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Saundra Weddle

A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place

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March 17, 11 am, Clara Thompson Hall

In Renaissance Florence, it was said that “if you tell me who you have married I can tell you who you are.” The implication was that your spouse's status communicated volumes about your own status and, by extension, your family’s. In the same way, it might have been said that “if you tell me where you are I can tell you who you are,” since status and identity were linked to an individual’s location within Florentine architecture and the urban realm. Saundra Weddle, Ph.D., assistant professor of architecture, explores how architecture and city design reflected gender roles, and how those roles are still evident in modern cities.