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The Author Speaks

The Author Speaks (T-A-S) series, is a short interview where we find out a little about the approach and inspirations of different female producers of text, focussing each time on one of their works. Our circle of guests extends globally to women that in some way or another, engage with an idea of architecture. The podcast was created by the editorial team of womenwritingarchitecture.org, Helen Thomas and Emilie Appercé with the help of Jaehee Shin.

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    Episode 4: Afterglow by Ella Eßlinger and Clara Richard Gostynski, interviewed by Emilie Appercé and Helen Thomas

    In March 2025, we met with Ella Esslinger and Clara Richard Godzinski in the foyer of the Kunsthaus Zürich, to mark the release of the second volume of Nachglühen (Afterglow), published by wwa (publishing). Excerpts from the book are available to read on the forum. We came together to explore a central question of the project: What if our grandmothers’ houses were the true monuments of the 20th century?

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    Episode 3 - Denise Scott Brown: In Other Eyes edited by Frida Grahn, interviewed by Helen Thomas and Emilie Appercé

    In July 2023, Frida Grahn, back in Switzerland after having spend some time in the US, taking part of the symposium on Denise Scott Brown, she joined us in Ennenda (Glarus) to answer our questions about her book Denise Scott Brown in Other Eyes, Portraits of an Architect. The book is the result of her encounter with Denise during the research Frida is doing within the frameworks of her thesis entitled The Reception of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown in Switzerland. With: Frida Grahn (architect, historian of architecture), Helen Thomas (architect, publisher, WWA editor) and Emilie Appercé (architect, WWA editor) At: Ennenda, Glarus

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    Episode 2 - Living with an infected Planet by Elke Krasny, interviewed by Helen Thomas and Adam Caruso

    In June 2023, Elke Krasny, in Zurich for a conference, made a detour to Ennenda (Glarus) out of curiosity. This was inspired by the Anna Göldi Museum, dedicated to the last woman killed as a witch in Europe. At the museum, Elke met with Helen Thomas of Women Writing Architecture and Adam Caruso, architect and teacher, to talk about her book Living with an Infected Planet. COVID-19, Feminism, and the Global Frontline of Care (2023). With: Elke Krasny (cultural and architectural theorist, teacher, curator), Helen Thomas (architect, publisher, WWA editor) and Adam Caruso (architect, teacher) At: Anna Göldi Museum, Ennenda, Glarus

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    Episode 1 - Cyberfeminism Index by Mindy Seu, interviewed by Emilie Appercé and Jaehee Shin

    Résumé On the occasion of Mindy’s Cyberfeminism Index world tour, the WWA editors Emilie Appercé and Jaehee Shin met with her at the Zurich University of the Arts (Zhdk) to exchange about the evolution of her project since she launched the Cyberfeminism Index website in 2020 and the future of the index, which now exists in both digital and physical form. With: Mindy Seu (designer, researcher), Emilie Appercé (architect, WWA editor), Jaehee Shin (architect, WWA editor) Where: In an atelier of the ZHdK, Zurich University of the Arts in Zürich

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The Author Speaks (T-A-S) series, is a short interview where we find out a little about the approach and inspirations of different female producers of text, focussing each time on one of their works. Our circle of guests extends globally to women that in some way or another, engage with an idea of architecture. The podcast was created by the editorial team of womenwritingarchitecture.org, Helen Thomas and Emilie Appercé with the help of Jaehee Shin.

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