October 17th, 2010
by FaDi
Dear All,
Following up on my earlier post, I will present At the Edge of the City at This Is Not A Gateway {TINAG} 3rd Annual Festival on Saturday 23rd October at 5:00-6:00 pm, Hanbury Hall (E1), London.
The talk is titled “The grass is never greener except on the other side!” It focuses on reading park closure as a function of constructing landscape representations at city and country levels; the park is loaded with meanings of post-war reconciliation, and the space of everyday public life is dismissed.
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I look forward to interact with you at the festival (if you happen to be in London), and I end by an invitation from Deepa Naik and Trenton Oldfield:
And lastly, we hope to see you at the launch evening is on Thursday 21 October, 7:15pm. We are fortunate to have some delicious ‘Wines from Spain’, music & video clips from Mr Frisbee, special projections by Larisa Balzic, and of course the opening of your exhibitions and films. It will be a nice chance for fellow festival-goers and festival-participants to meet one another before the 3 days of events – one of the most important ‘outcomes’ of the festival has been the new working/friendship/romantic relationships that have been established as a result of the three days together.
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March 7th, 2010
by FaDi
DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS has the pleasure to announce the release of At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar, a new edited volume on Beirut’s park and public space. The book is self-published and supported by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung-Middle East Office; it is a genuine, non-academic research effort to document and critique park closure in Beirut for almost 20 years now.
The 192-page volume (B&W + color) is rich in research texts, personal experiences, photographs (historical, contemporary, and aerial), information graphics, and art work. Some contributions analyze current policies and situations of public space in Beirut while others present recommendations to diverse issues related to social justice and good governance, focusing on the production of public space. The volume includes a poster (by Danny Khoury) and a documentary DVD (by Lasse Lau).
The book is available in all major bookstores in Lebanon and from Amazon.com. You can refer to the book blog for the Table of Contents and Introduction. I hope you find this book enjoyable and useful.
عند حافة المدينة : إعادة إحياء الحيز العام نحو استعادة عافية حرش الصنوبر في بيروت
إصدار فبراير 2010 باللغة الإنكليزية
الكتاب هو مشروع نقدي معاصر عن الحاكمية/الإدارة الحضرية والإنتاج المكاني في بيروت، وهو جهد تحليلي وتوثيقي لسياسات الحيز العام، يركز على قضية حرش الصنوبر. فبالإضافة إلى كونه منصة بحثية في القضايا الاجتماعية-المكانية والاجتماعية-البيئية المعاصرة، يشكل الكتاب منصة مساهمة ومشاركة لأعمال نصية وبصرية لأكثر من 25 من الشباب المهنيين، الأكاديميين، الصحافيين، الناشطين، والفنانين عن ثقافة المكان والمواضيع ذات الصلة: الأنثروبولوجيا، العمارة، الفن، الجغرافيا الثقافية، الإقتصاد، الهندسة، تصميم المساحات، القطاع العقاري، التخطيط، علم الإجتماع، التصميم الحضري. يهدف الكتاب إلى تعزيز الوعي المكاني والإهتمام بأموره لدى العموم، وليس فقط في الأوساط المهنية الضيّقة، ويصدر بدعم من مكتب الشرق الأوسط لمؤسسة هينرخ بُل و مبادرة ديسكُرسيف فورميشنز.
Aux Limites de la Ville: Revitaliser l’Espace Public pour la Réappropriation de Horsh Al-Sanawbar à Beyrouth
Parution Février 2010
Ce projet constitue une critique contemporaine de la gouvernance urbaine et de la production de l’espace à Beyrouth. Il a la portée d’un plaidoyer, une approche pluridisciplinaire et un style journalistique. Cet ouvrage édité sur l’espace public à Beyrouth se concentre sur le cas du Parc des Pins ou Horsh Al-Sanawbar. Il comporte des contributions de plus de 25 chercheurs, professionnels, journalistes, activistes et artistes. Ce livre a obtenu le soutien de la Fondation Heinrich Böll (Bureau Moyen-Orient) et de DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS.
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February 3rd, 2010
by FaDi
The blog of the new book At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar is running now. The book is expected to be released during mid February 2010; stay tuned.
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