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Aidan Flynn

Teaching Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Participates in 1 Session

Aidan Flynn is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Architecture at MIT. He holds a B.A. in art history and Renaissance Studies from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Science in Architecture Studies from the History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT. Aidan considers the relationships between postmodern queer theory and early modern studies as a simultaneously generative and anachronistic space, carefully examining and releasing the silences from the premodern archive. Prior to teaching at MIT, Aidan was Corbet Fellow at the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, and Research Assistant to the Digitally Encoded Census and Information Mapping Archive.

Sessions in which Aidan Flynn participates

Saturday 28 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM

Paper

Aidan Flynn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Presenter)

Ben Lapierre, Concordia University (Presenter)

What role has the department store played in shaping Canadian identity, and how has its built environment been reappropriated by queer folk to q...

Sessions in which Aidan Flynn attends

Saturday 28 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Queering Canada’s Built Environment
1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Hilary Grant, Carleton University (Chair)

Benjamin Peterson (Chair)

Queerness and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer histories are a part of architectural...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Designing for accessibility and inclusivity
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Menno Hubregtse, University of Victoria (Chair)

Ramps and curb cuts often first come to mind when one thinks about how the built environment is de...

Paper

Victor Morin, McFarland Marceau Architect (Presenter)

When talking about the built environment that perpetuates a heterocentric narrative, it is not possible to avoid the segregation of the sexes in...