Posted: 25.02.2010

Bethlehem-based architectural practice Decolonizing Architecture members Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizman present some of the ideas that inform their work in conversation with researcher Lorenzo Pezzani, Abdoumaliq Simone, urbanist and Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths College and film curator Rasha Salti.
This event runs concurrently with the ‘Decolonizing Architecture’ film season at The Delfina Foundation curated by Rasha Salti.
Supported by The Delfina Foundation

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£12 (£10 concessions), booking recommended
For tickets, call 020 7887 8888

Posted: 25.02.2010

The Human Rights Project (HRP) enables students to learn about, and engage in, the contemporary human rights movement. The Project focuses on the philosophical foundations and political mechanisms of human rights and maintains a special interest in freedom of expression, the public sphere, and media. Since 2001 HRP has supported dozens of student internships at human rights and humanitarian organizations, governmental and international agencies, local community groups, hospitals and clinics, and research centers from Peshawar to Albany. HRP is directed by Thomas Keenan  

http://hrp.bard.edu/project/programs/

Posted: 23.02.2010

Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is proud to present the fifth season of the Urban Field Speakers Series. Toronto, Ontario

Alessandro Petti

Sara Graham, moderator
March 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM


The artist, architect and professor at Bard / Al-Quds University speaks about Decolonzing Architecture, a collaborative research project that explores the problems and potentiality associated with the reuse of Israeli colonial architecture after Israeli occupation and settlers’ evacuations. Moderated by visual artist Sara Graham.

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Posted: 06.02.2010

Nahr el Bared Reconstruction for Civil Action and Studies (NBRC) would like to recruit one Urban Designer and two Architects to work on the production of the masterplan in the adjacent area.
NBRC is located in Tripoli/Nahr el Bared.

Please circulate the TOR for these positions:
1 Urban designer (2-5 years experience)
1 Architect (min 1 year experience)
1 Architect (3-5 years experience)

NBRC is a local Nahr el bared grassroot initiative that worked on the production of the masterplan of the nahr el bared camp and is currently working on a masterplan for the Nahr el bared Camp adjacent Areas. It focuses on advocating for the reconstruction of the destroyed camp and preparation of various studies to facilitate that process.
It was initiated in late June 2007.

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