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literary representations of the urban global south
Since the 19th century, the city and urban life have been a perpetual topos in literary and sociological texts. The city can be read and told by walking, seeing, exploring and writing. However, the image of the city has changed over the years, and with it the modes and possibi…
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the death of Nature
The enlightenment and rise of capitalism have brought about a change in our relationship with nature. Francis Bacon, celebrated father of modern science advocated the control of nature for human use. Nature was to be predicted and controlled. This created a rift between nature…
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el rihla: literature and re-thinking Egypt's histories
The course asks what it means to think, narrate, and produce knowledge of history. Do these ideas, narratives, and the produced knowledge affect how we collectively shape history? We explore these questions in our journey from the 25th of January revolution in 2011 to the ‘ura…
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theorising the state in Africa
“the state” is a term we hear all the time: in the news, in personal conversations, on TV shows. We read about it in books and we come across it in official documents. It’s a term we should be able to define because it’s literally everywhere, and yet it continues to be one of…
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reading Plato's Republic in Cairo
Whoever desires to make the world a better place sooner or later encounters the tension between theory and practice, between ideal and reality. One might desire to unify the two: to make theory that is more in line with practice. But are impractical theories bad? Plato says no…
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new eyes, old city
Have you ever wanted to look at the world with new eyes? This creative course explores the idea of everyday environment visually. Our everyday world is made up of objects, which we navigate in our daily routines. The course will focus on the social fabric of Cairo and invites…
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on madness: an inquiry into margins and emotions
Living through times of revolution forced us to contemplate the place of emotions in public life and the diverse psychological states that come with deeply turbulent every- day lives. Margins is a theme that runs through the course. Together we will explore how margins are dra…
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on gender and difference
Gender as a category of difference, and particularly woman as a subjectivity, is all the rage these days in the media, development industry, as well as in state discourse. However, gender as a social classification is rarely explored further and we often speak about gendered s…
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the urban experience: an ethnographic approach
The city is a complex and ever-changing multiplicity of material objects and human bodies coming together in time and space. This course explores how people use and manoeuver this urban complexity, how they make sense of it, ascribe meaning to it, and integrate it into their d…
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visible publics
Suppose there was art - and nobody showed up: a museum void of visitors, a concert without a crowd, graffiti that no one ever sees. Audiences are not a by-product of art; instead, their roles are an integral part of the works (and institutions) themselves. In galleries and in…
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