An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present.
"The Vast Suburbs of Cairo: Slums, Desert Studios and Tarnished Dreamlands"
Presenter: Karl Schmid, Anthropology, York University
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: 12:30-2:00 pm
Location: 142 HNES Building, York University
#31 on the Keele Campus Map
Everyone is welcome.
