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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
The Neutra-Alexander Building in Karachi: Modern Heritage or a Relic of our Neocolonial Present?
December 10-14 (Upcoming) I 2024 I 18th International Docomomo Conference (Modern Futures: Sustainable Development and Cultural Diversity) I Santiago I Chile
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Social and Environmental Justice, They Say …
April 19 (Upcoming) I 2024 I 5th Annual WSU Social Justice Conference (Health & Environmental Justice: Constructing Coalitions at the Intersections of Extraction, Militarism, and Climate Collapse) I Vancouver I Washington
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Beginning Elsewhere, Beginning Again
March 01 I 2024 I 39th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (Shared Resources) I Lafayette I Louisiana
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The World is Changing, and So Can Architectural Education
October 26 I 2023 I Bend Design Conference I Bend I Oregon
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From the Margins to the Center _ Relocating Karachi’s Informal Retailers and Service Providers
April 28 I 2022 I 12th International Conference of the Constructed Environment (Design Reset: Constructing New Environments for Living, Work, and Play) I Monterrey I Mexico
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Informal Urban Communities as Commons _ The Case of Karachi
September 04 I 2019 I The City as a Commons Research Symposium I Pavia I Italy
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Place before Form _ Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Architecture
April 13 I 2019 I Spaces and Places: An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference I Bruges I Belgium
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Reclaiming Community Spaces in Karachi (co-presented with Ira Kazi)
July 05 I 2018 I Gökçeada Design Forum for Social Development: Territorial Design in Action I Gökçeada I Turkey
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Architects as Urbanists _ Keeping the City First
November 10 I 2017 I 8th International THAAP Conference (The City: An Evolving Organism) I Lahore I Pakistan
TALKS
Beyond Apolitical Formalism and Hyperaesthetics: Reimagining Spaces of Art and Culture
February 08 I 2024 I School of Architecture & Environment I University of Oregon I Eugene I Oregon
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Other Places, Other Schools, and Some Perspectives on Architectural Education
May 13 I 2022 I School of Architecture & Environment I University of Oregon I Eugene I Oregon
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Peripheral Landscapes, Peripheral Practices
February 18 I 2022 I School of Architecture & Environment I University of Oregon I Eugene I Oregon
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Karachi, Urban Informality, and a National Exhibition Project in Venice
November 21 I 2020 I Graduate Program I Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture I Karachi I Pakistan
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Unfolding The Fold
May 25 I 2018 I European Cultural Academy I Palazzo Rossini I Venice I Italy
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