Professor Lesley Lokko, as Part of '25 Years Later - Conversation Across PhD Generations', celebrating 25 years of the design PhD at The Bartlett School of Architecture.

With thanks to Professor Lokko, the African Future's Institute and The Bartlett School of Architecture for making this conversation possible.

]]> Sarah Akigbogun Buzzsprout-18840633 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400 2702 2 1 full false Dr Sharon Egretta Sutton - Part 2 - 'The Long Trajectory Toward Justice' Dr Sharon Egretta Sutton - Part 2 - 'The Long Trajectory Toward Justice' Our interview with Dr  Sharon Egretta Sutton continues, bringing us up to the present day.
We left off talking about the atmosphere of revolution in 1960s America and this section goes considers the problems facing architects, students and society today, and what Dr Sutton sees as the urgent disruption required to fix the system.




]]> Our interview with Dr  Sharon Egretta Sutton continues, bringing us up to the present day.
We left off talking about the atmosphere of revolution in 1960s America and this section goes considers the problems facing architects, students and society today, and what Dr Sutton sees as the urgent disruption required to fix the system.




]]> Sarah Akigbogun Buzzsprout-11284754 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0400 1866 1 2 full false Architecture As The Revolution Architecture As The Revolution In 2019 I started making a film  to collect the stories of female architects of colour.  Along the way I had some amazing conversations.

Our very first Interview with Dr Sharon Egretta Sutton, the 12th African America Woman to Register as an architect, and the first to become a full professor of architecture, she started studying architecture at Columbia University after  the race riots of 1968  which followed Dr Martin Luther Kings Death in 1968.

You can find out more about her time at Columbia in her book,  ‘When Ivory Towers were Black’. 

]]> In 2019 I started making a film  to collect the stories of female architects of colour.  Along the way I had some amazing conversations.

Our very first Interview with Dr Sharon Egretta Sutton, the 12th African America Woman to Register as an architect, and the first to become a full professor of architecture, she started studying architecture at Columbia University after  the race riots of 1968  which followed Dr Martin Luther Kings Death in 1968.

You can find out more about her time at Columbia in her book,  ‘When Ivory Towers were Black’. 

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