Category: 2023

  1. InfUr- Seminar with Patrick Cobbinah — The Oddity of Desiring Informality

    This seminar took place on Thursday 16th November 2023 with Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning Patrick Cobbinah. Abstract: Informality has become central to urban sustainability and one of the most polemically debated topics in modern urban studies and human geography. In this presentation, my main argument is that informality in its current conception does not comprehend fully the […]

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/11/10/the-oddity-of-desiring-informality-with-patrick-cobbinah

  2. InfUr- Seminar and Book Launch with Kim Dovey — The Atlas of Informal Settlement

    This seminar took place on Thursday 19th October 2023. This seminar celebrates the launch of the Atlas of Informal Settlement by Kim Dovey, Matthijs van Oostrum, Tanzil Shafique, Ishita Chatterjee and Elek Pafka. The book is a comparative study of the morphogenesis of 51 contemporary settlements across the globe. It shows how settlement morphology adapts to different contexts of […]

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/09/15/seminar-and-book-launch-the-atlas-of-informal-settlement

  3. InfUr- Seminar with Jennifer Day — Pem Rent, Pem Graon: How custom is confused with informality in Port Vila, Vanuatu

    This seminar was recorded on Monday 11th September 2023.  Abstract: We argue in this paper that misunderstandings between the market-oriented construct, rent, and custom-oriented constructs of tenure, have profound consequences for communities in Port Vila.  We illustrate the mismatch between the expectations of customary tenants and the interpretation of these arrangements by the courts.  We use as illustration […]

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/09/05/pem-rent-pem-graon-how-custom-is-confused-with-informality-in-port-vila-vanuatu

  4. InfUr- Seminar with David O’Brien — The Bower Studio: Designing and Constructing with Indigenous Communities?

    The following seminar with Associate Professor David O’Brien was recorded on Thursday August 24th 2023. Abstract: This seminar will outline the award-winning work of the Bower Studio projects – working with indigenous partners to design and build community infrastructure projects. David O’Brien is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne. He has worked in community development and […]

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/08/22/infur-seminar-with-david-obrien-the-bower-studio-designing-and-constructing-with-indigenous-communities

  5. Public launch of a new book entitled “COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities: Impact, response and implications for urban recovery”

    As COVID-19 took hold across local and international borders in 2020 and 2021, over 1.6 billion informal workers were estimated to have been adversely impacted by mobility restrictions and other ‘lockdown’ measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis. In the Global South, the pandemic has severely affected the sprawling megacities in Southeast and South Asia that […]

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/06/24/public-launch-of-a-new-book-covid-19-and-informal-workers-in-asian-cities-impact-response-and-implications-for-urban-recovery

  6. InfUr- Seminar with Michael E. Smith — Top-Down and Bottom-Up Planning in Pre-Modern Cities

    Michael E. Smith

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/04/23/infur-seminar-with-michael-e-smith-top-down-and-bottom-up-planning-in-pre-modern-cities

  7. Seminar with Crystal Legacy and Matt Novacevski — Legitimacy-making and Public Participation: Local Governments’ Use of Standardised Frameworks

    Crystal Legacy, Matt Novacevski

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/03/24/seminar-with-crystal-legacy-and-matt-novacevski-legitimacy-making-and-public-participation-local-governments-use-of-standardised-frameworks

  8. Seminar with Prosper Korah — Embedding cities within cities: the phenomenon of new cities and spatial transformation in Africa

    Prosper Korah

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/03/22/seminar-with-prosper-korah-embedding-cities-within-cities-the-phenomenon-of-new-cities-and-spatial-transformation-in-africa

  9. InfUr PhD Completion Seminar with Matt Novacevski — Looking Through Layers: Towards A Post-Colonial Approach to Placemaking Evaluation

    Matt Novacevski, Kim Dovey

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2023/01/23/infur-phd-completion-seminar-with-matt-novacevski-looking-through-layers-towards-a-post-colonial-approach-to-placemaking-evaluation

  10. InfUr- Seminar with Kim Dovey and Reden Recio — ‘Inventraset Assemblages’

    Kim Dovey, Redento Recio

    infur.msd.unimelb.edu.au/2022/11/13/inventraset-assemblages-with-kim-dovey-and-reden-recio