Ruminations on the Built Environment and Modern Heritage (with Dr. Asma Mehan)

Update: 2021-10-24

Description

Dr. Asma Mehan (Postdoctoral fellow at Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) talks about her work on the built environment, where she bridges between history and urban studies. We discuss the politics of space in Teheran and Kuala Lumpur, the manifestation of religion in the socio-spatial interactions, and colonial markers inside/outside of the built environment.