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Lisa Banu (Farooque)
Assistant Professor of Design History
Ph.D., The New School for Social Research, 2006
Office Hours: T/Th, 3-4 pm
Office: PAO 3161
Office Phone: (765) 496-6880
Office Fax: (765)-496-2076
Email: lfarooqu@purdue.edu
The resonance of conceptual constructs and experienced constructions, inform Lisa Farooque’s approach to design studies. Having earned a Ph.D in philosophy from the New School for Social Research, an M.A in interdisciplinary studies from George Mason University and a professional degree in Architecture from the University of Houston, her academic background supports the interdisciplinary character of her teaching and research. Her dissertation entitled, “Heidegger and Attestations of Dwelling in the Discipline of Architecture” (2006) and her master’s thesis entitled, “The Ethical Function of Architecture and Architectural Forms of Philosophy” both explore corresponding possibilities of thinking and actualities of making. Her current research considers the mediation of culture in the context of design thinking and practice in developing counties. Presentations in national and international conferences involve topics that include, “Defining the Design Deficit in Bangladesh”, “Constructing the Post-colonial Hybrid Object” and “The Rickshaw in a Design History Gridlock.” The role of new media in the globalization of cultural practice is a significant factor in the development of public design discourse, ranging from cultural diplomacy, commercial expansion and political resistance. Current projects include a post-colonial reading of the “Index of American Design” as an exercise of public design discourse in relation to design studies in the developing world.