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SUMMARY:Ayham Dalal: Housing refugees in camps? From shelters to dwellings
DESCRIPTION:Housing for displaced people is still largely conceived through
  camps and shelters\, particularly during emergencies. Similarly\, when re
 turnees arrive in war-torn cities\, responses often rely on prefabricated 
 or temporary solutions that prioritize speed over quality of life. In this
  talk\, Ayham Dalal argues that shelter is an imagined »abstract space« 
 in the Lefebvrian sense devoted from social relations and politics\, where
 as dwelling is a driving force that leads the socio-spatial transformation
  of space. Using examples from refugee camps in Jordan and Germany – how
  they were initially planned and how they got appropriated\, he argues tha
 t emergency shelter cannot remain a purely technical fix. Rather\, housing
  refugees and displaced people should utilize inclusive planning to build 
 on refugees’ spatial knowledge\, cultural practices\, and urban identiti
 es. It also warns architects and designers from the risk of abstracting sh
 elter into a covered space\, detached from basic needs for safety and the 
 transgressing between the public and the private. Finally\, Ayham Dalal ca
 lls for a rethinking of humanitarian and urban planning approaches. Safegu
 arding refugees’ right to dwell and appropriate space requires acknowled
 ging the limits of official planning systems and embracing more community-
 based\, flexible\, and just urban responses. Only then can displaced popul
 ations be integrated not as passive recipients of aid\, but as active co-p
 roducers of inclusive urban life\nAyham Dalal is a lecturer in architectur
 e and urban design at the German University in Cairo. His work examines th
 e intersections of urban planning\, forced migration\, urban informality\,
  and shelter design. He is the author of From Shelters to Dwellings: The Z
 aatari Refugee Camp (Transcript\, 2022)\; the co-editor of two books on ca
 mps in Germany and the MENA region\; and the co-director of the award-winn
 ing film “13 Square Meters”. Dalal has won several research awards and
  held positions at the Technische Universität Berlin\, the University of 
 Oxford\, Vassar College\, and the French National Centre for Scientific Re
 search (CNRS). His current research explores the impact of forced migratio
 n from Sudan and Gaza on the urbanization of Cairo\, and the the influence
  of sectarian identities on Syrian cities and their reconstruction.\n \nV
 eranstaltung im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung »Zerstörung - Zuflucht - Zukunf
 t. Wohnen im und nach dem Krieg« des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs »Gewohnter W
 andel. Gesellschaftliche Transformation und räumliche Materialisierung de
 s Wohnens« im Wintersemester 2025/26\nWie wirkt sich Krieg auf das Wohnen
  aus und was können wir durch den Blickwinkel des Wohnens über Krieg ler
 nen? In sieben Veranstaltungen beleuchten internationale Forschende aus St
 adtplanung\, Humangeographie\, Architektur\, Kunstgeschichte sowie Rechtsw
 issenschaften und Anthropologie politische\, ökonomische\, bauliche und s
 oziale Dimensionen der Wohnungsversorgung in Zeiten drohender und andauern
 der Kriege sowie sich anschließender Nachkriegsperioden. Die Beiträge bl
 icken auf Entwicklungen in Bosnien\, Deutschland\, Israel\, Jordanien\, Sy
 rien und der Ukraine und zeigen auf\, wie Krieg als Zäsur bestehende Ordn
 ungen und Strukturen zerstört\, welche Neuerungen staatlicher Planungen z
 ur Versorgung mit Wohnraum sich daraus entwickelt haben\, wie die Menschen
  den alltäglichen Herausforderungen des Wohnens begegnen und wie bewaffne
 te Konflikte gesellschaftliche Wohnrealitäten und -identitäten dauerhaft
  prägen.\nDie Ringvorlesung findet dienstags 14tägig um 18.30 Uhr im Wec
 hsel an den Standorten Weimar und Frankfurt/Main statt. Es gibt die Mögli
 chkeit einer digitalen Teilnahme:\nBigBlueButton (Zugangscode: 98kbz7) htt
 ps://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/rooms/f2l-jnf-ajn-mfo/join
URL:https://www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/eventleser/ayham-dalal-housing-refugee
 s-in-camps-from-shelters-to-dwellings.html
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LOCATION:Frankfurt am Main
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