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Dr. Natasha Aruri

"Takhayali [imagine. fem] Otherwise! Neocolonialisms, Spatial Narratives, Resistance"

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Apr 1, 2022   12:00 pm  
Speaker
Dr. Natasha Aruri, Architect/Urbanist
Cost
Free and open to the public
Registration
Zoom Registration
Contact
Anita Kaiser
E-Mail
arkaiser@illinois.edu
Phone
217-333-6221
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Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP)

Dr. Natasha Aruri will present, "Takhayali [imagine. fem] Otherwise! Neocolonialisms, Spatial Narratives, Resistance" via Zoom on April 1, 2022 12pm CST.

How can visual narratives of alternative worlds change the present and the future? This is the central theme of this talk which draws from research on employments of critical mapping by various actors (e.g. scholars, artists, civic initiatives) that are resisting systems of hegemony and dispossession in Berlin, Belgrade, Barcelona and Jerusalem North (Ramallah).

Dr. Natasha Aruri is a trained architect and urbanist focused on cities of exacerbated insecurities; spacio-politics of and resistance to neocolonialisms; and facing uncertainties and the climate crisis through people-based, dynamic strategies of spatial design.

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