CCSE Talks is back, and our first free online seminar for 2025 will be on Wednesday 26th of February from 1-2pm (GMT). Our two speakers, Barbara Grabher and Nourhan Bassam will talk on the theme “Inclusive events: gender, placemaking & human-environmental relationships”. Register for this free online seminar here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-events-gender-placemaking-human-environmental-relationships-tickets-1151871431459?aff=oddtdtcreator
Speakers
Barbara Grabher (University of Brighton)
Dr Barbara Grabher is a trained anthropologist with a specialization in Gender Studies and interest in Critical Event Studies. With this background, she investigates event-based urban/ regional regeneration and associated socio-cultural value transformations. In current research, Barbara is strongly influenced by the event of Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut European Capital of Culture 2024. Hereby, she investigates the relations between events, socio-ecological sustainability and the Anthropocene.
Barbara’s talk is called “Eventhropocene – Human-environmental relationships in event-based regeneration”. Drawing upon primary results of the research project ‘Between Culture and Salt’, Barbara Grabher reflects upon her investigation of human-environmental relationships in the context of the celebration the European Capital of Culture in the Austrian Alpine Region of Salzkammergut in 2024. Guided by the wordplay ‘Eventhropocene’, the event’s attention to environmental realities and changes in the region is conceptualised from an anthropocene perspective and hereby invites to question in what way events, their regenerative agenda and legacies hold a potential for human-environmental relationships.
Nourhan Bassam PhD
Nourhan is a feminist urbanist and architect, is the founder of The Gendered City, a project that began as a book and evolved into a global initiative for creating gender-equal cities through feminist placemaking and citizen participation. She leads the FEM. DES. network, the world’s largest feminist design network, connecting over 450 experts from 35 countries and 119 cities to advance gender-responsive urban environments. Collaborating with partners like UN-Habitat’s HERCITY, FEM. DES. develops tools for inclusive urban design.
Nourhan’s work spans community empowerment, nighttime urbanism with projects like Women After Dark, and teaching feminist spatial design. Her first book, The Gendered City, has reached 40+ countries, and her upcoming Feminist Spatialities will feature 50 global feminist projects. Passionate about transforming urban spaces, she mentors students and advocates for vibrant, inclusive cities.
Nourhan will delve into her book The Gendered City, sharing its core ideas and the transformative concepts she has championed through her work. She will discuss the challenges women face in urban spaces, such as mobility, safety, and access, and explore how feminist placemaking can create more inclusive, equitable cities. Nourhan will also highlight her ongoing projects with The Gendered City organization, focusing on feminist urban projects, nighttime urbanism, and community-driven design solutions.
Any questions? Contact Sandro Carnicelli, sandro.carnicelli@uws.ac.uk.
