Sarah Moser is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at McGill University. Her research explores the cultural politics of new master planned cities and urban mega-developments in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Dr. Moser is particularly interested in how political ideology, nation building and interpretations of religion shape new urban mega-projects and the reinterpretation of and resistance to official narratives by residents. Her research has been published in Urban Studies, Area, Cities, Social and Cultural Geography, Children’s Geography, Dialogues in Human Geography, Habitat International and various edited collections. She is currently co-editing The Research Handbook on Asian Cities (Edward Elgar, 2016).
Sessions in which Prof. Sarah Moser participates
الأحد 5 يونيو, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00 -
12:30 |
3 hours 30 minutes
In many emerging economies of the Global South, new urban mega-projects are strategically reviving heritage into simulacra, copies without originals, intended to sell places. We refer to these projects collectively as "New Built Heritage." This type differs from earlier constructions of heritage by canonical state institutions such as museums and ministries of culture in the way its main goal is to differentiate and market places rather than solely to shape collective identities. This session...