Event overview
A Seminar with Eyal Weizman and Miri Weingarten. Sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process series: What is ethics?
Eyal Weizman - Illegal aid: humanitarian control?
Eyal Weizman is an architect and director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London and completed his PhD at the London Consortium/Birkbeck College. Since 2007 he is a member of the architectural collective "decolonizing architecture" in Beit Sahour/ Palestine http://www.decolonizing.ps Since 2008 he is a member of B'Tselem board of directors. http://www.btselem.org. Weizman has taught, lectured, curated and organised conferences in many institutions worldwide. His books include The Lesser Evil [Nottetempo, 2009], Hollow Land [Verso Books, 2007], A Civilian Occupation [Verso Books, 2003], the series Territories 1,2 and 3, Yellow Rhythms and many articles in journals, magazines and edited books. Weizman is a regular contributor and an editorial board member for several journals and magazines including Humanity, Cabinet and Inflexions. Weizman is the recipient of the James Stirling Memorial Lecture Prize for 2006-2007 and was chosen to deliver the Edward Said Memorial Lecture for 2010.
Miri Weingarten - Controlling health: access to healthcare in the Gaza strip
Miri Weingarten worked for Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) for 11 years. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel struggles for the fulfilment of the right to health of all people under Israeli control, including Jewish-Israeli citizens, Palestinian citizens of Israel, Bedouin living in 'unrecognized' village in the Negev desert, migrant workers, asylum seekers and undocumented people, prisoners and detainees, and Palestinians living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. PHR-Israel combines direct medical aid with solidarity activities, advocacy, campaigning and education. It is guided by the triple discourse of medical ethics, human rights and social justice. In 2009, Miri relocated to London and in March 2010 she became the director of a new Jewish media project called JNews - Alternative Jewish Perspectives on Israel and Palestine.
Dates & times
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16 Mar 2010 | 4:30pm - 6:30pm |
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