The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
and the
Department of Architecture and Design
cordially invite you to
A panel discussion for the newly released book
At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar
with panelists
Jala Makhzoumi, Professor, Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management, AUB
Samir Kalaf, Professor, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, AUB
George Arbid, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture & Design, AUB
and book editor
Fadi Shayya, urban planner and architect
Date: Monday May 31, 2010; Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm; Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB
Book Synopsis
Since the early 1990s, Beirut’s Park, Horsh Al-Sanawbar, was sealed off from the lives of many Beiruti residents and visitors, with numerous justifications for their exclusion. At the Edge of the City is a multidisciplinary research, documentary, and advocacy project about Beirut’s park and public space culture and discourse. The undertaking is a contemporary critique of urban governance and spatial production in Beirut, which aspires to chart alternative public space policies and strategies. The book is an edited volume and a visual reference that includes essays, policy memos, personal experiences, art contributions, infographics, photographs, and newspaper articles. It is published by DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS and supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation–Middle East Office.
For more info
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
408 Diana Tamari Sabbagh (DTS) Building, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11-0236, Riad el Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon, Tel: +961 1 350000 (ext 4150/1), Fax: +961 1 737627, Email: ifi@aub.edu.lb