Laura Belik

Modern and contemporary history and theory of architecture and urbanism / 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries; Exhibitions and curatorial practices; Design studies/ Theory of Design; Public spaces, spatial politics; Preservation and heritage; Refugee and migration studies. Geographical area of interest: Latin America | Brazil

ESPM 15 – Introduction to Environmental Sciences (Summer 2021) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

História da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo de Nova York (Summer 2021) – Lecturer, Escola da Cidade, São Paulo

ARCH 170B – A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Spring 2021) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

ESPM 50AC – Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management (Fall 2020) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

ARCH 170A – A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Fall 2019) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

ARCH 170B – A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Spring 2019) – Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley

ARCH 298-2/ Rhetoric 244a – Global Urban Humanities Colloquium “The City and Its People” interdisciplinary speaker series (Fall 2018) – Instructor and organizer, UC Berkeley

ARCH 170B – A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Spring 2018) – Reader, UC Berkeley

PSDS 1052 – NYC: Architecture (Spring 2017) – Part-time lecturer, Parsons, The New School

PUFY 1011 – Integrative Seminar 2: Constructed Environments (Spring 2017) – Part-time lecturer, Parsons, The New School

PSDS 2100 – Research and Development Methods (Spring 2017) – Part-time lecturer, Parsons, The New School

PLDS 2190 B – History of Design: 1850 –2000 (Fall 2016) – Instructor of record, Parsons, The New School

History of Urban Planning (Spring 2014) – Teaching assistant, Escola da Cidade, São Paulo

Joan E. Draper Research Fellowship, Architectural History Research Endowment Fund (2022)
Graduate Division’s Summer Dissertation Writing Grant UC Berkeley (Summer 2022)
Global Metropolitan Studies Summer Research Award (Summer 2021)
Graduate Remote Instruction Innovation Fellow (2020-2021)
Joan E. Draper Research Fellowship, Architectural History Research Endowment Fund (2020)
Human Rights Center Fellowship (Summer 2019)
Diversity Platforms Award, Arcus Endowment (2018)
Tinker Field Research Grant – Center for Latin American Studies (Summer 2018)
Center for Race and Gender Student Research Grant (2019)
Spiro Kostof Grant in Architectural History, UC Berkeley’s Architecture Department (2017-2022)
Parsons Dean Scholarship, Parsons The New School (2014-2016)
University Scholarship, The New School (2014-2016)
Pesquisa Experiemental Escola da Cidade (2011-2012)

Peer-reviewed:

Belik, Laura. Belik. “Bunker: O otimismo do pessimista.” In: Novos Debates: Fórum de Antropologia, Volume 8, Número 2: E8204, 2022. DOI: DOI: 10.48006/2358-0097/V8N2.E8204

Belik, Laura. “The not-so-empty lot: Ethnographic experience and reflections visiting Cariri’s former concentration camp area.” In: Urban Matters Journal/ Institute for Urban research Malmö University. Issue: Dislocating urban Studies. May 2022.

Belik, Laura. “Paxiúba: Traditional Housing in the Western Amazon.” In: Architectural Theory Review 25:3. October 2021. p. 362-377. DOI: 10.1080/13264826.2021.1973047

Belik, Laura. “Radio as a tool of education and resistance in Brazilian communities during the pandemic.” In: Design and Culture: The Journal of the Design Studies Forum. 13:1. January 2021. p 79-90. DOI: 10.1080/17547075.2020.1871192

Belik, Laura. “Cities: to whom, by whom? The Minhocão elevated highway case study in São Paulo/ Brazil” In: TU Wien The Public Sector Journal Vol. 43, Issue 1: Commons reloaded. June 2017. p. 57-66. DOI: 10.34749/oes.2017.2395

Book Chapters:

Belik, Laura. “Mobilizing Labor for Infrastructure in Northeast Brazil, 1915-1932.” In: Infrastructure Designs: Global Perspectives from Architectural History. Joseph Heathcott (Editor). Routledge, 2022. p. 76-84. DOI: 10.4324/9781003093756

Belik, Laura. “Spatial Transformation and Debates on Urban Democracy: The Case of Minhocão Elevated Highway, São Paulo.” In: Planning Megacities in the Global South. Deden Rukmana (Editor). Routledge, 2020. p. 162- 174. DOI: 10.4324/9781003038160

Book Review:

Belik, Laura. Depositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship (author: Catherine Seavitt Nordenson). In: JSAH Journal of Architectural History. Volume 78, Number 4, December 2019. p. 488-489. DOI: 10.1525/jsah.2019.78.4.488

Other Publications:

Fall 2022 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Cidade Limpa, Cidade Suja: Reflexões sobre propaganda, privatizações e campanha eleitoral." In Vitruvius, Minha Cidade, v. 265.04, São Paulo, 2022.

Spring 2021 – Pandemic Discourses
Belik, Laura. “Radio Resistance: Radio as a Tool for Empowerment and Resistance during the COVID-19 Crisis in Brazil” In: Pandemic Discourses Blog (The New School India China Institute), New York, April 15, 2021.

Spring 2021– Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “O apito do guardinha:Vigilância urbana em cidades desiguais” In Vitruvius, Minha Cidade, ano 21, n. 249.02. São Paulo, Abril 2021.

Summer 2020 –Jornal Nexo
Belik, Laura. “O Papel dos Museus em Tempos de Pandemia” In Nexo Jornal, Debate. June 30th, 2020.

Summer 2020 – ArchDaily Brasil
Belik, Laura. “Turistas não há mais: chamada de ensaios sobre cidades turísticas no pós-pandemia” In ArchDaily Brasil. June 23rd, 2020.

Summer 2020 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Arquitetxs: um novo Neufert está por vir? Sobre como projetar em tempos de pandemias”. Drops, São Paulo, ano 20, n. 153.03, Vitruvius, jun. 2020

Spring 2020– Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Jane’s Walk em Casa: Morte e Vida de Grandes Cidades na Pandemia” In Vitruvius, Arquiteturismo, ano 20, n. 157.05. São Paulo, Maio 2020.

Spring 2020– Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Pela volta do Cinema Drive-in [em breve]?” In Vitruvius, Minha Cidade, ano 20, n. 237.03. São Paulo, April 2020.

Spring 2020 – Jornal Nexo
Belik, Laura. “Sociabilidade Virtual em Tempos de Covid 19,” In Nexo Jornal, Debate. April 6th, 2020.

Spring 2020 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Michael Sorkin, 1948-2020. O pensador do ambiente urbano.” In Vitruvius, Drops, ano 20, n. 150.08. São Paulo, March 2020.

Spring 2019 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Campos de concentração no Nordeste brasileiro 1915/1932”. In Vitruvius, Drops 136.07 São Paulo, January 2019

Spring 2019 – CLAS UC Berkeley Blog
“Concentration Camps in Northeast Brazil: 1915/1932”

Fall 2017/ Spring 2018 – UC Berkeley Arts and Research Center Blog
Several articles | Graduate student correspondent

Fall 2016 – Smithsonian NMAAHC Blog
“Black Architectural History: Beyond Design”

Fall 2013 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. Carmagnani, Maria Pia. “Artacho Jurado: Polêmico Visionário”. In Vitruvius, Drops 072.07 São Paulo, 2013

Fall 2013 – Vitruvius
Belik, Laura. “Artacho, carros e metro – Reflexão sobre mobilidade e moradia em São Paulo”. In Vitruvius, Drops 075.06 São Paulo, 2013