We are pleased to invite you to the Experimental Pedagogies Feminist Spatial Practice Share on April 10th, 12pm – 1pm ET / 6PM - 7PM CEST & SAST. We have initiated the online Practice Shares to celebrate feminist spatial practices and connect with like minded practitioners across the globe. In this session Emma Hoette and Simphiwe Mlambo are invited to present their pedagogical practice, after which we will have a collective conversation with Renske Maria van Dam.This year we have organized our community program around four themes. In the forthcoming practice share we will address the theme of Experimental Pedagogies. The educational mission of FSP is to bring attention to past and present feminist practices that expand ways of thinking and making in the built environment. While feminism is often perceived as only an issue of representation, feminist practices foreground overlooked lived experiences and forms of spatial knowledge that are vital to creating more inclusive spaces. They offer ways of practicing architecture and design that are collaborative, equitable, and sustainable, for the practitioners themselves, their communities, and for the planet.Elaborating on the work of Emma and Simphiwe we will specifically address embodied approaches to spatial pedagogy and reimagine design and architectural education as a feminist spatial practice that breaks down the boundaries between academic institutions and public audiences.

Emma Hoette Working at the intersection of design and performance the moving body is central in Emma Hoette’s practice. She researches through and mobilizes everyday acts and materials, giving them agency by transforming them into multimedia choreographic projects. As an educator, together with her students she explores the potential of embodied research and choreographic approaches to expand and deepen their design practices. She has written and delivered full curricula and tailored workshops in her role as visiting faculty at educational institutions across Europe and UK. She holds a BFA in Integrated Design from Parsons, The New School for Design, NYC and an MFA in Creative Practice from Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music, London. In 2022 Emma completed the KZV at Enkhuizen Nautical College and currently works as a part time sailor on Dutch Tall ships in the high Arctic and Baltic regions as well as part-time faculty for MA Corpo-Real Interior Architecture at ArtEZ University of the Arts, Zwolle and curator of the Field Academy in Almere, NL.

Simphiwe Mlambo Simphiwe Mlambo is a dedicated Afrocentric Architectural researcher, educator, and interdisciplinary practitioner with an M.Arch degree from the GSA. She teaches at the University of Johannesburg's Department of Architecture and also serves as a postgraduate tutor at the Graduate School of Architecture. Her teaching methods focus on reimagining how we perceive and design for the body through projects like the 1:1 project, a 3-year research project that delves into and questions the haptic and tectonic aspects of space in collaboration with Wai think tank. As a tutor at the GSA, she collaborates with students on exploring Africa and its diaspora as fields of study by drawing from traditions of resistance and speculation during times of crisis.
In addition to her educational role, she was recently recognized in Scape Magazine's 100 Voices in Design. She is part of a research collective known as YBA, where her research practice concentrates on Land, Colonial cartography, African mythology, and black spatial identity formation. Her work blends speculative elements with practical applications to create alternate black spatial narratives that challenge traditional modes of spatial production. Using immersive environments, soundscapes, and bodily experiences, Simphiwe aims to bridge past and present to depict innovative black spatial imaginaries.