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In case list member have not seen the UIA Congress Call for Papers, the extended deadline is approaching. Abstracts are due November 29. Global Studio will be offering a session on “Addressing Informality and or Poverty through Design Education and Practice”. Information about this session and others can be found on http://www.theglobalstudio.com. List members in New York may also like to know about this upcoming exhibtion PEOPLE BUILDING BETTER CITIES NEW YORK The traveling exhibition People Building Better Cities (PBBC) will be shown at the AIA Center for Architecture from Tuesday December 3 to Saturday January 4, 2014. PBBC has been shown in 12 cities and eight countries in 2013, and has been translated into five languages. While the exhibition focus is on developing countries it speaks to urban issues in the US such as inequality, public participation in city making, climate change and education. Through the Resource Platform (website below), the PBBC project shares knowledge through films, talks, articles, books, websites and organizations working in these fields. There will be three forums in New York: two in Manhattan and a third in Midlands Beach , Staten Island - an area severely impacted by Sandy. PBBC is a collaboration between Global Studio and the Center for Sustainable Urban Development in the Earth Institute, Columbia University. PBBC Manhattan AIA Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, New York Opening Reception 6.00-8.00pm , Tuesday December 3 with remarks by Lance J. Brown , AIANY 2014 President, Michael Sorkin, CUNY and Anna Rubbo, PBB Two Forums CULTIVATING ENGAGED AND INCLUSIVE URBAN PRACTICE Saturday December 7, 2.15 –4.30 with Tobias Ambhorst, Wendy Brawer, Candy Chang, Miodrag Mitrasinovic, Shin-pei Tsay THE ROLE OF ENGAGED LEARNING IN BUILDING BETTER CITIES Wednesday December 11, 5.45- 8.00 with Christine Gaspar, Nabeel Hamdi, Geeta Mehta, Anna Rubbo , Tony Schuman (RSVPs required) To RSVP or find out more about PBBC at the AIA Center for Architecture > http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=upcoming&expid=269 PBBC Staten Island Thursday January 16 to Sunday January 26, 2014 , Midlands Beach Forum WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES Saturday January 25, 2.00-4.00. Details will be posted soon . People Building Better Cities http://peoplebuildingbettercities.org Best wishes Anna Rubbo, LFAIA PBBC Project Director Adjunct Senior Scholar Center for Sustainable Urban Development The Earth Institute at Columbia University [log in to unmask] Adjunct Associate Professor Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning University of Sydney [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------