I was playing w/ChatGPT again and asked it to condense my bio to a tagline, given my broad interests in post-conflict development, architecture, heritage & tourism. It said "unraveling the past, molding the future". You know what, if it takes our jobs, it might have earned it.

Okay, strike that, it just told me a synonym for "sea" that starts with "m" is "ocean", so we're good for at least another few months.

I'm honored to be hosting Dr Maja Jović University of Westminster in a timely lecture on post-conflict cities & nation branding. It seeks to address students & those interested from the public. If you are in Amman, please come and join. bit.ly/post-conflict-… *Lecture is in English

#MutahUniversity (Lara Alshawawreh | لارا الشواوره), University of Petra جامعة البترا (Aya Musmar آية مسمار) and University of Westminster coming together over invigorating topics, marred only by copious amounts of #mansaf (#AlKarak style) which made it difficult to think - but added a layer of investigating heritage and food!

As part of the knowledge exchange University of Petra جامعة البترا & University of Westminster are having, i had the honour of hosting Dr Maja Jović in a lecture on post-conflict city and nation branding in the module, Aesthetics & Art Appreciation for students in the faculty of architecture and design.

As spectacular as every part of #Petra is, I’m almost equally fascinated with the #InformalEconomy happening around it; the industrious people becoming very skilled cinematographers, vendors of mysticism, marketeers and hospitality experts. A typical #Instagram vs #Reality study:

#LFA2023 featured over 500 events and University of Westminster's UoW School of Architecture and Cities contributed once again with a good number of them. It was a pleasure to see them shape up by my colleagues who ran them, help some in early phases & contribute to the others - westminster.ac.uk/news/universit…

Something exciting this way comes, as my colleague Dr Kate Jordan and I are in the final stages of planning a new MA course in architecture and heritage, championing interdisciplinarity, real cases, and sensitive solutions to changes around us…

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… If you have 10(ish) minutes to spare and don't mind thinking about your travel practices, it would be super helpful to hear about your experiences and preferences!

London based friends and colleagues, I'm super excited to announce this talk of our research-in-progress and welcome Aya Musmar آية مسمار to University of Westminster - if you are in town next Tuesday (Oct 3), drop by our Marylebone Campus to hear us and share thoughts:

Looking forward to this - please let us know if you're planning to join us in person: forms.gle/4wxNNa7mFprQaw… We will also attempt hybrid delivery via Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/… University of Westminster Research & Knowledge Exchange Office Westminster Open Studio WM Aya Musmar آية مسمار University of Petra جامعة البترا

That’s a wrap on our first Place + Experience research seminar this academic year - thank you to the speakers, Aya Musmar آية مسمار and Dr Maja Jović, Ilaria Pappalepore as the research group co-convenor, and so many of you in person and online who joined us in the discussion.

JOB! 6 days left to apply: Research Fellow in #Creative #Technologies and #Immersive #Storytelling Join StoryLab Research to work on exciting digital/immersive projects, pushing the boundaries of XR for #Heritage #Sustainability and #Digital #innovation jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

Last week’s social event with MATM and MAEDM students and staff (Dr Rutendo Musikavanhu and @drmajajovic waving from the back). We cherish these opportunities to get to know and spend some time with our cohort outside of the classroom walls, lovely to see bonds being built!

The contraption we wanted vs the reality we got

Much appreciated the uplifting take on the future of HE amidst the gloomy reports - thank you, Hel, the need for strong skills of advocacy and a focus on place duly noted! #AdvanceHE #AuroraHE