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SPRING 2018 LECTURES AND EVENTS
REMEMBERING & REBUILDING
February 26
Learning from Dadaab: An Architectural History of Forced Migration
Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mahindra Center for the Humanities, Harvard University
Bio & Abstract
March 12
Plunder, Destruction and Museums: The Imperial Origins of Democracy
Ariella Azoulay
Professor of Modern Culture & Media and Comparative Literature
Brown University
April 2
Gardens of Memory: Design Against Amnesia
Annalinda Neglia
Professor of Landscape Architecture
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Bio & Abstract
April 9 at 12:00 pm in the Stella Room (7-338)
Three presentations by the 2017 AKPIA@MIT Travel Grant Recipients
- Yusef Audeh, Master of Science in Art, Culture and Technology
Pure Light
Traveled to Düsseldorf, Germany and Tunisia
- Max Budovitch, MCP & Kelly Main, MCP
Differential Impact of Refugee Housing Programs on Beneficiaries and Urban Development in Lebano
Traveled to Lebanon
- Sera Tolgay, AKPIA@MIT SMarchS
Planning for Scarcity: Community-Based Water Management in the Jordan River Valley
Traveled to Jordan
April 23
Rebuilding Abd al-Qadir’s Cities under French Administration: From Regulation to Renewal
Amine Kasmi
AKPIA@MIT Postdoctoral Fellow
Abstract
May 7
Between the Hammer and the Anvil: Transition Architecture of Postwar Ex-Yugoslavia
Aleksandar Staničić
AKPIA@MIT Postdoctoral Fellow
Bio & Abstract
MONDAYS AT 6:00 PM IN MIT ROOM 3-133
SYMPOSIUM
April 27 & 28 IN MIT ROOM 6-120
Translating Destruction: Contemporary Art and War in the Middle East
All events are free and open to the public.
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