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Learning from Cairo seeks to engage the current political and urban transformation unfolding in Cairo as a critical context for examining relevant international case studies and best practices in areas ranging from housing, transportation, public space, and local governance to informality. Learning from Cairo emphasizes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach bringing practitioners, academics, officials and local stakeholders into dialogue, with the objective of generating an ongoing critical urban discourse, and future visions for Cairo. |
(Arabic/English translation will be provided) To register go to: http://forms.aucegypt.edu/learningfromcairo/ Friday, April 12th, 2013 Public Plenary sessions 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Oriental Hall, Palace Building American University in Cairo Tahrir Campus Program (Arabic and English translation will be provided) 9:00 - 9:30 am Coffee and Registration 9:30 - 10:00 am Opening Remarks Urban Political Change: Southern Perspectives 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Khaled Fahmy, Department of History, AUC Gautam Bhan, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Delhi Mokena Makeka, Makeka Design Lab Discussant: Mohamed Elshahed, Cairobserver 12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Prayer Right to the City: Emergent Practices in Latin America 1:30 - 3:30 pm Heba Raouf Ezzat, Cairo University Jennifer Bremer, Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, AUC Lindsey Sherman, Urban-Think Tank, Caracas/ Zurich Discussant: Diane Singerman, Department of Government, American University, Washington D.C.; Tadamun: Cairo Urban Solidarity Initiative 3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break Cities in Transition: Public Engagement and Civic Design 4:00 - 6:00 pm David Sims, Author of Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control Damon Rich, Division of Planning and Community Development, Newark, NJ Gregers Tang Thomsen and Selva Gürdogan, Superpool, Istanbul Discussant: Ayman Ismail, Department of Management, School of Business, AUC Saturday, April 13th, 2013 Cairo Tours (please register for one tour only) 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Tour 1. Urban Core Led by: May Al-Ibrashy, Megawra Mohamed Elshahed, Cairobserver Tour 2: Desert Cities Led by: Nabil Elhady, Cairo University Rick Tutwiler, Desert Development Center, AUC Tour 3: Informal Settlements Led by: Yahia Shawkat, Shadow Ministry of Housing Khaled Abdel Halim, Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, AUC Kareem Ibrahim, Urban Development Consultant | Co-Founder of Takween ICD Tours end with a joint lunch in Al-Azhar Park Sunday, April 14th, 2013 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Parallel Working Sessions 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Falaki Academic Center, American University in Cairo Tahrir Campus 24 El Falaki Street, Bab El Louk Coffee and Registration: 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Morning parallel sessions: 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Session 1. Mapping Informality Omar Nagati and Beth Stryker, CLUSTER Gregers Tang Thomsen and Selva Gürdogan, Superpool Discussant: Mohamed Elshahed, Cairobserver Session 2. Evictions and Urban Citizenship Gautam Bhan, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Delhi Yahia Shawkat, Shadow Ministry of Housing, Cairo Discussant: Joseph Schechla, Housing and Land Rights Network, Cairo Session 3. Design Innovation and Urban Development Mokena Makeka, Makeka Design Lab, Cape Town Mohamad Abotera and Ahmed Zaazaa, MADD Platform Discussant: Amr Abdelkawi, Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering, School of Sciences and Engineering, AUC Lunch 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Afternoon parallel sessions: 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Session 4. Community Activism and Avenues of Participation Kareem Ibrahim and Diane Singerman, Tadamun Damon Rich, Chief Urban Designer, Division of Planning & Community Development, Newark, NJ and Founder, Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) Discussant: Khaled Abdel Halim, Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, AUC Session 5. Security, Segregation and Borders Aida Elkashef, Filmmaker Lara Baladi, Artist Omnia Khalil, Urban Action Video presentations and panel discussion Discussant: Samia Mehrez, The Center for Translation Studies, AUC Session 6. Research/Design Interventions and the Informal City Lindsey Sherman, Urban-Think Tank, Caracas/Zurich; Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zurich Dina Shehayeb, Shehayeb Consult Discussant: Magda Mostafa, Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering, School of Sciences and Engineering, AUC Closing Session, Oriental Hall Oriental Hall, Palace Building American University in Cairo Tahrir Campus 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. More information to come. |
With support from the Ford Foundation and the American University of Cairo Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering, School of Sciences and Engineering School of Humanities and Social Sciences School of Global Affairs and Public Policy School of Business The Architecture Students Association (AA) Additional sponsorship by In collaboration with |