Dana Salama

Dana is an architectural designer, curator, and researcher. She is currenlty pursuing her PhD in Architecture at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan Ann Arbor as part of the Africa Alliance. Her film work has been exhibited at The Venice Architecture Biennale, and she has served as a researcher on several film projects in the SWANNA region. She previously co-curated the MADI film programme in Morocco with Shasha. Dana is currently based between Cairo, T’karonto, and Michigami. Her research focuses on the role of public memory in the built environment and critical approaches towards interpreting heritage sites, particularly after independence. She has previously managed curatorial initiatives, ecotourism research, and international Modern conservation projects (research, design, project management) for clients including World Monuments Fund and The Getty Conservation Institute. She directs *countermap, a non-profit organization examining relationships between heritage and power through collaborations, research, and public film commissions; and is a co-founder/ board member at SHEEEPschool, an experimental space for learning through spatial practice in T’karonto. Dana has served as a sessional lecturer at The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, and OCADU, and as a guest critic at these institutions and several others.