The Al Zaatari Refugee Camp Management, layout, culture

00:00:00- Tony Reddy AoU and Katja Stille UDG
00:01:13- Dr Husam Al Waer. University of Dundee. Main introduction followed by a film narrated by Husam from a poem by Roni Boutros Jalkh with illustrations by the artist Helen Zughaib.
00:11:23- Kilian Kleinschmidt. Former UNHCR official who served as director of the Al Zaatari Refugee Camp. The realities and challenges facing managers and residents.
00:35:12- Dr Husam Al Waer. Describes how residents of Al Zaatari have imaginatively adapted the initial, rectilinear ‘military camp’ style of layout to better suit their preferred individual and collective preferences.
01:06:38- Dr Karen Fisher. University of Washington, Seattle. The importance and relevance of food in preserving cultural heritage.
01:22:10- Questions and discussion
This event was part of the Fifteen Minute City Symposium hosted by the Urban Design Group and The Academy of Urbanism Sept 2020.

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