Seminar taught at the TU Berlin looking at the way history is seen, remembered and carved in cities with a focus was on non-Western, postcolonial contexts.
A selection of readings questioning Northern epistemologies in urban studies and aiming to “decolonize” academic discourses about African urbanism.
A selection of readings focusing on the urban history of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 20th century.
What to make of the derive in the age of tracking systems? Can we envision this data collection method as a qualitative way to observe and describe the city?
A look at the production of history around the Paris attacks –how do the virtual and the built environment become Lieux de mémoire?