A brief visual history of the social and architectural transformation in cities of South Kurdistan
Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by Janroj in Calender, News, Seminar
Speaker: Parwez Zabihi
Date and Time: 04 December 2009 at 7:00
Venue: B104 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
(SOAS) Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Following first KSSO seminar on urban regeneration in South Kurdistan in November 2008 at SOAS, Parwez has been continuing his research to document visually the important social and architectural transformation in Arbil, Slemani, Kerkuk,Koya, Dehuk and Sharazoor/Halabja.
He will present his recently conducted visual documentation on the social and architectural transformation in cities of South Kurdistan and talk about the current urbanization policy of the Kurdish local and national government
Biography
Parwez Zabihi is from Kurdistan (East) his family originally from Bookan province of Kurdistan. Parwez have lived and worked in the UK since 1986, studied fine arts at Central St. Martin School of Arts and later finished his postgraduate studies at Central School of Speech and Drama, with particular emphases on European philosophy.
He is currently has a second home and studio in Cologne and teaches in Urban Regeneration as visiting lecturer. He visited Kurdistan in October 2009 to deliver series of lectures on the same topic at the University of Saladin and university of Kurdistan both in Kurdish and in English languages for the Kurdish and non-Kurdish
Kurdish audience in Kurdistan.
His passion is beauty of landscape in particular Kurdistan, he has been researching the development of the Kurdistan region since 1992, his research focuses on processes of National and regional changes both in society and in landscapes, paying particular attention both geographically and historically to the area that have witnessed major changes both politically and socially since the collapse of Iraqi regime.
He is currently writing a Guide for Business Travelers to Kurdistan. The Guide will be published in English by Stacey International publishing in 2010 in the UK. He is also a contributor to a new book on Kurdistan ‘on becoming of age’ due to be printed in spring 2010. He is writing 2 sections of the book, history of music in south Kurdistan and its current dynamics and Kurdish design in textiles and carpets both historically and current.
