{"id":1026,"date":"2020-07-30T23:20:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T22:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feministssoa.group.shef.ac.uk\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T22:06:40","slug":"initiative-matri-arch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"MatriArch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>MatriArch<\/strong> facilitates discussions on architectural education and practice, with the aim to share more female and non-binary voices and create a better more accessible environment. Over the two year period from 2018 to 2020 MatriArch have held events about expanding the architecture conversations, and have campaigned for a more equitable architecture studio environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">The events included: <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=1028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Nevertheless They Persisted\u2019<\/a><\/strong>, the first public event hosted by MatriArch on International Women\u2019s Day, 8 March 2019; the symposium <a href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=1040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u2018It\u2019s Grim Down South\u2019<\/strong><\/a> on 16 October 2019, and the symposium <a href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=1037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u2018Practicing Feminist\u2019<\/strong><\/a> that was held on 6 March 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">In addition, MatriArch were invited to speak at Sheffield\u2019s UCU Feminist Teachout on the 5 March 2020, presenting a piece entitled <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=1331\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The Perils of Tradition<\/a>\u2019<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=1162&amp;preview_id=1162&amp;preview_nonce=0ff2a2655f&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">+ INFO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Press<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/involvedmag.com\/corona-virus-has-uncovered-the-deep-rooted-inequalities-of-architecture-school-and-now-is-the-time-to-combat-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/involvedmag.com\/corona-virus-has-uncovered-the-deep-rooted-inequalities-of-architecture-school-and-now-is-the-time-to-combat-them\/<\/a> (Alice Grant, \u2018Corona virus has uncovered the deep-rooted inequalities of architecture school and now is the time to combat them\u2019, 5 May 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ribaj.com\/intelligence\/in-school-sheffield-school-of-architecture-steve-parnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ribaj.com\/intelligence\/in-school-sheffield-school-of-architecture-steve-parnell<\/a> (\u2018No ivory towers at Sheffield School of Architecture\u2019, Steve Parnell, 24 March 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr 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