Public Roundtable Discussion on Ukraine
March 2, 2022 at 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
David Sichinava contributes to a roundtable discussion on Wednesday March 2 at 1 pm (EST) at Carleton University’s EURUS program, entitled: “Russia’s War on Ukraine.” After months of military and rhetorical escalation between Ukraine, Russia, and the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine early on February 24. While the outcome remains unclear, it is certain that relations between all parties are likely to be irretrievably changed for the long term. This roundtable will assess the implications of Russia’s war from a variety of perspectives including the response of Ukraine and Ukrainians, Russian domestic politics, Europe’s role and response, and the lessons learned from the 2008 Russian-Georgian war.
The roundtable will feature Joan DeBardeleben, Paul Goode, Milana Nikolko, and David Sichinava.
Registration is required: please register below to receive the Zoom link before the event..
For more information, see the website…
Newly Released Publication
October 2021
David Sichinava contributes a chapter to the book Eastern Block Stories: Visualising Large Housing Estates From Post-Socialist Cities, which features a dozen articles and over 60 unique hand-picked images about mass-housing estates in former communist states. The book aims to address the blind spots to take a closer look at the major challenges for post-socialist housing estates today and imagine what could be their future. Besides stories from Georgia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany, unique photographic material—which covers cases from more than ten countries—is included. The book unveils the diversity of the Eastern bloc and the richness of its urban context, beyond a stigmatizing and alienating gaze.
For more information, see the DOM Publisher’s website…
Panel on Sustainable Construction
03 December 2021
Hosted by Bosch Alumni Network, Suzanne Harris-Brandts participates in an online panel discussion alongside fellow urban planners, researchers, and advocates Dr. Levente Polyak and Dr. Iuliia Eremenko, focused on sustainable construction.
Research Roundtables in Methodology
23 September 2021
September 23rd, at 18:00 Tbilisi time, the project: “Tbilisi as an Urban Assemblage” (Funded by the Rustaveli Foundation) and the Doctoral Program of Anthropology at Ilia State University invite you to a talk by Suzanne Harris-Brandts Assistant Professor, Carleton University and David Sichinava Instructor, Carleton University
Public Lecture - Trialog Annual Conference
09 September 2021
Join Suzanne Harris-Brandts for an online panel discussion on “In-Between World”: Cooperation and collaboration between Western actors and Eastern European urban initiatives and NGOs,” organized by Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands. The event is hosted as a part of the Trialog Annual Conference 2021: Changing Voices? European Civil Society in the Global Urban Development Discourse. It also featured presentations by six other participants.
Public Lecture - Land and Memory
January 2021
Partner Suzanne Harris-Brandts moderates a panel discussion on land and memory organized by D.Talks . The evening was hosted in partnership with the Calgary Public Library. It started with an introduction by Kelli Morning Bull and a blessing by Elder Treffrey Deerfoot who brought forward ideas of not wanting to over-harvest resources and of welcoming newcomers. There was much in this blessing that started the discussion on the right foot, that of revealing a connection to the land.
Newly Released Publication
December 2020
We are pleased to announce that work by partner Suzanne Harris-Brandts was recently interviewed for the publication .galt! Find it here in Issue 3: Burning
Newly Released Publication
September 2020
We are pleased to announce that work by partner David Sichinava has recently been published!
See:
Sichinava, D. (2020). Elections, Political Parties and Social Change in Georgia (2003-2016). In Jones, S.F., & MacFarlane, N. (Eds.), Georgia: From Autocracy to Democracy. University of Toronto Press
Newly Released Publication
September 2020
We are pleased to announce that work by partner David Sichinava has recently been published!
On Urban Activism, see:
Rekhviashvili, L., Sichinava, D., & Berikishvili, E. (2020). Urban protest movements in Tbilisi: movements are strong, but big capital is stronger. In Dariyeva, T., & Neugebauer, C.S. (Eds.), Urban Activism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. DOM Publishers.
Collective Domain Selected to Participate in the 2020 Tbilisi Architecture Biennial
August 2020
We are pleased to announce that we will be participating in this year’s Tbilisi Architecture Biennial under the category of ‘Educational activity / Workshop,’ with our project entitled: ‘Build it and they will come.’
Collective Domain Conducts Six Focus Groups in Batumi
January 2020
As a part of project “Socio-Spatial Georgia: The Social Impacts of Large Urban Development Projects on Batumi and Tbilisi” our team conducted six focus groups with local Batumi residents. Stay tuned as this research further develops!
Collective Domain Participates in Green Mobilisations in the Cities of Central Asia and South Caucasus (GreeMo)
November 2019
As a part of the GreeMo research collaboration, Collective Domain will present research on “Opportunities for Activist-Academic Collaboration in Soviet-era Mono-towns” and will lead a day of city tours in Tbilisi for event participants.
Collective Domain Conducts Six Focus Groups in Tbilisi
August 2019
As a part of project “Socio-Spatial Georgia: The Social Impacts of Large Urban Development Projects on Batumi and Tbilisi” our team conducted six focus groups with local Tbilisi residents. Stay tuned as this research further develops!
Collective Domain Participates in the International Forum ‘Land-Use and Urban Planning Practices in Cities of EU Associated Countries’
1-2 March 2019
As a part of the 2019 U-Forum, Collective Domain will present research on “Understanding Social Restructuring and Urban Renewal Strategies” and will lead the discussion sessions of a number of panels.
GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Collective Domain Wins 2019 Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation Grant
FEBRUARY 2019
Under the project Title: “The Social Impacts of Large Urban Development Projects on Batumi and Tbilisi” our team will conduct three years of qualitative and quantitative research.
Collective Domain Conducts Eight Focus Groups in Tskaltubo
FEBRUARY 2019
As a part of our ongoing research on place meanings, building re-activation, and support for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Georgia, we conducted eight focus groups with local residents and IDPs. The idea is to get a sense of local impressions regarding urban renewal and resettlement.
Our Database of Infographics is Now Online!
June 2018
As a part of our ongoing research on the erosion of public space, we have just launched our online database of infographics related to Tbilisi. Be sure to check it out! Our data is available for fair use under Creative Commons (cc).
https://www.kolektiuri.com/media
Our Database of Tbilisi Public Space Infringements is Now Online!
June 2018
As a part of our ongoing research on the erosion of public space, we have just launched our online database mapping infringements in Tbilisi. Be sure to check it out! Our data is available for fair use under Creative Commons (cc).