The Emerging Asian Urbanisms event series at the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) will explore the diverse processes and practices of urban planning in Asia. Urban planning and urban studies programs in Canada lack sufficient exposure to prevalent theories and practices in Asian contexts. The series draws upon the calls made by Ananya Roy and Jennifer Robinson, among others, to go beyond the North American context and investigate “new geographies of theory” as fertile sources of uncovering new ways of understanding urbanism everywhere. For more information, contact Yasir Hameed at yasirh@yorku.ca.

2019-20 EVENTS

In 2020, we will host a Film Exchange Workshop on Asian Urbanisms on 14 January 2020. The call for films is available here. The deadline is 15 December 2019 for film submission. For more information, please contact Yasir Hameed (yasirh@yorku.ca) or Sabika Zaidi (sabikaza@yorku.ca).

2018-19 Events

2017-18 Events

 

SERIES ORGANIZERS

2019-20
Yasir Hameed (Environmental Studies), Amardeep Kaur (Geography), Shabnam Sukhdev (Cinema and Media Studies), Sabika Zaidi (Environmental Studies), Sabrina Zhou (Cinema and Media Studies)

2018-19
Amardeep Kaur (Geography), Nabeel Ahmed (Environmental Studies), Meg George (Social Anthropology), Yasir Hameed (Environmental Studies)

2017-18
Nabeel Ahmed (Environmental Studies), Anupama Aery (Environmental Studies), Kenneth Cardenas (Geography), Amardeep Kaur (Geography)

Photo gallery

Dr. Faisal Shaheen speaking to students after the documentary screening about the late Pakistani architect, urban planner, and activist Perween Rahman.

 

Arnisson Andre Ortega (University of the Philippines, City Institute – York University) presenting his paper, “Bodies of Accumulation: Provisional Notes on Gender, Sexualities and Urbanization in Island Communities in the Philippines,” at the Urban Citizenship and Migration Panel, part of the Emerging Asian Urbanisms lecture series.

 

Reeju Ray, PhD (Queen’s University, University of Toronto) presenting her paper, “City Streets and the Right to Vend: The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation) Act 2014,” at the Urban Citizenship and Migration Panel, part of the Emerging Asian Urbanisms lecture series.

 

Alisha Ticku, PhD (Political Science, York University) presenting her paper “On Migrant Dreams, Nightmares and Possibilities: Examining Dubai dreams through geographies and genealogies of migration,” at the Urban Citizenship and Migration Panel, part of the Emerging Asian Urbanisms lecture series.

 

Amardeep Kaur (PhD candidate, Geography) giving discussant comments on the paper presentations by Alisha Ticku, Reeju Ray and Arnisson Andre Ortega

 

Arnisson Andre Ortega, PhD

 

Alisha Ticku, PhD

 

Amardeep Kaur, Alisha Ticku, Reeju Ray and Arnisson Andre Ortega