A panel discussion for the newly released book

At the Edge of the City
Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar

with panelists

Jala Makhzoumi, Professor, Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management, AUB
Samir Kalaf, Professor, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, AUB
George Arbid, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture & Design, AUB
and book editor
Fadi Shayya, urban planner and architect

Date: Monday May 31, 2010
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB

Book Synopsis:

Since the early 1990s, Beirut's Park, Horsh Al-Sanawbar, was sealed off from the lives of many Beiruti residents and visitors, with numerous justifications for their exclusion. At the Edge of the City is a multidisciplinary research, documentary, and advocacy project about Beirut's park and public space culture and discourse. The undertaking is a contemporary critique of urban governance and spatial production in Beirut, which aspires to chart alternative public space policies and strategies. The book is an edited volume and a visual reference that includes essays, policy memos, personal experiences, art contributions, infographics, photographs, and newspaper articles. It is published by DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS and supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation–Middle East Office.