Africa Alliance
Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Dana Salama
Ph.D. Candidate, Architecture
Dana is an architectural designer, curator, and researcher pursuing her PhD in Architecture at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. She is currently based between Cairo, T'karonto, and Kaw-goosh-kaw-nick (Ann Arbor). Her research focuses on the role of public memory in the built environment and critical approaches towards interpreting heritage sites, particularly after independence. Between 2019-23, Dana was an associate at Aziza Chaouni Projects (Fez, Morocco), where she managed the office’s curatorial initiatives, ecotourism research, and international Modern conservation projects (research, design, project management) for clients including World Monuments Fund and The Getty Conservation Institute. Her work has been exhibited at The Venice Architecture Biennale, Sharjah Architecture Triennale, and others. She directs *countermap, a non-profit organization examining relationships between heritage and power through collaborations, research, and public commissions; and is a co-founder/ board member at SHEEEPschool, an experimental space for learning through spatial practice. Dana serves as a sessional lecturer at The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, and OCADU.
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