On November 15th, students in the class Introduction to Creativity, the Arts and Social Transformation (Brandeis University) introduced their design lab ideas to a panel of experts including architect Rim Lababidi (UCL, Qatar) and Al Hakam Shaar (The Shattuck Center on Conflict Negotiation and Recovery, Hungary), both from Aleppo, Syria. Students concluded that the process allowed them to feel closer to the war in Syria, even identifying similar links to issues related to polarization, the erasure of identity and the violence of gentrification in the United States.
A report will be listed soon and shared with The Aleppo Project.