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SUMMARY:Post-Arab Spring Tunis: Materialising Revolution in the City - Den
 a Qaddumi\, Department of Architecture\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20190115T131000Z
DTEND:20190115T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Jenny Zhao
DESCRIPTION:Despite the overwhelming presence of the Arab city in the Arab
  Spring\, most analyses in the Arab Spring literature are marked by the ab
 sence of the urban dimension of the demands for freedom\, dignity and just
 ice. This presentation will explore the implications of the Arab Spring on
  Arab cities\, through investigating the city of Tunis. Though the Tunisia
 n Revolution began in Sidi Bouzid\, it was in the country’s capital wher
 e it ultimately prevailed. A level of political and cultural plurality has
  emerged in the eight years since the flight of former President Ben Ali. 
 This plurality may be due to the weak Tunisian state or a lack of ideologi
 cal direction of the revolution. Regardless\, the void at the centre\, sym
 bolically and materially located in Tunis\, has facilitated the transforma
 tion of existing urban conflicts through significant sites—museums\, mar
 tyr’s squares\, the medina\, objects of the old regime\, etc.—in the c
 ity. Through foregrounding the city as the lens through which to understan
 d revolution\, this research aims to move beyond pathological and oriental
 ist perspectives of the Arab city. Tunis\, as a site of revolution in the 
 21st century\, may herald a new paradigm in this regard.\n\nDena Qaddumi i
 s a PhD candidate in the Department of Architecture\, where she is a membe
 r of the Centre for Urban Conflicts Research. Prior to starting her PhD\, 
 Dena worked in architecture\, urban planning and higher education in New Y
 ork\, London\, Palestine and Doha.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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