|
|
PhD student profiles
C
 Name: Michelle Cullen
Enrolled: October 2009
Title/topic: Cities on the Path to ‘Smart’
Research Interests:
Urban development, ‘smart’ technologies, technology and culture, developing countries
Background:
While pursing her PhD, Michelle also works for IBM, where she has focused on IBM’s Smarter Cities initiative, innovation within emerging markets, and public sector consulting. Before joining IBM, Michelle spent a decade as an international development practitioner. During her six plus years at the World Bank, she served as a post-conflict specialist providing performance measurement and social assessments for multi-million dollar projects in conflict-affected countries within Africa, Central America, and East and South Asia. Additionally, Michelle has worked on projects for the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Health Organization and The Carter Center.
Michelle has presented to organizations and universities around the world; her publications include Violent Conflict and the Transformation of Social Capital. Lessons from Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and Somalia (co-authored with Nat J. Colletta), Op-eds in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune, and a range of materials related to international development. She obtained her Masters Degree in Anthropology from the University of Melbourne in Australia, and her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Contact: M.L.Cullen@lse.ac.uk|
D
Name: Corinna Dean
Enrolled: January 2007
Title/Topic: Establishing Tate Modern cultural quarter: regeneration through art and architecture
Research interests: architecture, urbanism, cultural studies, visual studies
Funder: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award
Background:
Corinna obtained a Degree in History of Design and then went on to do a BA Hons in Architecture at The University of Westminster and a postgraduate diploma at the Bartlett School of Arch, UCL.
She practiced in Berlin and the South of Germany working on various scales of architectural projects. Corinna has contributed to a number of exhibitions exploring ideas of authorship and institutions of display such as, Open Urban Picnic, Outpost and Roadworks curated by Fat and she curated and designed, The Interchange Experience, an exhibition that explored future modes of integrated transport and urbanism with Emap.
She worked at the Architecture Foundation (1997 -1999) on various projects and publications such as the Roadshow, a project to regenerate interstitial urban sites. Corinna has been a visiting lecturer to the Critical and Historical Studies Department at the Royal College of Arts and held the position as Programme Director of the Interior Architecture Department at the University of Kent, Kent School of Architecture, until 2007.
Name: Cecilia Dinardi
Enrolled: October 2007
PhD: Against the Culture Panacea: The politics of heritage, national remembering and urban regeneration in Buenos Aires Research interests: sociology of culture, urban studies, cultural policies, urban regeneration, visual studies, and social research methods
Background: Cecilia has been studying sociology since 1999, obtaining her BSc (Hons) from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina, and then an MSc (Distinction) in Culture and Society from LSE (2006-2007). Her current doctoral research examines the cultural politics and political economy of a culture-led urban regeneration project involving the transformation of an iconic postal building in Buenos Aires. In London, Cecilia worked on urban-regeneration research and various community consultation projects (Strategic Urban Futures), and developed and managed a web-based research database on the cultural and creative industries (City University London, www.rccil.org.uk|).
In Buenos Aires, Cecilia was a researcher at the Instituto Gino Germani (Sociology of Culture team, 2003-2006), worked as a field researcher for a large number of consultancies, and spent two years working for the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (2004-2006).
She is currently working as a Research Officer at the Department of Cultural Policy and Management, City University London, and is a member of the NYLON research network.
Public presentations:
-
Speaker at the public launch of 'Researching Cultural and Creative Industries in London' (RCCIL) research database, City University London, May 2010.
-
Dinardi (2010) "Spaces of Commemoration: between physical and symbolic boundaries", presented at the NYLON 2010 Conference at the Institute of Public Knowledge, New York University (NYU), New York, March 2010.
-
Dinardi (2010) "Pensando el Bicentenario Argentino: memoria, cultura y espacio público en Buenos Aires", presented at the X Jornadas de Estudiantes de Postgrado en Humanidades, Artes, Ciencias Sociales y Educación , Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, January 2010.
-
Chaired Sociology Forum, keynote address delivered by Prof. Ed Soja, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, December 2009.
-
Dinardi (2009) "Writing an urban story from the walls of a building: The case of the Post and Telecommunications Palace in Buenos Aires", presented at the Writing Cities Workshop at the LSE, April 2009.
-
Dinardi (2009) "Renewing the city, rebuilding the nation: An exploration of the Argentine Bicentenary Celebrations", presented at the PILAS Conference (Postgraduates in Latin American Studies), organized by the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, February 2009.
-
Invited to participate at the Urban Age Discussion Workshop for the organisation of the annual Urban Age Conference to take place in Sao Paulo. London, July 2008.
-
Dinardi (2008) "Making place through culture", presented at the NYLON Urban Day workshop, University of Sussex, Brighton, May 2008.
-
Dinardi (2008) "Contesting culture, imagining the city", presented in the Writing Cities Conference, organised by Harvard-MIT, Boston, April 2008.
-
Responded to paper at the 6th Annual NYLON Project Conference, Watermill Centre for the Arts, Southampton, NY, March 2008.
-
Dinardi (2008) "Imagining the Cultural City", presented at the LSE Postgraduate Conference "Cumberland Lodge", Windsor, UK, January 2008.
-
Dinardi and Stamponi (2004) "Entre adoquines, tanguerias y pobreza", presented at the 2nd National Congress of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, UBA. Panel board on City and Region. Buenos Aires, October 2004.
-
Dinardi and Lewin (2004): "Son Amores, aprendizajes en torno a la sexualidad y el afecto", co-presented at the 7th Argentine Congress on Social Anthropology in Villa Giardino, Córdoba. Subsequent publication on CD-ROM format. May 2004.
Publications:
-
Hall, S., Fernandez Arrigoitia, M. and Dinardi, C. (eds) (2010) Writing Cities, vol. 1. London: London School of Economics and Political Science.
-
Dinardi, C. (2010) 'Writing urban stories from the walls of a building: The case of the Post and Telecommunications Palace in Buenos Aires', in Hall, S., Fernandez Arrigoitia, M. and Dinardi, C. (eds) Writing Cities, vol. 1. London: London School of Economics and Political Science.
-
Dinardi, M.C. and Lewin, H. (2007) 'Son Amores. Aprendizajes en torno a la sexualidad y el afecto', in Margulis, M. (ed) Familia, habitat y sexualidad en Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires: Biblos.
-
Dinardi, M.C. (2005) Secondary Data Sources in Argentina: comparison, description and subsequent analysis. Published as course material by Chair Susana Torrado, course Social Demography, UBA.
Contact: M.C.Dinardi@lse.ac.uk|
Name: Richard Stockton Dunlap
Enrolled: September 2006
Title: Reading Ronchamp: Le Corbusier's Chapel Notre-Dame-du-Haut in public and private
Research Interests:Architectural Theory and Design; Contemporary Philosophy, particularly Searle, Habermas, and Alston; Philosophy of Language; History of Philosophy; History and Sociology of Religion; French History; Le Corbusier.
Background: Richard studied philosophy, history, and architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating summa cum laude. He has also conducted extensive research in the history of religion, and his current project concerns the historical interaction and conceptual interdependence of these various forms of discourse.
He is particularly interested in the process by which prevailing philosophical notions circumscribe semantic, narrative, and architectural conceptions.
Richard is also professionally trained as an architect and has worked as an architectural designer and assistant project manager for residential, academic, and commercial developments in the United States and France.
Conference Papers:
-
2009. 'Le Corbusier's Paris: The Villa La Roche-Jeanneret, the Villa Savoye, the Pavilion Suisse, and the Immeuble Molitor', for The Architectural Association in London, in Paris, 16 May 2009.
-
2008b. 'The Construction of scholarly consensus: Le Corbusier, religion, and secular identity' at the Constructions, Discourse and Representations Conference, University of Cambridge, 17 May 2008.
-
2008a. 'The quest for purity: Le Corbusier , 'l'homme nu' and the Modulor Man', at the Nostalgia and the Shapes of History Conference, University of London, 14 June 2008.
-
2006. 'Le Corbusier's sketchbooks: observation, annotation, and 'recherche patiente', at the Drawing from Life Seminar, University of California Santa Barbara, 10 May 2006.
Contact:R.S.Dunlap@lse.ac.uk|
K
Name: Adam Kaasa
Enrolled: October 2007
Title/Topic: Transatlantic Dialogues: The Architecture of Citizenship in Mexico, 1928-1959
Research interests: I am curious as to why certain cities, certain urban forms, are associated with 'original' modernity, while others are simply copies, mimetic. Why do we think some cities are more 'urban' than others, and how does this affect urban policy? Specifically, I am interested in the relationship between what appears to be 'mimetic urban modernism' and resulting forms of urban citizenship. Through an archival look at three housing sites in post-revolution Mexico City, I would like to explore the connections between transatlantic circulations of urban forms and modernities, their effect on the built form of Mexico city, and emerging ideas of urban citizenship.
Key Words: Comparative urbanism; urban history; modernism; modern architecture; 20th Century urban planning; social and cultural theory; visual culture; Mexico; Latin American studies; citizenship; sexuality and space.
Background: I am currently a Project Associate at the Urban Age, an international investigation into the future of cities. I also organise the NYLON seminars and conferences, a transatlantic intellectual working group between universities in and around London and New York, and teach in the Sociology Department at the LSE.
Previously, I worked on several international development projects ranging from capacity building for HIV/AIDS youth organisations in Guyana, working with a small community health centre in Mexico, and exploring cross-cultural education in Sri Lanka. As a researcher I have completed several projects on the city including a grant-funded project examining the architecture of the city square in Mexico. I hold an MSc in Cites, Space and Society from the LSE, a BA (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Alberta, Canada and am an Associate of Trinity College London in Speech and Drama.
Publications:
Conference papers:
-
Kaasa, A. (2009) 'Nothingness and Post-Revolutionary Mexico City', Invited panel member, Object-ing Memory and the Visuals of Objectivity I & II at Visuality/Materiality: Reviewing Theory, Method and Practice, The Royal Institute for British Architects, 9 - 11 July 2009.
-
Kaasa, A. (2009) '"It's looks that count in this city": Apparent Modernity and the Multifamilare Miguel Alemán', Paper presentation, Objects of Knowledge/Objects of Exchange: Contours of (Inter)disciplinarity, Mellon Graduate Student Conference, Humanities Center, Harvard University, 3 - 4 April 2009
-
Kaasa, A. (2009) Respondent, 7th Annual NYLON Conference, Cambridge University, 13 - 15 March 2009
-
Kaasa, A. (2008) 'Transatlantic Dialogues: The Architecture of Citizenship in Mexico', Paper presentation, Citizenship and governance at the margins of state: Latin America between post-conflict and neo-populism, Roskilde University, Denmark, 2 - 5 September 2008
-
Kaasa, A. (2008) 'Multifamiliares: Locating Practice in Mexican Architecture', Paper presentation, 44th Annual Conference of the Society for Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool, 28 - 30 March 2008
-
Kaasa, A. (2008) 'The little strip club that could: geographies of sexual citizenship in London Bridge', Paper presentation, 6th Annual NYLON Project Conference, Watermill Centre for the Arts, Southampton, NY, 14 - 16 March 2008
-
Kaasa, A. and Rolfe, D. (2007) 'Embodiment and the City Farm: Potentials of cultural studies for the analysis and influence of urban environmental behaviour', Paper co-presentation, Cultural Studies Now - An International Conference, University of East London, Docklands Campus, 19 - 22 July 2007
-
Kaasa, A. (2006) 'Alberta Paints the Small Town Pink: Rural sexualities in the wake of Brokeback Mountain', Paper presentation, 3rd Global Conference - Exploring Critical Issues of Sex and Sexuality, Cracow, Poland, 29 November - 2 December 2006
-
Kaasa, A. (2006) 'The Queer Frontier: An analysis of Travel Alberta's marketing strategies and their effects on the sexual geography of Alberta', Paper presentation, Return to Gender Conference, University of Glasgow, 25 November 2006
-
Kaasa, A. (2006) 'Born of the Fence: Materiality and the Good Neighbour', Invited panel member, Boundaries: Aesthetics and Archaeologies, 'Without Let or Hindrance': Inclusion and its Subversion from the Medieval to the Modern, University of Lancaster, 7-9 July 2006
-
Kaasa, A. (2005) 'Mill Woods: Waking Dreams', Poster Presentation, Urban Region Research & Management Forum, University of Alberta Faculty of Extension, March 2005
-
Kaasa, A. (2004) 'Everyday Zócalo: The Architecture of Meaning in Mexico', Guest Lecturer, Latin American Studies 205: An Introduction to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta, December 2004
-
Kaasa, A. (2004) 'Everyday Zócalo: The Architecture of Meaning in Mexico', Poster presentation, Visiting Arts Committee Conference, University of Alberta, November 2004
-
Kaasa, A. (2004) 'Everyday Zócalo: The Architecture of Meaning in Mexico' Invited Speaker, Sociology Colloquium Speakers Series, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, 24 September 2004
Kaasa, A. (2004) 'Fences', Invited Speaker, Sociology Colloquium Speakers Series, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, March 2004
Contact: a.r.kaasa@lse.ac.uk|
Name: Jamie Keddie
Enrolled: September 2006
Title/Topic: Gentrification and the redesign of urban life: the case of Bermondsey
Research interests: Urban regeneration, housing policy and typologies, gentrification, architecture and urbanism, city governance.
Background: Jamie obtained a MA(Hons) in Sociology from Edinburgh University (1997 - 2001). He remained there to complete a MSc in Social Research (2002), producing a dissertation on affordable housing in London. His interest is in how regeneration projects are perceived by long-term residents of a south London neighbourhood. His PhD research also explores how local housing policies affect the composition and use of the built environment. He works part-time for a consultancy researching the housing needs of hard-to-reach social groups.
Contact: j.e.keddie@lse.ac.uk|
S
 |Name: Hiromasa Shirai
Enrolled: 2006
Title/Topic: Opportunity or burden? The legacy of the Olympic site for the city
Funder: LSE Research Studentship (2007-2008, 2008-2009)
The International Olympic Committee, Postgraduate Research Grant Programme (2008)
Research interests: Olympic movement, urban branding and management, urban regeneration and sustainability, architectural and urban design under the market economy system.
Background: Hiromasa Shirai obtained a Bachelor and Masters of Architecture from Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan). During 1996-2001, he worked for Kajima Design (Tokyo, Japan). At the same time, as a private practice, he also participated in various national and international architectural / urban design competitions and obtained many prizes, such as the 1st prize for Tokyo Bay urban design competition by Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the honorable prize for "Architecture and Poverty" competition by UIA and UNESCO.
In 2001 Hiromasa was awarded by Japanese Government for overseas artist scholarship and started working at OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands). After the support by the Japanese Government, Hiromasa continued to work at OMA until 2006 as a senior architect, and has been involved in several international projects, such as CCTV (China Central Television) new headquarters project (Beijing, China). While practicing as an architect, he has also been invited as a visiting lecturer by several institutions including Erasmus University (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Harvard University(Cambridge, USA) and Kyoto Institute of Technology (Kyoto, Japan).
Publications:
Books:
-
2007 Big Bang Beijing - Urban Changes in Beijing towards the 2008 Olympics, Co-author with André Schmidt, Kajima Publishing Institute (Japan)
Essays:
-
2008 'Aspiration and struggle of the Olympic Cities- Sydney, Beijing and London', Japan Architect, (Japan)
-
2008 'Modern Architecture and urbanism in Beijing', Journal of Architecture and Building Science, July (Japan)
-
2008 'The different aspects of "spectacle"- Shared experiences by the three Asian Olympic Cities', Space Magazine, (Korea)
-
2008 'Sustainability of Icon or Iconic Sustainability? - The Olympic stadium in Beijing and London', Urban China, Vol. 26, (P.R. China)
-
2007 'From Beijing to the Gulf - Transition of architectural market', 10+1 Magazine (Japan)
-
2007 'Emerging city and dismissing city', Space and Design Magazine (Japan)
-
2007 'Lasting Legacy London', 10+1 Magazine (Japan)
-
2006 'Skyline, Surface in the city of Beijing', 10+1 Magazine (Japan)
-
2006 'World is (Y) ours', Urban-China Magazine (China)
-
2004 'Learning from Chinese situation', Kenchiku-Bunka Magazine (Japan)
-
2003 'The relationship between art and public- the experiment by Dutch museum', Axis Magazine (Japan)
Conference papers:
-
2008 'Planning the London Olympic Park as a Global and Local Place: A Comparative Analysis with Sydney Olympic Park', Metropolis Congress 2008, Sydney, Australia
-
2008 'Concentration or Dispersion? - A Critical Question for the Olympic City', Writing Cities Conference, Cambridge, MA, USA
-
2007 'Spectacle as replacement - Learning or unlearning from Asian Olympic cities',Urban Age PhD Workshop, London, UK
-
1995 'A study on the meeting point in Tokyo - the relation between physical Forms, Locations and Usage', Architectural Institute of Japan, Nagoya, Japan
-
1994 'A Study on the Street in Tokyo - the relation between Physical Forms and Human Behaviour', Architectural Institute of Japan, Sapporo, Japan
Contact: H.shirai@lse.ac.uk|
|
|