Global Urbanism @ Bham
- Location
- 417 Muirhead Tower
- Dates
- Wednesday 22 May 2019 (14:00-16:30)
Leading up to this year's annual Fage Lecture, the Department of African Studies and Anthropology will be hosting a workshop on the topic “Global Urbanism @ Bham”
We hope to create a moment for sharing research at the University of Birmingham on urban change and experiences of the urban across the Global South.
The format will be 5-minute presentations to share with colleagues the underlying concerns informing our research experiences, with the hope to create and strengthen relationships among scholars of cities across the University. All welcome to join.
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Wednesday, 22 May 2019
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Welcome
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14:00 – 14:25
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Panel 1
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Tom Penfold - Graffiti, Political Participation and Protest in South Africa
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Stacey Kennedy - Art infrastructure in urban spaces in Africa’
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Yueming Zhang - China’s transforming urban landscape at the global-local interface: cases of “creative districts” in Beijing.
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14:25 – 14:50
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Panel 2
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Leslie Fesenmeyer - Multi-religious encounters in urban Kenya
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Pat Noxolo - Flat out: Movements of the city
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Fabien Cante - Media and social infrastructure in post-conflict Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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14:50 – 15:15
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Panel 3
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Marco Di Nunzio – Why street hustlers matter for development? On urban value in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Max Bolt - Urban property, inheritance and the township family home in post-apartheid Johannesburg
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Philipp Amis - Making sense of Urban Poverty: 25 years on
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15:15 – 15:25
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Coffee Break
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15:25 – 15:50
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Panel 4
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Reginald Cole – Bridging gaps…
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Natasha Cornea - Urban environments, urban politics: waste, water and the governance of nature in India and Zambia
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Xinfang Wang - Resilient cities - Energy and Infrastructure
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15:50 – 16:15
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Panel 5
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Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura - Invisible citizens’ in rural settlements in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
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Neelambari Phalkey - Displacement, Mobility, and Relocation of Sundarban Islanders in Kolkata, India.
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Irina Kuznetsova - Cities’ ‘invisible’ refugees'
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16:15 – 16:30
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Final Discussion
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