Talk by Abir Saksouk (Public Works Studio)

This presentation by Abir Saksouk narrates cities and towns targeted during the Israeli war on Lebanon as sites of contestation between state plans, lived realities, and continued aggressions. It underscores the power of documentation, material evidence, and archives in deconstructing dominant discourses around places and their reconstruction.

Public Works Studio is a multidisciplinary research and design studio that critically and creatively engages with various urban and public issues in Lebanon. Through collaboration with a network of professionals ranging from historians and journalists to artists and filmmakers, the studio initiates research projects that study, shape, and implement counter-strategies to urban planning and policy-making. Founded in 2012, Public Works has had to explore a wide array of action research, analysis, and visualization tools to deal with the sheer breadth of social, ecological, and political challenges in Lebanon.

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Abir Saksouk graduated as an architect in 2005, and later did her master's in Urban Development Planning. She is the co-founder and co-director of Public Works, a multidisciplinary research and advocacy studio engaged critically and creatively with a number of urban and public issues in Lebanon. Her primary focus includes urbanism and law, property and shared space, and the right to the city of marginalized communities.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Online Event

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