Courses
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This Land Is Your Land [M1]
In the US, there are over 300 federal Indian reservations, covering over 50 million acres of land in 36 states. However, a majority of Native…
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As of Right: First Nations Reclaim the City [M2]
Ninety-five percent of British Columbia is “unceded,” meaning it was never given up by indigenous communities in treaties. As a result, today, many First Nations…
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Extreme Urbanism (7), Imagining an Urban Future for Ishkashim, Afghanistan
Rahul Mehrotra, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Bordering Tajikistan and within the province of Badakhshan, one of the most natural disasterprone area in Afghanistan, lies Ishkashem. The name, Ishkashim stands both for…
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The CANARY IN THE MINE, Wildfires and rural communities in the Mediterranean Hinterland
“Fire is a phenomenon that derives from its circumstances… It synthesizes its surroundings.”¹Stephen J. Pyne 1. WhyWildfires rage throughout the rural and peri-urban…