MYRIAM D. DIATTA, BFA, MFA, PhD
/meer-yem jaa-ta/
(b. 1990, Dakar)
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STUDIO
My practice is dedicated to supporting creative practitioners. Below are some of the methods, tactics, and projects I’ve developed to do that. I have been hired for my conceptual knowledge and practical design skills in international and interdisciplinary contexts. For more, see the Index on the right. On this page, you will find professional, academic and personal projects from the past 10+ years of my career. Each project below illustrates my approach and breadth of experience in bridging theory and practice; values and actions; the abstract and the concrete.UNDISCIPLINING CITATION PRACTICE
Writing
A series of practical tactics to accompany critical artistic inquiry2023
THINKING FORM
Doctoral Research
A set of working ethics through Black double consciousness2018 - 2022
I PAID ATTENTION TO THE FOOTNOTES
Writing
An intervention for disrupting the politics of the academic page2020
FAMILY OF SENSIBILITIES
Writing
A collaborative paper investigating practices centered on material and bodily things2020
A GUIDE FOR DOING THESIS PROJECTS: FOR DESIGN STUDENTS
Writing
A cheat sheet to bring some transparency to thesis expectations in design2019
EMBODYING SELF AWARENESS
Movement
“We must investigate ourselves; the bodies we live in that contain our worldviews”2019
TOOLS FOR RESISTING
ARCHIVING
Home tour interviews and archival project for everyday coping toolsSince 2018
DESIGN STRATEGIES STUDIO
Teaching
A speculative design and social justice course at Pratt Institute2017
NEW INC COMMUNITY VALUES
Community, Installation
“How might we keep our community values tangible and live in the co-working space?"2017
MATTER–MIND STUDIO
Professional Research
A creative studio hinged on understanding emotional wellbeing2015 - 2021
PSYCHOLOGICAL FUTURES
Teaching
An environmental psychology and speculative design course at Pratt Institute2015, 2016
MATERIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Research, Installation
Interdisciplinary research and tools for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)2012, 2013 - 2014
INDEX
A directory of the places, people, and formats found throughout the activities featured here and beyond. Current and past.FORMATS
CommunityCraft
Facilitation
Installation
Movement
Scholarly Research
Professional Research
Teaching
Writing
SITES
Aarhus, DKCape Town, SA
Helsinki, FI
London, UK
Melbourne, AU
New York City, US
Prato, IT
Providence, US
Roswell, US
Urbana-Champaign, US
Fields
AbolitionDesign
Clinical Therapy
Cognitive Science
Culture
Harm Reduction
Higher Education
K12 Education
Library + Info Sciences
Public Health
Tech Startups
CONTEXTS
ASSATAChild Mind Institute
Design Indaba
Wonderlab
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Lehigh University Libraries
London Design Museum
Monash University
New Museum x NEW INC
PARSE (Platform for Artistic Research Sweden)
Pratt Institute
RISD x Brown University
Services for the UnderServed
Teleobjects
The New School
CONSTELLATIONS
Abiola OnabuleAlice Sparkly Kat
Akeema-Zane
Anushka Jajodia
Ayra Digma
Azar Bagheri
Cathryn Klasto
Colleen Doyle
Cynthia Voza Lusilu
Daliah Heller
Emma Nguyen
Enni-Kukka Tuomala
Heer Mehta
Helena Cleeve (Kjellgren)
Hillary Nguyen
Ioana Man
Jasmine Woodson
Kate McEntee
Kira-Simon Kennedy
Lillian S. Tong
Lisa Grocott
Marie-Louise Richards
Meghana Srinivasan
Nicole Lashae Ben
Piniel Demisse
Ricardo Dutra
Sumitra Upham
Tattfoo Tan
Taylor Kuhn
Yi Zhang
Yinka Fasehun
Zakiya Collier