RESHAPING REALITIES AUGUST 7TH 2021 - TEDXGOODENOUGHCOLLEGE

Reshaping Realities
August 7th 2021

                      Reshaping
                       Realities

Welcome

Curators
   Good afternoon,

   It gives us great pleasure to welcome so many distinguished guests
   and participants to the 10th annual TEDxGoodenoughCollege event.

   This year’s theme is ‘Reshaping Realities’. The impact of COVID-19
   has unleashed a climate of uncertainty and confusion. As lockdown
   restrictions have lifted, many of us have been trying to readjust to this
   new world order and have been asking the question: what comes next?
   How might we build a more equal, happier, and equitable reality for
   future generations? Our inspiring speakers will be sharing their ideas
   on how one goes about reshaping spaces, experiences, relationships
   and lifestyles. Indeed, this year’s TEDxGoodenoughCollege theme of
   ‘Reshaping Realities’ allows us to look at the vectors of change and
   instruments at our disposal - both as an individual, and member of a
   community - to reshape the realities around us.

   TEDxGoodenoughCollege is generously supported by Goodenough
   College, and would not be possible without the contribution of its
   Members and staff. We would like to take this opportunity to express
   our sincere thanks to all who have assisted with making this event
   happen. We would especially like to thank the organising team, all
   of whom have been working hard for the past five months in order to
   create an extraordinary event. We truly appreciate their dedication,
   especially given the difficult circumstances. Finally, we would like to
   extend our gratitude to all of our speakers and performers for taking
   the time to be here with us and to share their groundbreaking ideas.

   Once again, welcome and thank you for joining us. We hope this
   event is a memorable one that inspires you to reimagine and reshape
   your reality.

   Liat Davis and Mara Wendebourg
   TEDxGoodenoughCollege 2021

Alice Walpole
                                          Director

I am delighted to welcome you to this TEDx event at Goodenough
College. The 2021 TEDxGoodenoughCollege conference marks
the ten-year anniversary of our hosting the event, now established
as an annual highlight of the College programme and eagerly
anticipated by many Members.

Goodenough College is singularly well-placed to host TEDx
conferences. Our six hundred international Members are studying
a wide range of academic disciplines at Masters, PhD and
postdoctoral level at many of London’s universities. Collectively, they
represent a remarkable talent pool – well used to exchanging and
debating ideas with each other in an atmosphere that encourages
mutual respect and common understanding. Through the medium
of talks, seminars and conferences, our Members regularly use an
interdisciplinary approach to explore key global issues. Our TEDx
event therefore fits perfectly with the wider programme of cross-
cultural intellectual discourse at the College.

I would like to thank Liat Davis, Mara Wendebourg and their
dedicated team for their commitment and hard work in organising
this event, not least during a time of continuing uncertainty over
public health. They have gathered an exciting group of speakers
and I am sure you will be inspired, intrigued and challenged by their
ideas and arguments. Enjoy the day – and please join us again for
next year’s TEDxGoodenoughCollege.

Alice Walpole
Director
Goodenough College

2:00pm - 3:00pm        Registration and Opening Performances

                                                                                  Programme
3:00pm - 4:00pm        Session 1: Reshaping Perception

      ZARA SLATTERY
             Drawing Delirium: Understanding Trauma Through Visual Storytelling
      SYLVIA XUENI PAN
             Social Interaction in the Era of Virtual Reality
      GREGORY CLAEYS
             After Consumerism: Utopianism for a Dying Planet

4:00pm - 4:30pm        Break with Drinks and Performances

4:30pm - 5:40pm        Session 2: Reshaping Space

      CHRIS HILDREY
             Beyond Buildings: Why Architecture Needs to Change to Make a Difference
      ANYA MARTIN
             How to Solve the Housing Crisis by Empowering Local Communities
      SHAJAY BHOOSHAN
             People Matter - Participatory Urban Futures
      EMMANUEL ADEGBOYE
             How Young Entrepreneurs Are Building Africa’s Future

5:40pm - 6:10pm        Break with Drinks and Canapés with Performances

6:10pm - 7:20pm        Session 3: Reshaping Society

      KAMEEL KHAN
             Rethinking Offender Reentry Through Employment and Entrepreneurship
      RICKY STOCH
             Simple not Sexy: Designing for the Developing World
      AINA SALLEH
             Who Cares? The Gendered Burden of Unpaid Care Work
      SUE SANDERS
             ‘ Visibilising and Usualising’ the Full Diversity of the LGBTQ+
             Community

7:20pm - 7:30pm        Concluding Remarks

Speakers

ZAR A
S L AT T E RY
D R AWI NG DE L I RI UM : U N D E R S TA N D IN G T R AU M A
T H ROU G H V I S UA L S TO RY T E L L IN G

Zara Slattery is a graphic novelist, illustrator and tutor. Her
first full length graphic memoir, Coma, was shortlisted for
the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2018, The Arts
Foundation Futures Awards 2020 and longlisted for the
LDComics Awards 2019.

Having studied an MA in Design Communication at
Manchester Metropolitan University, exploring the interplay
between illustration and theatre, Zara has brought her
interests together in the form of graphic narratives. Her
self-published comics include Two Birds (a graphic short
collection with Myfawny Tristram) and Don’t Call Me A
Tomboy (A WildSlattern Production with Kirsten Wild). Her
work playfully explores identity, art and feminism. Zara’s
recently published memoir, Coma, Myriad Editions 2021,
is a vivid account of ICU delirium, its universal markers,
community and family love.

With a focus on accessible art education and practise,
Zara teaches drawing and painting online, in-person and
works with organisations and public bodies to deliver comic
workshops nationally and internationally.

SY LV I A X U E N I
PA N
S OC I A L I NTE RACT IO N IN T H E E R A
OF V I RTUA L RE A L I T Y

Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan is a Lecturer in VR at Goldsmiths,
University of London. She has a BEng in Computer
Science from Beihang University, an MSc in Graphics and
PhD in Virtual Reality from UCL (funded by the EPSRC).
Before coming to Goldsmiths, she worked as a research
fellow in Computer Science at UCL and at the same
University’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN).
Her research interest is the use of Virtual Reality as a
medium for real-time social interaction, in particular in the
application areas of training and therapy.

Dr Pan has developed a unique interdisciplinary research
profile, with journal and conference publications on both
VR technology and social neuroscience. Her work has
been featured on the BBC, in New Scientist magazine
and the Wall Street Journal. Her 2017 Coursera VR
specialisation attracted over 100,000 registered learners
globally. She co-leads the Goldsmiths Social, Empathic,
and Embodied VR lab (SeeVR Lab) and the MA/MSc in
Virtual and Augmented Reality programme at Goldsmiths
Computing.

G R E G O RY
CLAEYS
AF T E R CO NS UM E RIS M :
U TOPI A NI S M FO R A DY IN G P L A N E T

Gregory Claeys has been a Professor of History of Political
Thought at Royal Holloway University of London since 1992.
His teaching covers modern social and political thought from
the mid-18th century to the contemporary era, focusing on
revolutionary, radical, and socialist reform movements.

Over the past decade he has turned his attention to utopian
and dystopian narratives, arguing that they can be useful
mechanisms for imagining meaningful social and political
change. His latest book, Dystopia: A Natural History
(2016), won him the Cantemir Prize in 2018 for outstanding
contributions to humanistic scholarship. In 2019 at TedxLinz,
he spoke on the subject ‘Why are Utopias Important for
Human Mankind?”.

His talk for TEDxGoodenoughCollege is a response to his
forthcoming publication, Utopianism for a Dying Planet
(2021) that will address the role utopia can play in preparing
us for the inevitable global catastrophe of climate change.

CH R I S
HI L D R E Y
B E YO ND BUI L DI NG S : W H Y
A R C HI TE CTURE NE E D S TO C H A N G E
TO M A K E A DI FFE R E N C E

Chris Hildrey is an architect and designer from Liverpool,
based in London. He is the director of Hildrey Studio: an
award-winning creative practice that uses architectural skills
to effect change through research, buildings, and services;
and the founder of ProxyAddress: a social enterprise which
provides stable address details to those facing homelessness
and creating access to critical support services.

He was named one of The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers
in 2020 and his work has received awards including the
Royal Institute of British Architects’ President’s Medal for
Research, the D&AD Impact Award for Humanitarian Aid,
the Innovation in Politics Award for Human Rights, and was
named one of the Beazley Designs of the Year in 2019.
His works are held in the permanent collection of The
Design Museum and have been exhibited and published
internationally, including features on the BBC and in
publications such as The New York Times, Wired and GQ.

A N YA
M A RT I N
H OW TO S O LV E THE H O U S IN G C R IS IS B Y
EMP OW E RI NG L O C A L C O M M U N IT IE S

Anya is director of PricedOut, England’s campaign for
housing affordability. PricedOut works to bring down the
cost of housing to buy or rent through evidence-based
policy solutions. Anya also works as a research and insight
manager at a voluntary sector membership body and is a
board advisor at London YIMBY, a grassroots campaign to
end the housing crisis with the support of local communities.

Formerly she worked as a researcher in the social housing
sector, publishing a number of reports on housing and
welfare issues. She has a master’s degree in social
research methods from University College London. She is
interested in looking around the world at land use systems
and property taxation for lessons on how they can be
improved in England.

SH A JAY
BH O O S H A N
P E OP L E M ATTE R - PA RT IC IPATO RY
U R B A N FUTURE S

Shajay Bhooshan is a Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid
Architects, who is most well-known for co-founding and
running CODE, the Computation and Design group.
CODE has made significant contributions to computational
design and talent recruitment, especially in creating shell
structures that can be assembled and disassembled easily.

After completing his Bachelor of Architecture at the
Indrapastra Open University in India, Shajay pursued his
master’s degree at the Design Research Laboratory at the
Architectural Association, School of Architecture in London
in 2006. He graduated with an MPhil from the University of
Bath in 2016 and is currently working on his PhD as part of
the Bloch Research Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology in Zurich.

Shajay is an expert in mathematics and geometry, with a
particular interest in industrial robotics, 3D printing, and
digital fabrication to construct more innovative and complex
architectural morphologies. He is a leading advocate of the
benefits of parametric architecture and digital construction
to meet the fast-paced and changing nature of modern
daily life.

EMMANUEL
A D E G B OY E
H OW YO UNG E NTREP R E N E U R S A R E BU IL D IN G
AF R I CA ’ S FUTURE

Emmanuel Adegboye is a 2021 Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Academy Fellow with the Africa Programme at Chatham
House where his research focuses on urban innovations
and economic opportunities for youth in Africa. He is also
the Managing Partner of Utopia Lagos and is leading
Utopia’s emerging efforts across Africa. Utopia is an urban
innovation group that aims to build the urban ecosystem
for emerging cities and their slums across Asia, Africa
and Latin America.

He believes entrepreneurs will build Africa’s future. He is
committed to supporting entrepreneurs solving Africa’s
biggest challenges, building institutions and advocating
for policies that create an enabling environment for
entrepreneurship to thrive on the continent.

He is a certified Project Management Professional
with several years of experience managing diverse
programs, projects and developing systems for
operational effectiveness. He holds a Bachelor’s degree
in Engineering Physics, postgraduate degrees in Space
Applications and Environmental Management and a
Certificate in Disciplined Entrepreneurship from MIT
amongst other qualifications.

KAMEEL
KHAN
R E T H I NK I NG O FFEN D E R R E E N T RY T H RO U G H
EMP L OY M E NT A ND E N T R E P R E N E U R S H IP

Kameel Khan is a lawyer and former law professor who
now sits as a Judge in the UK Tax Court. He taught law
at University College, University of London, Reading
University and the University of the West Indies and he
was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School.

Kameel heads the Ex-Offenders Programme at the
Prince’s Trust Mosaic, which was created by HRH Prince
Charles to provide mentoring and training to young
offenders, and to provide employment for ex-offenders
through partnerships created with corporations. In
addition, Kameel is the founder of Project ReMake,
an entrepreneurial training programme for formerly
incarcerated people.

Kameel was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He studied at
the London School of Economics (during which time, he
was a Member of Goodenough College) and received
a doctorate in law from McGill University in Montreal,
Canada.

RICKY
S TOC H
SI MP L E NOT S E X Y:
D E S I G NI NG FO R TH E D E V E L O P IN G WO R L D

Ricky is a human-centred designer and consultant
specialising in research-based projects at the intersection
of visual communication and behavioural design. Through
her work she aims to solve problems, change behaviour,
democratise information and communicate big ideas.

Ricky is an Alumna of the University of Cape Town and
Royal College of Art (London). In 2021, she founded Studio
Fundi, a human-centred design and product development
consultancy based in Johannesburg and London. The
company recently launched FebriSol, its flagship product,
aimed at increasing treatment adherence to chronic
medication.

AINA
SALLEH
WH O CA RE S ? THE G E N D E R E D BU R D E N
OF U NPA I D CA RE WO R K

Aina Salleh is currently a Master’s in Public Policy
candidate. In her previous life, she wore many hats; she
was a prosecuting officer for the capital market regulator
for Malaysia. On weekends, she taught children the art of
debating and public speaking. As a writer for Malaysia’s
first gender discourse platform, Aina believes in the power
of conversations in sparking change. Her articles discuss
contemporary challenges that women face, all of which
were well-received. Her first ever published article was
shared over 4,000 times across five countries.

Her fascination/frustration with gender issues, specifically
unpaid care work motivated her to pursue a Master’s in Public
Policy. Motivated to be a change maker, Aina reimagines
a reality where unpaid care work no longer holds women
back. And it all starts with a conversation.

SUE
SANDERS
‘V I S I B I L I S I NG A ND U S UA L IS IN G ’ T H E F U L L
D I V E RS I TY O F THE L G B T Q + C O M M U N IT Y

Professor Sue Sanders is a British LGBTQ+ and disability
rights activist, female and gender studies educator, and
charity organiser fighting against the oppression and
celebrating the diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender people for over 40 years.

For over 20 years, she has been the Chair of Schools
Out UK, a group working for the equality, diversity, and
visibility of LGBT+ people in the education system. It was
while at Schools Out, she founded LGBT+ History Month
in 2004. The intention was to correct the lack of mentioning
of LGBT+ people in schools and challenge the culture of
homophobia in educational institutions by campaigning
for more inclusive and equality-driven local and national
curriculums. Also, her immensely popular website, the
Classroom, contains free lesson plans for teachers to
use to help ‘Usualise’ and ‘Actualise’ LGBT issues for all
students.

In 2019, Sue was awarded the lifetime achievement award
from the Rainbow Honours board. She herself said, ‘My
passion has been about making LGBT+ people visible
because we know that if we make people visible, people
change, the prejudices and stereotypes get blown’.

Master of
Ceremonies

HA M Z A TA R I Q
CH AU D H RY

Hamza obtained an undergraduate degree in international
relations from the LSE and a postgraduate degree in
International Social and Public Policy.

For next two years, he will be a Gleitsman Leadership Fellow
for Social Change at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is
a competitive debater and won Best Speaker in Europe,
participated in the European Debating Championships and
was the 5th Best Speaker and Finalist, World Debating
Championships. He is the founder of The LSE Public Debate
Programmme, interviewing political stakeholders on issues
central to public interest such as the head of the Scottish
National Party, the head of Hong Kong opposition, and the
head of the UK Independence Party.

In addition, he worked at the Woodrow Wilson Centre and
the Hudson Institute on religious violence and political
economy of South Asia. Finally, he hosted and interviewed
politicians, policy makers and journalists across South Asia,
and hosted the first ever “Global Activist Forum” at LSE.

Performers

TA RA V I SC AR DI   Z H U S UN      KOY E L B A S U          TAM AR GEIST

                     R HY S BROWN    RO B E RT FI N E G A N   JA N EL SN ER

                     SA M ST UA RT   SIYU SUN                 R AY R AFOL S

Team

B ÁR BAR A            N I C H O LA S FO LTZ        MA S SIM IL IAN O
                                 P ER RU PATO          M ar ket i ng m anager       TROVATO
                                 E ve n t m ana g er                                Speaker manager

LU Q I N

S U K Y SU

TON Y GIN
MA R K CHIA

KOY E L BASU
G E X LER DIAZ

MA R I SSA CHAN
DOU GLAS TORRES
MA R CEL O ROMERO
                    Vounteers:
                                 E D M EY E RS         M A R A WE N D E B O U R G   K ATER IN A
                                 De si gne r           C ur at or                   ZAC H AROPOU L O U
                                                                                    Speaker manager

                                                       TH O M A S K E LLY           LIAT DAVIS
                                                       Speaker m anager             C ur ator

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