ESSAYS AND ARTICLES
Selected arts and entertainment articles:
- Why You Should Watch Just Between Lovers
- 2023 K-drama Couples That Killed It
- Why You Should Watch Yumi's Cells
- K-drama Lessons: Do It Yourself
- 4 Novels About Love Set Amidst Violence in South Korea
Selected personal essays:
- Realistically Flawed Relationships: My Year in K-dramas (2024)
- K-drama Therapy: The Comfort of Shared Survival
- Leaving New York for Chile was the Best and Worst Decision I Ever Made
Content writing clips at:
- Dramabeans - K-drama recaps, reviews, & recommendations
- Medium - Inspiration; Korean Pop Culture; Travel & Transnationalism; Urbanity & Architecture
ARTISTIC WORKS
"Big Dreams, Small Requests"
in Believing In That Which Does Not Yet Exist: Visions of Guaranteed Income
In this book of photos and lists, mixed-media artist Jacinta Bunnell asked writers to "list ten things you would do if you were to receive $1,000 per month guaranteed income for two years." The result is more than eighty lists that give a glimpse into the lives of everyday people and their simple wishes. Lauren Dean contributed the list entitled, "Big Dreams, Small Requests."
The project sprung from the Creatives Rebuild New York program — a three-year initiative that invested $125 million into the stability of New York State artists, including by distributing $1,000 per month for 18 months to 2,500 creatives around the state. It is part of a larger movement, in the US and around the globe, to promote a guaranteed basic income for all.
Editor/Designer: Jacinta Bunnell
Publisher: Self-published (December 2024)
Paperback: 100 pages
ISBN: 979-8-218-98956-9
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
"Economical & Elegant"
This issue of PLAT journal compiles a series of essays on the theme of Simplicity as it relates to architecture.
The contribution "Economical & Elegant" by Lauren Dean and Daniel Lazo uses the case of contemporary Chilean architecture to explore how limited resources lead
to elegant buildings through simplified design and construction processes. [Download full text]
Editors: Jack Murphy and Tiffany Xu
Publisher: Rice University (October 2019)
Paperback: 320 pages
ISSN: 2162-4305
The Social Roles of Buildings:
An Account of Materiality and Meaning in Urban Outcomes
In this collection of cases within a case, Lauren Dean explores how a building type is born in a process of 19th century urbanization, how spatial enclosures of buildings affect everyday practices in residential patios, and how maintenance of residential facades and interiors under conditions of commercial reuse plays a role in a process of contemporary neighborhood transformation. In addition, she theorizes how buildings are redefined and how they come to mean through use and visual interaction. Following buildings called "cités" through history and context in Santiago, Chile, she finds the making of a building type wrapped up in the making of a society.
The e-book is available open access through the National Library of Sweden.
Author: Lauren Dean
Distributor: Stockholm University (January 2017)
Series: Stockholm Studies in Sociology (#65)
Paperback: 195 pages
ISBN: 978-91-7649-602-2
TRANSLATIONS AND EDITING
Swedish photographer Caroline Jensen travels between Stockholm and New York to capture portraits of graffiti writers and reflect on the role graffiti plays in their lives. The book showcases artists from the 1960s to today accompanied by images of their urban art.
Author: Caroline Jensen
Publisher: Dokument Press (September 2021)
Hardcover: 80 pages
ISBN: 978-91-88369-66-6
Language Editor: Lauren Dean
Workshop 2: Alberto Veiga with interview by Pedro Ignacio Alonso
A record of the lectures, interviews, and student designs from the 2017 international architecture workshop held at the School of Architecture at San Sebastián University in Santiago, Chile.
Editors: Rayna Razmilic and Ernesto Silva
Publisher: Universidad San Sebastián (June 2019)
Series: The EA USS Workshop Series (#2)
Paperback: 122 pages
ISBN: 978-956-7439-77-5
Translator: Lauren Dean (original Spanish)
Workshop 1: Juan Herreros with interview by Enrique Walker
A record of the lectures, interviews, and student designs from the 2016 international architecture workshop held at the School of Architecture at San Sebastián University in Santiago, Chile.
Editors: Rayna Razmilic and Ernesto Silva
Publisher: Universidad San Sebastián (June 2018)
Series: The EA USS Workshop Series (#1)
Paperback: 126 pages
ISBN: 978-956-7439-69-0
Translator: Lauren Dean (original Spanish)
Swedish photographer and psychotherapist Caroline Jensen spans four continents and ten years in this photography book showcasing the interiors of therapy rooms. In
collaboration with interior designer Ingrid Unsöld, the book reflects on the ways that design influences what happens in therapy.
Authors: Caroline Jensen and Ingrid Unsöld
Publisher: Dokument Press (May 2018)
Hardcover: 96 pages
ISBN: 978-91-88369-12-3
Language Editor: Lauren Dean
A retrospective of professional works by the Chilean architectural office Albert Tidy Arquitectos, the book covers selected projects between 2006 and 2016 with photos, plans, competition designs, and descriptions.
Author: Albert Tidy Arquitectos
Publisher: Constructo (May 2017)
Hardcover: 296 pages
ISBN: 978-956-8801-14-4
Translation Editor: Lauren Dean
I have also edited and translated journal articles, doctoral theses, book chapters, monographs, magazine copy, website content, grant and book proposals, reviews, application materials, institutional documents, and creative writing such as screenplays and memoir.
