{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"106 _ Catherine Ingraham _ 'Architecture's Theory'","description":" Today\u2019s conversation is with Catherine Ingraham and we're discussing her latest book, \u2018Architecture\u2019s Theory\u2019.   We each had our own experience in school when first introduced to architectural theory. Those classes were probably somewhat opaque for all of us. Even today you might read new articles and books related to theory and find yourself trying to hold onto ideas like dry sand in your hands. Over time, I\u2019ve come to recognize that important concepts are often intrinsically unstable. Unlike the rest of your education up to that point which placed value on collecting and memorizing information, theory\u2019s strength really only comes into focus when it can be applied to a circumstance you\u2019re carrying with you. Theory isn\u2019t there to give you answers, but as Catherine Ingraham discusses in our conversation, theory provides us with \u2018methodological instruments\u2019 to question our assumptions of the governance and systems we\u2019re working within. Catherine Ingraham\u2019s book helped me to better understand this point and it was great speaking with her for the program. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did!  Catherine Ingraham is a Professor of Architecture in the Masters of Architecture Program at Pratt Institute, which she started and chaired for six years. Dr. Ingraham has periodically been a visiting faculty member at the GSD, Harvard University, and GSAPP, Columbia University.  A former editor of Assemblage, she is the author of Architecture\u2019s Theory (2023), Architecture, Animal, Human (2006), and Architecture and the Burdens of Linearity (1998). She has received numerous fellowships and has lectured at conferences and universities worldwide.  Architecture\u2019s Theory\u2019 MIT Press  Architecture\u2019s Theory, Amazon  Other episodes linked to the topic include Ep 043 Graham Harman, OOO  090 Emanuele Coccia, \u2018The Life of Plants\u2019 and many others. Try the websites \u2018search\u2019 function to find more related episodes.  You can find all episodes at www.NightWhiteSkies.com  Thoughts or suggestions, email me at NWS@seanlally.net  Instagram   ","author_name":"Night White Skies","author_url":"http:\/\/www.seanlally.net","html":"