BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15431-249be9ca411fdeb121a8ad6c9cd74c7e@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260611T012249Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T110000 SUMMARY:African Studies Global Virtual Forum: Decoloniality and Southern Epistem ologies—DK Osseo-Asare DESCRIPTION:\n“Nyame Dua: On Natural Intelligence ”\n\nAbstract:\n\nThis presentation shares a geometrical model of spacetime as a technical kno wledge system drawn from ancient and archaic African sources that convey additional dimensions of space and reality for arts\, science and desig n co-creation to reach and teach. Specifically\, through a case study in collaborative art\, architecture\, design and engineering co-developmen t we map a global network of academic and non-specialist participation t o engineer and iteratively prototype across several generations a novel system for “crafting space”\, demonstrating a hyperlocal\, i.e.\, global -locally-networked\, “transformal” approach to bridge the gap between gr assroots fabrication and digital innovation in the West African context. \n\nNyame Dua is an Akan symbol — a class of related sayings and graphic link between physical and spiritual realms — that refers\, in the Twi l anguage of the Akan people to something akin to “Tree of God”: formed fr om a multi-pronged branch planted upright in a house or shrine’s courtya rd\, balancing a basin of water and talismans\; a household altar — draw n from the forest\, abode of ancestors — and installed within architectu re\, where it operates as an antenna enabling interaction with the spiri t world\, via æther\, the fifth element\, quintessence\, expressing the energetic consciousness of space.\n\nBio:\n\nDK Osseo-Asare is cofoundin g principal of transatlantic architecture and integrated design studio\, Low Design Office\, based in Austin\, Texas and Tema\, Ghana\; associat e professor of architecture and engineering design at Penn State\, where he directs the Humanitarian Materials Lab\, a research lab architecting materials for basic and advanced human well-being\; and co-initiated th e Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform. His commissioned art and engineering design works exploring innovation in low-carbon archi-technology built at the human-scale have featured at arts and cultural institutions and b iennales world-wide.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even t/afr-global-virtual-forum-dk-osseo-asare/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Nyame Dua: On Natural Intelligence ”

Abstract:
This presentation shares a g eometrical model of spacetime as a technical knowledge system drawn from ancient and archaic African sources that convey additional dimensions o f space and reality for arts, science and design co-creation to reach an d teach. Specifically, through a case study in collaborative art, archit ecture, design and engineering co-development we map a global network of academic and non-specialist participation to engineer and iteratively p rototype across several generations a novel system for “crafting space”, demonstrating a hyperlocal, i.e., global-locally-networked, “transforma l” approach to bridge the gap between grassroots fabrication and digital innovation in the West African context.

Nyame Dua is an Akan symb ol — a class of related sayings and graphic link between physical and sp iritual realms — that refers, in the Twi language of the Akan people to something akin to “Tree of God”: formed from a multi-pronged branch plan ted upright in a house or shrine’s courtyard, balancing a basin of water and talismans; a household altar — drawn from the forest, abode of ance stors — and installed within architecture, where it operates as an anten na enabling interaction with the spirit world, via æther, the fifth elem ent, quintessence, expressing the energetic consciousness of space.

< p>Bio:
DK Osseo-Asare is cofounding principal of transatlantic arch itecture and integrated design studio, Low Design Office, based in Austi n, Texas and Tema, Ghana; associate professor of architecture and engine ering design at Penn State, where he directs the Humanitarian Materials Lab, a research lab architecting materials for basic and advanced human well-being; and co-initiated the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform. His c ommissioned art and engineering design works exploring innovation in low -carbon archi-technology built at the human-scale have featured at arts and cultural institutions and biennales world-wide.

For more detai ls: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/afr-global-virtual-forum- dk-osseo-asare/

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