2021 SEMINAR SERIES:
THURSDAY 7 October 2021. 1.00pm – 2.30pm

Gökçe Gunel
Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Rice University

Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi

Abstract:

This seminar is based off her latest book Spaceship in the Desert: Energy,

Climate Change and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi (Duke University Press, 2019) which focuses on the construction of renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures in the United Arab Emirates, more specifically concentrating on the Masdar City project.