Ebla Research Collective is pleased to announce the publication of Collaborative Energy: Global Models for Electricity Imaginaries in Lebanon, produced in collaboration with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies – Beirut. The research was supported in part by the Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Against the… Continue reading Our new report on Collaborative Energy
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“I am, as you can see, the local government, the electricity company and much more”: Building committees as space of social organizing in Beirut.
Between the private and the public: Building Committees and Spaces of Social Organizing in Beirut
Living in Lebanon in the past few years (or decades) is like running an obstacle course; a continuous struggle to adapt to changing and increasingly difficult challenges. Since the days Lebanese civil war, the residents of Lebanon have experimented with solutions and adaptations to deal with crises. The “resilience” of the Lebanese is applauded by… Continue reading Between the private and the public: Building Committees and Spaces of Social Organizing in Beirut
Open Call – Part-time social researchers
Are you interested in participating in innovative participatory research about the daily living in Beirut? We are looking for 6-8 Arabic speaking part-time researchers that have access or live in buildings in Beirut to document their everyday experience within the building community and committee. Researchers will need to observe and write about the building they… Continue reading Open Call – Part-time social researchers