DAY ONE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 

Welcome and Orientation

 

Opening Remarks

 

 

Session One, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.   Spatial Negotiations

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Chair: Mia White, Prof. of Environmental Studies, The New School

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Rustam Khan, Science, Technology, and Society, MIT

Hip Hop, Migrant Youth, and the Struggle for the Streets of Brussels

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Brian Bartholomew, Sociology, The New School

Panhandling and Property: Negotiating Class and Capitalism in Everyday Life

 

Hart M. Zhang, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center

Navigation and Resistance by Unhoused People in New York City's Penn Station

 

 

Session Two, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.   Urban Governmentalities

 

Chair: Nidhi Srinivas, Prof. of Public and Urban Policy, The New School

 

Pedro Leonardo Ramos Pastrana, Urban Planning, Columbia University

Manufacturing Resilience: Water, Governance, and Power in Mexico City

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John Betts, Public and Urban Policy, The New School

A Tentative Metaphysics of Urban Homeless Governance

 

Ang Liu, Global Urban Studies, Rutgers Newark

Borrowing in Shadows: Local Government Finance and Urban Development in China

 

 

Lunch Break, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 

 

Session Three, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Making Home in the City

 

Chair: Michael Cohen, Prof. of International Affairs, The New School

 

Alonso Lopez, Sociology, The New School

Dwelling with Uncertainty in an Informal Settlement in Santiago, Chile

 

Monise Valente da Silva, Public and Urban Policy, The New School

Squatting, Migration, and Housing Movements in Southern Brazil

 

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DAY TWO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Welcome and housekeeping remarks

 

 

Session One, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.   Scalar Forms and Meanings

 

Chair: Bas van Heur, Professor of Urban Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

 

Amogh Arakali, Public and Urban Policy, The New School

Industrial Policy and the Evolution of Urban Regions in India

 

Deepa Mehta, Urban Planning, Columbia University

Contract Horizons: New Financial Logics of Large-Scale Infrastructure

 

Ran Mei, Food Studies, New York University

How China's Appetite for Pork Has Shaped its Cities and Countryside

 

 

Session Two, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.   Urban Experience

 

Chair: Esra Sert, Professor of Architecture, MEF Üniversitesi

 

Cheng Mun Chang, Anthropology, New York University

Neon Signs and the Emergence of "Hong Kong Visual Culture"

 

Fatma Zişan Tokaç Global Urban Studies, Rutgers Newark

The Changing Experiences of Summer and Heat Justice in Istanbul

 

Maya Herman, Sociology, The New School

Space and Belonging among Legal Immigrant Parents in Brooklyn

 

 

Lunch Break, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 

 

Session Three, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Toward Inclusive Cities

 

Chair: Jilly Traganou, Professor of Architecture + Urbanism, The New School

 

Carlos José Celis, Public and Urban Policy, The New School

Rehearsal Infrastructures: The Bogotá Care Blocks

 

Ghada Rifai, Global Urban Studies, Rutgers Newark

Rebuilding Syria: Post-War Reconstruction and Inclusive Urban Planning

 

 

Wrap-Up Comments, 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 

Reception, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.