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Sync into the Earth12. Embrace your wild side - Rewilding citiesEpisode produced by Maia Mortimer, Victoria Mushka, and Annika Wong
In this episode of Sync into the Earth, we discuss the concept of “wild cities” and what it means for the future of conservation. As urban sprawl continues to cover our Earth, we need to start thinking about how we can incorporate conservation into cities rather than treating it as a separate issue. Wild cities, an idea based on “rewilding”, aim to redesign urban infrastructure to support coexistence with nature. We delve into numerous studies as we try to answer the question, “What’s so great about wild cities...
2024-10-2552 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastRewilding Karachi: Mahera OmerIn this episode, Mahera Omar, filmmaker and co-founder of PAWS, discusses a shift in perspective towards ecological tidiness disorder, emphasizing the benefits of leaving natural elements undisturbed for both humans and non-humans and welcoming environments for diverse species. Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe and Karachi to discuss novel interfaces for human and nonhuman interactions developed during the residency. Together, the podcast guests look back at the residents’ research and creative encounters th...
2024-04-0457 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastMoral Disengagement: Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoAs part of our guest session series, in this episode we are joined by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino who is an author, consultant and entrepreneur with a background in design. She discusses moral disengagement of design sector, and how creative professionals can integrate climate change knowledge in their practice.Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe and Karachi to discuss novel interfaces for human and nonhuman interactions developed during the residency. Together, the podcast guests...
2024-04-0439 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastMultispecies Justice: Hira Sheikh and Marcus FothIn this episode, Hira Sheikh and Marcus Foth join us to discuss their ongoing research on smart urban governance, and the politics and complexities of justice for other species at More-Human-Futures research group at the Queensland University of Technology. Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe and Karachi to discuss novel interfaces for human and nonhuman interactions developed during the residency. Together, the podcast guests look back at the residents’ research and cre...
2024-04-041h 05
Artistic Research Residency PodcastDecolonial Ecologies: Léopold LambertIn this episode, Léopold Lambert, the editor-in-chief of The Funambulist, joins us to discuss the conception, creation, and impact of Funambulist magazine and his work around political struggles against colonial ecocides and toxic atmospheres— in particular, the violence imposed onto indigenous tribes and non-human living beings. Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe and Karachi to discuss novel interfaces for human and nonhuman interactions developed during the residency. Together, the...
2024-04-0441 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastImmersive Storytelling: Humans, Nature and Home: An-TingIn this episodes, An-Ting joins us to share her life experiences as a theatre artist and composer. She discusses her immersive storytelling projects around human and human-interaction where she weaves diverse encounters into her creations, blending music with other art forms to delve into the depths of the human experience. Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe and Karachi to discuss novel interfaces for human and nonhuman interactions developed during the residency. Together, t...
2024-04-0438 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastKhayali KarachiIn this episode, resident artists Anita Zehra and Shabbir Mohammed discuss how the act of wonder transforms our interactions with the non-human world around us. Khayali Karachi toolkit, developed during the residency, invites us to reimagine our relationship with the city, other non-human species, and each other. Joining the conversation, filmmaker and co-founder of PAWS, Maher Omar, and founder of Clifton Urban Forest, Shahzad Qureshi discuss ecological tidiness disorder and create welcoming environments for humans and non-humans. Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest...
2024-04-0325 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastExtinctionIn this episode, resident artists Afreen Seher and Vajdaan Shah share their experiences of stepping into the roles of birds, dogs, trees, and goats and how they immerse themselves in public spaces across Karachi to explore the complex bond between humans and non-human experiences. Joining in conversation are scholars Dr. Shahida Wizarat and gardener, Tofiq Pasha Mooraj reflect on the politics of consumption and food production.Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe...
2024-04-0318 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastNovel PedagogiesIn this episode, resident artist Suneela Ahmed discusses her project to explore participatory engagement models through a series of workshops with the children of Salehabad, an indigenous fishing community near Karachi. Joining in conversation are artist and curator, Noorjehan Bilgrami and environmental scholar, Dr. Shahid Amjad converse on the urgency of educational tools in reconnecting with coastal communities and their natural surroundings.Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe and Karachi to discuss...
2024-04-0322 min
Artistic Research Residency PodcastCollateral DamageIn this episode, resident artist Arsalan Nasir shares his project, Collateral Damage, and explores the relationship between humans and non-humans using plants as game controllers in conflict situations. Joining in conversation are senior architect and researcher Arif Hasan, and lawyer and activist Abira Ashfaq on participatory governance, the destruction of Karachi’s last surviving river and indigenous communities of Malir, and forced evictions of farmers.Artistic Research Residency PodcastThis 9-part podcast series brings together the experiences of resident researchers and our guest speakers, including architects, designers, scholars, and activists from across the globe and Ka...
2024-04-0330 min
SochBicharGrand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) in Pakistan, Day-5, 29-12-2020Moderator: Dr Nadeem ul Haq (VC. PIDE)
Panelists/Speakers
Zarar Khuhro (Senior Journalist and Hots of Zara Hut Kay)
Amer Zafar Durrani (President, Reenergia)
Zaigham Khan (Executive Director, Civic Action Resources)
Omar Quraishi (Journalist and CEO, Positive Media Communications)
Usman Raza Jolaha (Founder/President, Volunteer Force Pakistan)
There is talk of a Grand National Dialog in Pakistan. In the past, such initiatives have led to APCs that have mainly tried to strengthen political cartels. Reform for changing the way we do business of politics and policy is conveniently ne...
2020-12-312h 16
SochBicharGrand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) in Pakistan, Day-1Moderator: Dr Nadeem ul Haq (VC. PIDE)
Panelists/Speakers:
Mosharraf Zaidi (Senior Fellow-Tabadlab)
Osama Siddique (Associate Fellow at IDEAS and the Executive Director of Law & Policy Research Network (LPRN))
Amber Darr (Barrister, Advocate Supreme Court, Senior Research Fellow-UCL, Lecturer Coventry Law School)
Usman Raza Jolaha, Founder/President, Volunteer Force Pakistan
There is talk of a Grand National Dialog in Pakistan. In the past, such initiatives have led to APCs that have mainly tried to strengthen political cartels. Reform for changing the way we do business of politics and policy is...
2020-12-302h 18
Startup ExitsUsman Haque, founder of Pachube: M&As by LogMeIn and GoogleUsman Haque is one of the most influential figures in the world of Internet of Things (IoT). After studying architecture in London, Usman founded Pachube (now known as Xively), a pioneering IoT platform that went on to be acquired by LogMeIn and later by Google for $50 million.On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Usman about:• Merging the world of architecture with tech• Pioneering the early days of IoT• Why should sensors talk to each other?• Helping the Fukushima cleanup• Current st...
2020-11-2039 min
Design Your Life with Vince FrostDesigning cities of the future with Usman HaqueIn episode 24 of the podcast we speak to Usman Haque, founding partner of Umbrellium – an architecture and design company that builds urban technologies that support citizen empowerment and engagement. This insightful conversation unpacks how Usman began his career, how he ended up where he is today and his experiences along the way. Vince and Usman touch on the future of our cities, how they should be designed and why ultimately, they need to go beyond being smart and be engaging. For over 20 years Usman has used the skills he developed through formal architecture training to en...
2019-11-031h 08
Momenta I Digital Thread#73 Designing Intelligent Spaces - A Conversation with Usman HaqueUsman Haque has used his training as an architect to inform an extensive career designing smart city projects. His work at Umbrellium goes much farther than what is typically thought of as smart cities – he has applied a creative approach to create greater engagement of citizens in public spaces, anticipating changes and evolution to deliver a better quality of life. We discuss the considerations involved in designing and implementing projects and the approach, the value of platforms and toolkits (along with the evolution of Pachube and the Urban Innovation Toolkit) as well as Thingful, the IoT data search engine.
2019-10-301h 01
Nesta UKCreative approaches to collective intelligenceKadine James, Creative Tech Lead, Hobs3D
Usman Haque, Founding Partner, Umbrellium
Florian Ortkrass, Co-Founder and Co-Director, RANDOM INTERNATIONAL
In this final session, Kadine James, Usman Haque and Florian Ortkrass discuss the infrastructures of participation: How do we best design for participatory processes? The panelists also explore the predictability of human behaviour, our collective inability when it comes to addressing climate change, and why we feel that we have less and less impact, whereas the reality is actually the opposite.
2019-10-1640 min
Design Your Life with Vince FrostBen Evans, London Design Festival co-founder and Director.Design Your Life podcast E023 with Vince Frost in conversation with London Design Festival co-founder and Director, Ben Evans.One of the most influential people on the London design scene, Ben Evans co-founded the London Design Festival with Sir John Sorrell in 2003. Now in its seventeenth year, the festival has grown from 45 events and exhibitions to around 400, with over 2,000 international design businesses taking part and audiences from 75 different countries reaching almost 600,000.A true Londoner, Ben has dedicated his life to the arts. He has been a Governor of the University of the Arts London and...
2019-09-3059 min
Skylines, the CityMetric podcast61. Let us playWe talk a lot – on this podcast, and on the website from which it spun off – about the practical side of cities: buildings and roads and railways and so on. But that's only half the story, of course.So this week, we're talking about the other half: shouldn't cities be fun, too? And what can we learn when we try to make them so?To discuss the joyful and spontaneous side of city life, I'm joined by Usman Haque, founding partner of the interactive architecture firm Umbrellium. He tells me about his experiences developing virtual pedestrian crossings, which can move abou...
2017-10-1822 min
re:publica 17 - Mobility & CityMutually Assured Construction (en)Cooperation is difficult, and designing for it is even harder. Even when
everybody agrees on an end goal, and everybody agrees on what is needed
to achieve that end goal, it does not mean that everyone (or even
anyone) will be able to take the first step, which is a most important
step.
Usman Haque Does collaboration imply consensus, and if not, how can we design systems that allow for such messiness? How do we structure participation in the context of 'super wicked' problems of the urban environment? And why should we? This talk will propose some tools and...
2017-05-1049 min
re:publica 17 - All SessionsMutually Assured Construction (en)Cooperation is difficult, and designing for it is even harder. Even when
everybody agrees on an end goal, and everybody agrees on what is needed
to achieve that end goal, it does not mean that everyone (or even
anyone) will be able to take the first step, which is a most important
step.
Usman Haque Does collaboration imply consensus, and if not, how can we design systems that allow for such messiness? How do we structure participation in the context of 'super wicked' problems of the urban environment? And why should we? This talk will propose some tools and...
2017-05-1049 min
The Digital HumanUrbanEvery week a million more people move to live in cities. Can they cope with this constant expansion? Aleks explores whether 'Smart' cities are the answer or do they come with a hidden price of personal freedom. She visits the world's "smartest" city, Masdar in Abu Dhabi and explores the social engineering that's as much part of the design as the bricks and mortar.Contributors: Physicist Geoffrey West, Urban Explorer Brad Garrett, Lean Doody from ARUP, Dr Iyad Rahwan, Architect and Artist Usman Haque.Producer: Peter McManus.
2013-10-1428 min