Looking backwards to look forwards

How do we work with the past to improve the future? Take heritage, for example. Italy and Spain have more cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites than all 54 African countries combined. What would a truly equitable list of the world's most celebrated cultural heritage sites look like?

Watch the animation above to find out more about how our research is making an impact in the real world, generating new narratives of Modernist architecture and encounters outside of the West, elevating other figures, regions and experiences that have been hidden from history.

Credits
Art direction & illustration: Boyle & Perks
Copywriting: George Bull, Eggcorn
Animation: Plastic Horse
Voiceover: Poppy Chancellor

The case study featured in this animation is from The Bartlett School of Architecture.

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