This project looks at the social structuring of space in one of the biggest refugee camps in the world, Zaatari in Jordan. It examines these processes on two levels: macro and micro. On the macro scale (camp level), it looks at how refugees settled throughout time within the expanding space of the camp, explaining the resulting territoriality and uneven geography of the camp. On a micro level, it seeks to know how the camp space has been socially restructured through the on-going process of home-making, focusing on aspects like culture, identity, and memory.
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| Ayham | Dalal | Male | Technische Universität Berlin | Germany | |
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Bio: Ayham Dalal is an architect and PhD candidate at the Department of International Urbanism and Design (Habitat Unit), at the Technische Universität Berlin. He holds a Master degree in urban studies from Stuttgart University and Ain Shams University. His research looks at encampment, squatting and informality as modes of spatial negotiation and co-production. In his PhD, he focuses on the role of sovereignty, culture and identity in shaping the urban environments of the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan. In addition to teaching at TU Berlin and GUtech in Oman, Ayham has done several workshops and consultancy works in Palestinian and Syrian camps in Jordan with/for Turquoise Mountain, GIZ, and UNRWA. Alongside his PhD, Ayham is working on a research project that investigates the relationship between displacement, urban heritage and memory among exiled Syrians. He is also a research associate at the Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO), and currently working as a research assistant on the project 'Architecture of Asylum' at TU Berlin. |
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