J. Irwin Miller Symposium, “Aesthetic Activism” Professor Jacques Rancière in conversation with Assistant Dean Mark Foster Gage in which they investigate the relationship between architecture and aesthetics; consider the role architecture and architects in social and political processes; discover potential new ways architecture can be used to promote social equality; and evaluate the historic role of architecture in forming hierarchical political structures. Jacques Rancière (Université Paris VII) in Conversation with Mark Foster Gage (Yale University)