Erica Morawski
Associate professor in the History of Art and Design at Pratt Institute whose scholarship focuses on architecture and design in the Americas, especially the Hispanic Caribbean; author of Development Design: Hotels and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025).
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Mar 26, 2026 • 45min
Erica Morawski, "Development Design: Hotels and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2025)
Erica Morawski, an associate professor at Pratt Institute who studies architecture and design in the Hispanic Caribbean, discusses hotel design as a lens on development and national identity. She examines imperial projects, state modernization plans, economic incentives, and how material choices and aesthetics shaped tourism in San Juan, Ciudad Trujillo, and Havana.
