Malcolm John Rio 10/8/21 Malcolm John Rio 10/8/21

Black in Design 2021: “Designing for Black Queer Pleasure, Joy, and Intimacy”

Watch the panel I moderated at Harvard GSD’s Black in Design 2021 Conference, featuring Ashon Crawley, Leslie Wilson, Aneesah Ettress, and founder of Papi Juice Adam R.

Malcolm John Rio 9/6/21 Malcolm John Rio 9/6/21

RISD Architecture Faculty Conversation 3: Malcolm Rio and Germán Pallares-Avitia

Watch Social Equity and Inclusion Fellow Germán Pallares and I discuss racial and social justice in architectural education and the challenges of teaching architectural history through the lens of anitcoloniality/“decoloniality.”

Malcolm John Rio 7/25/20 Malcolm John Rio 7/25/20

“Surrounds: The City, the University, and Insurgency,” with the podcast African Mobilities 2.0

I will be joining a roundtable discussion on the “Surrounds: The City, The University, and Insurgency,” joined by other members of the Black Student Alliance at Columbia GSAPP [BSA+GSAPP] and hosted by the podcasters (African Mobilities 2.0) and curator Mpho Matsipa to respond to the latest episode of African Mobilities 2.0 on enclosure featuring GSAPP faculty members Justin Garrett Moore and Global Africa Lab co-directors Mabel O. Wilson, Mario Gooden.

Malcolm John Rio 5/7/20 Malcolm John Rio 5/7/20

Threshold 48: Kin, “Get-together” Launch Party

Watch the digital launch party for the 48th volume of Thresholds! Thresholds is the annual peer-reviewed journal produced by the MIT Department of Architecture and distributed by the MIT Press. Each independently themed issue features content from leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, art, and culture. Thresholds 48: Kin is edited by Stratton Coffman, Dalma Földesi, and Sarah Wagner.

Malcolm John Rio 5/30/15 Malcolm John Rio 5/30/15

2015 RISD Commencement Graduate Address

Watch my address to the RISD class of 2015.