Published March 23, 2010
by iris_author
The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents:
The City Seminar
An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present.
Karl Schmid
Anthropology, York University
"The Vast Suburbs of Cairo:
Slums, Desert Studios and Tarnished Dreamlands"
Karl Schmid is a contract faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at York University. He has conducted research in Egypt on inequality and spatial control, included ethnographic, corporate, and archival analyses of tourism development, as well as the respatializations of the city of Luxor by the Egyptian government, World Bank, UNESCO, and the UNDP. He has published on methodologies of enclave-based ethnography and tourist imaginaries involved in the control of public space.
His new research projects include grasping the diversity of suburban Cairo and the relationships between its highly segregated areas, and the potential social and cultural implications of peak oil and an energy transition within the Greater Toronto Area.
Time: Friday April 9, 2010
12:30-2:00 pm
Location: 142 HNES Building
York University
For more information see the attached poster.
Everyone is welcome.
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