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DAAS in Sharjah (2025)

DAAS – Decolonizing Architecture Art Studies, in Sharjah is an advanced research educational programme led by DAAR – Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, open to artists, architects, curators, and cultural producers interested in situating and understanding their practice within a broader theoretical, historical, political, and social context. The programme is radically structured around participants’ practices and interests offering a critical space for reflection on questions emerging from practices rooted in context. It serves as a space for convivial collective learning. The programme aims to create fertile ground for cultivating a new field of artistic research in Sharjah by forming a group of practitioner fellows who seek to belong to a community of thinkers open to collective reflection and collaborative thinking. The region, home to many practitioners from the Global South, is rich with unique stories that this program seeks to make space for and intertwine with artistic practices. By merging theory and practice, participants will contribute to building a multitude of narratives that recognize and resonate with one another, embodying the diverse cultural depth of life and work, and connecting stories across different lands, belongings, and experiences. DAAS in Sharjah is a combined effort between Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Sharjah Art Foundation, and the Africa Institute, Global Studies University, Sharjah. Advisory members include Hoor Al Qasimi, Salah M. Hassan, Walter Mignolo, May Al-Dabbagh, Shahram Khosravi, Zoe Butt and Charles Esche.