Space and place in the everyday life of the refugees and host communities
Session Summary
This session is expected to include topics on
- Architecture, environment, urban design, and its intersection with forced displacement;
- Geography and spatiality of the forcibly displaced;
- Placemaking, social initiative, integration, and empowerment;
- Identities and place-belonging; and
- Technology, big data, and social media as the new space and place.
Moderator
Insaf ben Othmane Hamrouni
Insaf is the co-founder of PlacemakingMena Platform and VP SDG Programs at SCSWORLD (Safe and Resilient cities) – Founder of ŒCUMENE STUDIO ArchitectureforDignity-and Co-founder Sharnaqa (right to Play). She is a Tunisian architect, urban development strategist and researcher. Her main research interests revolve around architecture in development, urban resilient projects, empowerment of communities through holistic integrated projects and strategies. Working for over ten years internationally in the area of community development, urban governance and strategic planning, and urban technologies in MENA and Africa led her to initiate several projects ‘Urban Catalyst’ in partnership with local communities and various stakeholders, organizations like UNHCR and Terre Des Hommes and institutions in search of real and effective solutions to urban challenges of this century. Having heterogeneous studies steered her to be aware of the importance of multidisciplinary practice and the influence of sharing knowledge. Parallel to her work she teaches theory of art and architecture, Urban Design, urban resilience, history of architecture and cities and she conducts several design and build workshops that aims to foster sharing knowledge and empowerment of vulnerable groups. She is also the curator of In-situ Community Build Exhibition: Ala-Abouh and ArchitectureForChange: Genius Tempus (Exhibition/Symposium/Workshop) Series.
Speakers
Jay Marlowe
Dr. Marlowe’s primary research specialty is in the area of refugee resettlement with a focus on wellbeing, identity, social inclusion, disaster risk reduction and understandings of trauma. As a social worker and former visiting fellow with the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford and the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, he has experience working with refugee communities as a practitioner and researcher. Dr Marlowe has lead numerous research projects worth more than $3 million and has published more than 80 papers related to this work. He has wide wide-ranging experience with numerous refugee background groups and is co-director and founding partner of the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, which focuses on innovative solutions to forced migration from conflict and climate induced displacement. His latest book is published with Routledge entitled, Belonging and Transnational Refugee Settlement.
Layla Zibar
Layla Zibar is an architect, an urban researcher, and a doctoral researcher for a Dual Doctoral Degree between Brandenburg University of Technology (Germany) and the University of Leuven (Belgium). Layla obtained her M.A. in Architectural Engineering from Cairo University (Egypt -2016) in Urban Design and Community Development and B.A. in Architectural Engineering from Aleppo University (Syria-2010). She is Kurdish by origin, and she was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria. Layla worked with several INGOs & Design Studios in spatial upgrading and urban interventions participatory projects for disadvantaged groups. Additionally, she is a project consultant for the Ecumene Studio/Ireland and Yalla Project/Nablus-Palestine. Layla has worked as a project consultant with BORDA in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Project Coordinator in Kayan Community Builders/Egypt, urban designer in CDC/Egypt, and architect in Module Designers/Egypt.
Rasha Arous
Rasha Arous holds a bachelor in civil engineering and a master in urban planning in developing countries from Oxford Brookes University and a double Master degree from the University of Stuttgart and Ain Shams University in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design. She worked with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in rehabilitation projects in old cities, which involved rehabilitation and development programming in their spatial, socio-economic, cultural and heritage-based programs. In 2008 she initiated and directed the Old Aleppo socio-economic development Program in the old city of Aleppo and was the manager for two years. Later to the Syria Crisis, she directed her research focus into the conjunction between Urban development, displacement and culture and have been extensively researched refugees’ cityscapes, community making and mobility in addition to their relationship to urban forms and governance. In 2013, she initiated and managed UNHCR’s urban development Program in refugee-hosting areas and later managed the portfolio of economic inclusion of refugees.
Julia Hartmann
Julia Hartmann, 1976, studied architecture and urban planning at the University of East London and holds an MSc in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design from the University of Stuttgart. Her work with various planning offices in London and Berlin was centered around urban planning frameworks with a focus on participatory design processes. Julia has also worked on resident-led urban renewal projects in the UK, China and Bulgaria. From 2011 to 2015 she was a research assistant at the Urban Development Institute of the University of Stuttgart and has taught at various universities. Since 2015 she has been the municipal commissioner for housing and accessibility in the German university town of Tuebingen. Her research interest evolves around housing and marginalized urban spaces, their inhabitants and the potential they harbor for the construction, sustenance and defense of the urban commons.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ari Wicaksono
Ari Wicaksono is a media and communication specialist at Center for Migration and Border Studies (CMBS) Indonesia. He obtained his master’s degree in communication science at Pelita Harapan University (UPH) Jakarta. His works focus on identity and refugee representation in narrative-driven media, discourse analysis, and virtual identity on social media.
Reza Rezaie
Reza Rezaie is a refugee from Afghanistan and based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is studying for an Architecture Degree and participated in several National and International Design Competitions. His writings and research have been published in an International Book and Local Indonesian Journal. On this Conference, Reza is interested in the topic of Architecture and its intersection with the host community. How the place and space can improve the life of refugees. In this conference, Reza suggest a vertical living yet communal within the host communities and how this design can be a bridge for a better life for refugees.
Saqib Fardan Ahmada
He got Bachelor of Social Science (S.Sos) from Department of Social Development and Welfare (PSdK), FISIPOL UGM. Currently, he works as Editorial Secretary at Journal of Social Development Studies. In addition, he also creates content to his department’s media. Kindly visits some of them in my researchgate page (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saqib-Fardan) or my medium account (https://medium.com/@saqib.f).
Ulima Nabila Adinta
She is currently studying for bachelors degree at the Faculty of Cultural Science Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta, majoring in Cultural Anthropology. Former AFS (American Field Service) Intercultural Programs Exchange Student in Italy and currently active in the Sending Program of the AFS Volunteers in Yogyakarta. She is also the chairman of Keluarga Mahasiswa Antropologi (KEMANT) UGM and part of Ikatan Pelajar Muhammadiyah, a national student organization since 2013. As an anthropology student, she has a great interest in studying the humanities with the goal of transforming her learnings into positive changes in the community. For further inquiries and requests for collaborations, please email at ulimanabilaadinta@gmail.com.
Limin Muslimin
Muslimin is a master’s degree of Regional Development Planning. He has experience working with urban refugees in Makassar city and has been working as project officer for adaptation watershed in South Sulawesi Province.
Nyoman Gede Maha Putra
Nyoman Gede Mahaputra: Lecturer at Architecture Department, Universitas Warmadewa and senior Researcher at Warmadewa Research Centre. Focusing on architecture and urban design particularly on the issues of space-identity, traditional vs modern, history of architecture, morphological analysis of the urban area, etc. As a lecturer, he manages and teaches classes of Urban Design, Architecture Design Studio, and Design Method. He has published articles in journals, periodicals, and mass media as well as speaking in numerous seminars, conferences, and public lectures.
Ni Wayan Nurwarsih
Ni Wayan Nurwarsih is a lecturer at the Architecture Study Program at Warmadewa University. Research focuses on patterns of space formation and space consumption.
Jesslyn Amanda Kurniadi
Jesslyn Amanda Kurniadi is a 4th year undergraduate student in architecture program, Faculty of Design, Universitas Pelita Harapan. She is interested in exploring Social issues and how architecture can help solved it and exploring renewable material. She is also interested in history and aesthetics. She was selected as exchange student in Seoul National University of Science and Technology on 2019.
Julia Dewi
Julia Dewi is a senior lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design, Universitas Pelita Harapan, with 13 years of teaching experience. She graduated from Unika Parahyangan in 2016 with Doctoral Degree in Architecture. She teaches undergraduate courses such as introduction to urban architecture theory and history, architectural research studio, architecture design studio, and introduction to urban design. Her research interests are urban morphology studies, heritage, place attachment and sense of community. Her recent publications include public space design qualities and integrated elderly park in the neighborhood area.
Susinety Prakoso
Susinety Prakoso is a senior lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design, Universitas Pelita Harapan, with 20 years of teaching experience. She graduated from Universitas Indonesia in 2015 with Doctoral Degree in Architecture. She teaches undergraduate courses such as introduction to housing and human settlement, introduction to landscape design, architectural research studio, architecture design studio, introduction to the architecture of the city, and introduction to urban design. Her research interests are housing studies and urban design, children and their urban environment, place attachment and sense of community. Her recent publications include the live-work housing concept for Rusunawa, place attachment in the context of displacement and Rusunawa and Uses and senses of attachment of Child-friendly integrated public spaces (RPTRA).