Wandering around public space and migration: a comparative gesture

Contemporary interrogations have generated a rich albeit divided body of work on what urban public spaces are, and of what is happening within them today. This talk unfolds the intersection of public space and migration by reflecting upon the diverse yet fragmented corpus and experiences related to public space practices and ethnographies. i.e. The public space making in Mathare slum (Nairobi), the public space research in Dharavi (Mumbai), and other observations in Paris (France). As part of the comparative chapter of the dissertation, this talk echoes the call for a comparative gesture to foreground multiple learning methods from elsewhere and from below.