Dr. Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Dr. Michael Fabris (Geography, UBC)
“Infrastructures of Colonization”
Part of the 2023 Fall Colloquium Series
Date and Time: Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:30pm-2:00pm, followed by a light lunch in the ANSO Lino Lounge
Location: Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO) Room 134, 6303 NW Marine Drive
Abstract:
What is the infrastructure required to sustain colonization? And how can it be used in service of decolonization? Bringing a materialist and geographic sensibility to the study of settler states and imperial formations, Dr. Michael Fabris and Dr. Rafi Arefin (UBC Geography) will discuss infrastructure as a site of contestation over questions of jurisdiction and governance, as well as of anti-colonial politics and mobilization.
