HajiraIn Defense of the SacredMy research centers on conceptions of “the sacred,” and the past couple months have shown me that, in order to defend and protect what is…1 min read·Jan 30, 2024----
HajiraActualizing vs EnvisioningAnd if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed….2 min read·Dec 1, 2023----
HajiraThe Discovery of a Sacred WorldI defended my thesis entitled “Design and the (Un)Making of Sacred Worlds” (الحمد لله رب العالمين) and the next day set off for the…2 min read·Jul 13, 2022----
HajirainDecoloniality: Past, Present, and FutureDecoloniality: Past, Present, and FutureFall 2020 | 7-week course Taught by Hajira Qazi, PhD Researcher Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design7 min read·Aug 27, 2020----
HajiraThe Instrumentalization of Job SearchesMaking sense of Buber through modern-day job fairs, and vice versa1 min read·Feb 25, 2020--1--1
HajirainCMU Design // Cultures — Spring 201904.16 // Module IV: Race, Ethnicity, Culture LectureWorld Systems Theory4 min read·Apr 18, 2019----
HajirainCMU Design // Cultures — Spring 201904.09 // Module III: Faith and Belief Lecture & DiscussionDue to limitations on time, this class session was condensed, so that we had a 20 minute lecture, 25 minute breakout discussion session…4 min read·Apr 12, 2019----
HajirainCMU Design // Cultures — Spring 201904.04 // Module II: Politics and Power DiscussionLecture2 min read·Apr 11, 2019----
HajirainCMU Design // Cultures — Spring 201903.28 // Module I: Class & Labor DiscussionLecture4 min read·Mar 29, 2019----
HajirainCMU Design // Cultures — Spring 201903.21 // Future VisionsFor this class, we had futurist and professor in the School of Design Stuart Candy give the students an introduction to the fundamentals…2 min read·Mar 22, 2019----