Last month, a team of six staff from the Civic Initiative (a business group of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Donahue Institute) were in Islamabad. They held a three-day follow-up conference for alumni from recent cohorts of the Study of the U.S. Institutes Comparative Public Policymaking program that has been held annually by the Civic Initiative since 2010. The SUSI program is funded by the US Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs Office.
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Rethinking Urban in Pakistan: Photos and Final Report
Submitted Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Held at NED University's Karachi campus on January 1–2, 2013, AIPS' collaborative workshop "Rethinking the Urban in Pakistan" brought several AIPS members together with anthropologists, urban planners, historians, artists, and activists to discuss how Pakistan's cities are changing, and how these changes result in human costs and possibilities. Participants covered a wide range of topics from art, literature, and film to urban governance and economic practices, many centering on the host city of Karachi. Each presentation pointed out promising directions for future research that could valuably contribute to Pakistan studies as a whole.
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