Performance as Memory, Transforming Contested Spaces

My recent essay “Zona Intervenida: Performance as Memory, Transforming Contested Spaces” will be published as a chapter in the book Rethinking Continue reading →

Manipulating Free Movement: Contestations in Urban Mobility (Data)

Cities today are dynamic urban ecosystems with evolving physical, social and technological infrastructures facilitating, regulating and often constraining the free movement of Continue reading →

Audio Journaling for Self-Reflection among Teens in Participatory Media

In this project we examined the use of “Audio Journaling” as a multi-faceted practice and participatory research method to engage Continue reading →

Zona Intervenida: Performance Documentary

Traces of war and injustice often disappear from physical sites of conflict, lingering only in the fragmented memories of witnesses Continue reading →

Contestational Design: How Agonism Transforms Participatory Design?

Participatory design for some often implies common purpose, stakes and equitable dispositions among participants engaging in a consensual process towards amenable design outcomes. Continue reading →

Flying Paper: Documentary Film in Gaza

Flying Paper is the uplifting story of Palestinian children in Gaza engaged in the fascinating culture of kite making and Continue reading →

Soundscapes of Kora

Kora is a both a pilgrimage and a form of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist and Bön traditions. Practitioners perform Continue reading →

Guatemala Después: Rethinking the Past, Reimagining the Future

While working in Guatemala since 2012, I have conducted research on artistic responses to historical memory and genocide through interviews Continue reading →