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Black in Architecture Survey

Voices & Experiences

Amplifying the Voices of Black & Black British Architecture Community: notes on the stories gathered in 2020

Words with most appearance from the collection of experiences shared with us in 2020. Black in Architecture®

We connected the dots from the experiences we gathered in 2020. Please see the key themes below. These themes and issues will guide the Black in Architecture Racial Equity Framework and Black in Architecture Racial Justice Charter.

Underrepresentation

Misrepresentation

Role models

Marginalisation and segregation

Support systems

Safeguarding

Employment

Career prospects

Respect and trust

Architectural education

Identity

Micro-aggressions

Credits and rewards for labour

Erasure

Advocacy and campaign

The Curriculum

Whilst some of these overlap, they have been themed according to the narratives that shared with us in 2020. We will be sharing our breakdown of each of the themes.

Black in Architecture invitation: Reflections on our 2020 survey design

Reflecting on the survey design in 2020, the gathering of people’s lived experiences will now consider spaces for collective voices as well as individual voices. It will be mindful of what retelling these narratives might mean for people (reliving the experience) and how Black in Architecture might manage these for both the researcher and the people sharing their experience.

Black In Architecture - for our voicesWe are using #BlackInArchitecture as a social media platform to amplify the voices of Black/Black British people working or studying in the field of architecture here in the UK. We will use the findings, our collective voices, to inform a new charter of responsive actions toward racial justice in the architectural profession. Please fill in a separate form for each experience you wish to share. We will also collate and may share your experience on our various online platforms. Please visit our website at blackinarchitecture.uk to learn more about the project. We will not be sharing names of individuals or companies. Submitting this form confirms you identify yourself as a Black/Black British individual in the field of architecture, and that your experience relates to the profession (education, practice and connected sectors e.g. architectural recruitment and events) in the UK. Please contact us through our website to share any other matters.

2020 Google form Survey — Black in Architecture: for our voices

Voices & Experiences: Responses to our 2020 survey

The collection of experiences shared with us in 2020 were originally posted on our old website, on our Twitter page and on Instagram. These can still be found on our Twitter page at @blackinarch.

We now explore ways of creating and nurturing the type of spaces that provide people with the right conditions to share their narratives.

Below is a screenshot from our working Miro frame with some of the experiences from our 2020 survey.

Experiences — screenshot from our working Miro frame. Black in Architecture, 2020