Trancescapes: Afro-Brazilian Terreiros and Other Landscapes, Denis Winston Memorial Lecture

Date: Tuesday, 08 September 2026

Time: 5:45pm - 7:00pm

Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium, Chau Chak Wing Museum

From the borderlands of Ireland and Northern Ireland to sacred groves in Brazil and Nigeria, this special Denis Winston Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Gareth Doherty, explores diverse engagements with urban landscapes. With particular attention to Afro-Brazilian terreiros as sites where trance and transcendence, gender and materiality, and ritual and everyday life converge, the lecture introduces the concept of “trancescapes” and considers how these spaces can enrich our understanding of landscape and urbanism. Following the lecture, an expert panel reflects on the critical possibilities for socially engaged landscape design, research, and urban planning in Sydney.

Speakers

Keynote

Gareth Doherty, Associate Professor National University of Singapore

Panel

Ann Forsyth, Halloran Professor of Plannning and Design, University of Sydney

Martin Bryant, Professor, SoAB Discipline of Landscape Architecture, The University of Technology Sydney

Chaired by

Nicole Gurran, Director, Henry Halloran Urban and Regional Research Initiative

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