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URBAN INFORMALITY
IN AN ERA OF LIBERALIZATION:
A TRANSNATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE
A SYMPOSIUM
JANUARY 26-27, 2001
THE HEYNS ROOM, THE FACULTY CLUB
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
The study of urban informality has long
been a vibrant arena of research and policy. In the context of globalization
and neoliberalism, it is perhaps more vital than ever before. This symposium
brings together scholars, practitioners, and activists from three regional
genres of research: Latin America, the Middle East, and South Asia, to
discuss and explore the socio-spatiality of urban informality in an era
of liberalization. The three theme sessions are inherently transnational,
not only mapping the global cartographies of the current historical moment,
but also fostering cross-regional interrogations and conversations. Conceived
under the broader rubric of the Ford Foundation/ UC Berkeley International
and Area Studies "Crossing Borders" project, the symposium aims to trespass
across disciplinary and area studies boundaries.
Symposium Directors
Ananya Roy, Institute
of Urban and Regional Development, Departments
of City & Regional Planning and Women's Studies
Nezar AlSayyad, Center
for Middle Eastern Studies, Departments
of Architecture and City & Regional Planning
Conference Funding
Institute of International
Studies
Ford Foundation "Crossing
Borders: New Geographies/New Pedagogies Initiative"
Conference Sponsors:
Center for Middle Eastern Studies in
collaboration with:
Center for South Asian Studies
Center for Latin American Studies
Institute of Urban and Regional Development
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001
| 8:30-9 am |
REGISTRATION |
| 9 am - 10 am |
OPENING TALKS AND WELCOME
Nezar AlSayyad, Chair, Center for Middle
Eastern Studies and Professor, Depts. of Architecture and City
& Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Michael Watts, Director, Institute for
International Studies and Chancellor's Professor, Department of
Geography, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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SESSION ONE
URBAN INFORMALITY UNDER CONDITIONS
OF LIBERALIZATION
| 10:15 am - 12:45 pm |
"On Theories and the Art of the
Jigsaw: Liberalization and Its Impact on Urban Growth, Poverty and
Informality in Colombia."
Alan Gilbert
Professor, Department of Geography,
University College, London, UK
"The Changing Nature of the Informal
Sector in Karachi Due to Global Restructuring and Liberalization,
and Its Repercussions."
Arif Hasan
Architect and Planner, Karachi,
Pakistan
"The Impact of Globalization and
Privatization on Urban Development in the Greater Cairo Region."
Manal El-Batran
Lecturer, Housing and Building
Research Centre and Senior Advisor, New Urban Communities Authority,
Cairo, Egypt
Discussant:
Ray Bromley
Chair, Department of Geography
and Planning, State University of New York at Albany, USA
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SESSION TWO
LOCATING URBAN INFORMALITY AT THE RURAL-URBAN
INTERFACE
| 2:15 pm-4:45 pm |
"Informality of Housing Production at the Urban-Rural
Interface: The 'Strange' Case of Colonias in the US: Texas, the
Border, and Beyond."
Peter M. Ward
CB Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in
US-Mexico Relations and Professor, Dept of Sociology & LBJ School
of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, USA
"Dreaming of Tombstones: The Territoriality
of Calcutta's New Communism."
Ananya Roy
Lecturer, Departments of City &
Regional Planning and Women's Studies, University of California
at Berkeley, USA
"Tilting at Sphinxes: Locating Urban Informality
in Egyptian Cities."
Ahmed M. Soliman
Professor, University of Alexandria,
and Dean, Faculty of Architectural Engineering, Beirut Arab University,
Lebanon
Discussant:
Jan C. Breman
Extraordinary Professor, Institute
of Social Studies and Professor, Faculty of Comparative Sociology,
University of Amsterdam, The Hague
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2001
SESSION THREE
THE POLITICS OF URBAN INFORMALITY
| 9:30 am - 12:15 pm |
"Blurring Boundaries around Urban Politics
in an Era of Transnationalism and Neoliberalism: Indigenous Municipalities
in Andean Latin America."
Sarah A. Radcliffe
Professor, Department of Geography,
University of Cambridge, UK
"The Unintended City Revisited: A Transnational's
Perspective"
Jai Sen
Activist, Independent researcher,
and Architect/ Planner, New Delhi, India
"Urban Ethnocracy and 'Illegal' Development:
The Beersheva Region, Israel."
Oren Yiftachel
Chair, Department of Geography,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Discussant:
Nezar AlSayyad
Chair, Center for Middle East Studies;
Professor, Departments of Architecture and City & Regional Planning,
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Closing Comments:
Ananya Roy
Lecturer, Departments of City &
Regional Planning and Women's Studies, University of California,
Berkeley, USA
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