SECT SCHEDULE
SPACES OF RESISTANCE
American University of Beirut
Maps and information will be distributed on the first day of the seminar. Items with an asterisk will be open to the public.
Monday, July 30 |
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| 9:00 am | Welcome: overview and logistics Introductions: each person one minute |
| 11:00 am | Note on the Arab Revolution: Howayda Al-Harithy |
| 11:30 am | Panel of Responses and Discussion: Karim Makdisi, AbdouMaliq Simone |
| * 2:00 pm | Anti- and Alter- : Ontologies of Resistance Ghassan Hage Discussion moderated by David Theo Goldberg |
| 3:30 pm | Break-out discussions about agenda |
| 4:00 pm | Tour: Solidere and its discontents Walking tours |
| 7:30 pm | OPENING DINNER Mayrig Restaurant |
Tuesday, July 31 |
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| 9:00 am | Panel of responses to Solidere tour; reflections and thoughts followed by questions and discussion Howayda Al-Harithy, Saree Makdisi, Ackbar Abbas |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Break-out discussion groups to expand and elaborate conversations |
| 12:30 pm | Reconvening + responses |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Privatization and neoliberal logics: Beirut and Beyond Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Ghassan Hage, Jala Makhzoumi |
| 4:15 pm | Buses to depart from AUB Visit to Waad + Green Line led by Mona Fawaz and Hiba Bou Akar Iftar dinner, Saha |
Wednesday, August 1 |
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| * 9:00 – 11:00 am | Discussion: Logics, Projects and Spaces of Revolution Mona Fawaz and AbdouMaliq Simone |
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Breakout discussion groups |
| * 2:30-4:00 pm | Moral Leisure Sites: Mona Harb Respondents: Ghassan Hage, Saree Makdisi |
| 4:15 – 6:00 pm | Walking tours of graffiti in Ras Beirut Led by Nadine Bekdache and Abir Saksouk-Sasso |
Thursday, August 2 |
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| * 9:00-11:00 am | Graffiti as Resistance/Posters of Resistance Zeina Maasri Discussant: David Theo Goldberg |
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Spaces of memorialization, history, traces of the past Walid Sadek Discussant: Ackbar Abbas |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Participant feedback panel, photos and responses |
| 4:30 – 6:00 pm | Cinemas of Resistance: a discussion Presentation by Akram Zaatari Followed by a conversation with Ackbar Abbas |
Friday, August 3 |
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| * 9:00 – 11:00 am | Incarceration and/as spaces of resistance Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Kelly Gillespie |
| 11:30 am -12:30 pm | Breakout discussions of presentation |
| 12:30 – 1:00 pm | Responses |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Lines of Resistance: The hot edge of St. Therese and the Green Line Hiba Bou Akar Discussant: AbdouMaliq Simone |
Saturday, August 4 |
Visit to South Lebanon (all day) Led by Timur Goksel and Karim Makdisi |
| 7:30 am | Buses to depart from Mayflower Hotel |
Monday, August 6 |
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| 9:00-11:00 am | Reflections on borders, walls and lines Karim Makdisi and David Theo Goldberg Response by Ackbar Abbas |
| 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 1:00 pm | Breakout groups to discuss border spaces, resistance |
| 2:30 – 4:30 pm | The public square and popular culture with reflections on the Arab Spring, Occupy Choukri Hmed Talk by Fadi Bardawil |
| 4:30 pm | Coffee Break |
| *5:00 – 6:30 pm | Spaces of resistance: The Case of Palestine Saree Makdisi |
Tuesday, August 7 |
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| 8:50 am 9:00 am |
Meet outside of School of Art and Architecture to walk to Hostler Gate Buses to depart from AUB at Hostler Gate |
| 9:00 am – 1:00 pm | Visit to Palestinian camps |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Responses to visit & group discussion |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:30 – 6:30 pm | Conversation: Inhabiting the City Mona Fawaz and AbdouMaliq Simone |
| 7:30 pm | CLOSING DINNER AT TAWLET Sector 79 – Naher Street # 12 (Jisr el-Hadeed) Mar Mikhael district, Beirut |
Wednesday, August 8 |
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| 9:00 – 10:30 am | Participant Interventions Moderated by David Theo Goldberg |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am – 1:00 pm | Round Table on Spaces of Resistance Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Howayda Al-Harithy, Ackbar Abbas |
| 2:30 – 5:30 pm | Free / Visit to Beirut neighborhoods (on your own) |