Space and Politics in Capital Cities @SpacePolProject
An international comparative research project on the production of urban space in Moscow, Tehran, Ankara, Astana, Abu-Dhabi and Cairo. spacepol.hypotheses.org Joined March 2023-
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Full house this morning for our #SpacePol panel at #GISMOMM2025! jam-packed room for a deep dive into urban circulations across Middle Eastern & Central Asian capitals 🏙️🙏2 all speakers & attendees! @GisMoyenOrient @AnkyraWitch @PaulWolkenstein #AbuDhabi #Cairo #Astana #Ankara
🎉 Congrats to #SpacePol's Corten Pérez-Houis for receiving a special mention in the 2025 #IMOMM thesis awards! His brilliant work on red brick networks in Greater #Cairo & #Khartoum highlights material resistances in urban production. @GisMoyenOrient spacepol.hypotheses.org/3063
🚨SPACEPOL @ #GISMOMM2025 Join us in #Strasbourg 4 our panel on urban circulations between capitals of the Middle East & Central Asia 🏙️ 📍Room 3215, 8:30–10:30 @GisMoyenOrient From #Astana to #Cairo via #AbuDhabi, #Ankara & beyond @AnkyraWitch spacepol.hypotheses.org/3049
New blog post!Our latest #SpacePol field report from #Cairo is online: evictions, mega-projects & human encounters across a city in transformation. Photos, reflections & critical geographies👇 @AnkyraWitch 📸 spacepol.hypotheses.org/3008 #UrbanStudies #Egypt #NewCairo #NAC #fieldwork
🚀 Exciting hybrid event on urban futures & branding cities, hosted by Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Tapu Kadastro Yüksekokulu @tkyo_ahbv Featuring #SpacePol member @szafersahin #kentselgelecektasarımı #kentlerinmarkailetişimi 📢Don't miss this insightful discussion! in 🇹🇷
🚀 Exciting hybrid event on urban futures & branding cities, hosted by Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Tapu Kadastro Yüksekokulu @tkyo_ahbv Featuring #SpacePol member @szafersahin #kentselgelecektasarımı #kentlerinmarkailetişimi 📢Don't miss this insightful discussion! in 🇹🇷
📢We are happy to share with you the latest news from our #SpacePol team. It's been an intense period for us! 💪Don’t hesitate to share far and wide! 🗞️➡️ spacepol.hypotheses.org/2918 @AnkyraWitch @szafersahin @IFEAIstanbul @VPawlotsky @ahmedzaazaa @youenngrn @PaulWolkenstein
📢 New Publication announcement 📢our Turkish book, Cumhuriyet’in Kalbinde: Ankara’nın Mekânsal, Toplumsal ve Siyasi Yolculuğu, is out! @srckitap ! 🎉 featuring top scholars like Prof. İlhan Tekeli @ilhantekeli, edited by #SpacePol @AnkyraWitch More info➡️spacepol.hypotheses.org/2892
This coming Friday 29 November #SpacePol will be present at the 2nd Workshop of the Atlas Global Network, @AnkyraWitch presents #SpacePol: 📍École française d’Athènes 🗓️Webinar reg: u.efa.gr/hm For more info ➡️ spacepol.hypotheses.org/2832 Don't miss it!
We’re excited to announce that #SpacePol has been featured in a poster exhibition at the @CNRS campus Gérard Mégie 📍Paris! “Urban Foresight”/ “Prospective sur l’urbain” ➡️ spacepol.hypotheses.org/2801 Don't miss it 🗓️from October 7th to 31st #research @AnkyraWitch #ANR @IFEAIstanbul
The Catalogue of the #SpacePol Photographic Exhibition “#Ankara: Artisans in the Changing City” Now Available! You can get hold of a copy of this beautiful book of images and texts by @AnkyraWitch and 📷@vdelcourtphoto here➡️spacepol.hypotheses.org/2764
We are happy to share the report of our #SpacePol workshop held at @IFEAIstanbul in May with many of our amazing members: we thought and worked together on how to reach our collective goals as a diverse academic community ❤️🙏#finalbook➡️spacepol.hypotheses.org/2738 @AnkyraWitch
Event alert Istanbul 📢Urban Planning Talks “The Place of the Capital Ankara in Urban Studies in Turkey.” @AnkyraWitch will be participating with Aksu Akçaoglu, organised by @msgsuniversite & @IFEAIstanbul 🗓️23 sept 📍Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları oui.hypotheses.org/8762 Don't miss it!
Gorgeous day in London! Come to the @RGS_IBG conference #RGSIBG24 to our #SPACEPOL panel at 16:50 today! You will hear @AnkyraWitch @reclaimedspace @ahmedzaazaa and Azadeh Mashayekhi talk about mapping power dynamics in capital cities #SpaceandPolitics #CapitalCities
Another two great #SpacePol presentations at @igc2024dub ! @AnkyraWitch and @VPawlotsky presenting their work on #Ankara and #Moscow respectively. Thank you again to the organisers and audience for their participation! #Spaceandpolitics #capitalcities
Our #SpacePol postdoctoral researcher Clara @reclaimedspace presented her research on women and gendered monuments in #Ankara and #AbuDhabi at @igc2024dub to an engaged audience. Thanks to the organisers and the panel chair for facilitating the conversation! #gender #geography
Tune in & follow #SpacePol as @AnkyraWitch and @reclaimedspace present papers at @igc2024dub in Dublin next week! There will also be a #SpacePol panel at the @RGS_IBG conference in London not to be missed. More updates soon! #SpaceandPower #CapitalCities
#SpacePol goes to #Astana! @AnkyraWitch, @vdelcourtphoto and Mina Saidi discover this incredible capital with the help of Adrien Fauve @ifeac 🙏 @IFEAIstanbul #CapitalCities
May 20 & 21, 2024, the engaging international conference on Post-distaster reconstruction, shedding light on post-earthquake reconstruction. Thank you to the organizers, the speakers, and the participants! @galatasaray_univ #SpacePol @univtours @nit_istanbul @sri_istanbul
Our conference is just begun. Don't miss it ! Registration ZOOM is open @IFEAIstanbul @Galatasaray_Uni @citeres7324 @SwedishInst @YohananBenhaim @

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