Sarah El-Kazaz will speak about her work over a lunch discussion (lunch will be provided) and a lecture. To attend either or both events, please RSVP by Friday, February 9
Featured expert:
Sarah El-Kazaz is Assistant Professor of Politics at Oberlin College. Her current book project mobilizes a multisited ethnography in Cairo and Istanbul to examine the political economy of urban transformation in Middle Eastern cities. She is the author of "Building 'Community' and Markets in Contemporary Cairo" forthcoming with Comparative Studies in Society and History and co-guest editor of the special section, “The Un-Exceptional Middle Eastern City” in City and Society. El-Kazaz received a BA from the American University in Cairo, an MA from New York University and her PhD from Princeton University.
Overview and key points:
Heritage preservation is conventionally understood as motivated by identity-based projects of collective memory or tourism. In this paper El-Kazaz argues that heritage preservation is increasingly being adopted as a pro-poor practice that works to re-regulate real estate markets and safeguard affordable housing in neoliberalizing cities. To make this argument, she analyzes a case study of a heritage preservation project implemented in Istanbul in the wake of the Habitat II conference. The paper then unpacks the contradictions and limitations inherent to adopting heritage preservation as a pro-poor practice and the ways in which that development reorders power dynamics within neighborhoods undergoing preservation as market re-regulation.
The event is sponsored by the Turkish Studies Working Group. The Turkish Studies Working Group is a student-led and founded organization which aims to support interdisciplinary connections and collaborations between undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty interested in Turkish Studies at The Ohio State University.
Parking and Accessibility
Parking is available for the lunch discussion in the Ohio Union South Garage or meters on High Street. Payment for parking can be made by meters or through the campus parc smartphone app (note that any visitor spot can be made into a disability spot if paid for through the app). Further parking accessibility information is located here.
Parking is available for the lecture in the Tuttle Park Garage. Payment for parking can be made by meters or through the campus parc smartphone app (note that any visitor spot can be made into a disability spot if paid for through the app). Further parking accessibility information is located here.
Please let us know if you have questions concerning access, or need to request accommodations for a disability. Early requests are encouraged, and a week will generally allow OSU units to provide seamless access.
