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URL:https://sparkhamptons.com/events/lh-talk-julia-watsons-lo-tek-water-de
 sign-and-indigenous-aquatic-technologies
SUMMARY:LH Talk: Julia Watson's Lo-TEK Water: Design and Indigenous Aquatic
  Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Designer\, consultant\, award-winning educator\, and bestsellin
 g author Julia Watson aims to redefine the future of climate-resilient des
 ign through Indigenous knowledge systems. She coined the global Lo—TEK
  movement—an emerging design philosophy grounded in Traditional Ecologi
 cal Knowledge (TEK)\, reciprocity\, and intercultural co-design.\n\nJulia 
 Watson will talk about how ancestral technologies\, land-based practices\
 , material systems\, and living infrastructures that have sustained human 
 and ecological systems over time inform contemporary design. She will focu
 s more specifically on the subject of her second book\, Lo—TEK\, Water
  (TASCHEN\, 2025)\, a follow-up to Lo—TEK\, Design by Radical Indigeni
 sm (TASCHEN\, 2019). This field guide dives into water-based Indigenous t
 echnologies that have sustained communities for millennia. From floating f
 arms in Bangladesh to water cleansing wetlands in China\, Watson illuminat
 es how water is not just a resource\, but a living teacher.​​\n\nThe b
 ook will be available for purchase.\n\nAbout Lo—TEK\, Water\, A Field G
 uide for TEKnology (TASCHEN\, 2025)\n\nCo-authored with Indigenous knowle
 dge-keepers\, with a foreword by Dr. Lyla June Johnson (Diné/Tsétsėhés
 tȧhese)\, this field guide to Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) feat
 ures ancestral water systems—like floating farms and tidal fish traps
 —alongside 22 inspiring modern contemporary TEK projects—including Per
 u’s reed-insulated housing\, Thailand’s terraced rooftop farms\, and C
 hina’s Sponge Cities—proving TEK continues to drive transformative des
 ign. Witness a paradigm shift for architects and policymakers seeking bioc
 ultural resilience and regenerative urban futures. Learn more.\n\nAbout J
 ulia Watson\n\nJulia Watson is an Australian-born designer\, educator\, a
 uthor\, TED speaker\, and radical thought leader of Greco-Egyptian-English
  heritage\, known for championing climate-resilient design through ancestr
 al technologies. Trained as an architect in First Nations knowledge system
 s\, she spearheads the global Lo—TEK movement. She co-founded the Lo—T
 EK Institute and the Lo—TEK Office for Intercultural Urbanism\, both co-
 led by Indigenous and non-Indigenous designers and scientists. A lecturer 
 at Harvard and Columbia\, Watson has collaborated with NIKE\, LEGO\, Gensl
 er\, and Buro Happold\, continually redefining sustainability through ance
 stral wisdom.
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