Rouzbeh Akhbari

PhD Student, (he/him)

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

Political Ecology, Geographies of Informal Trade, Border Geographies, Infrastructure.

Working Dissertation

Supervisors

Prof. Matthew Farish

Biography

Rouzbeh Akhbari's research-driven artistic and geographic practice exists at the intersections of storytelling, political ecology, hauntology and discourses of critical infrastructure. Through a delicate examination of the violences and intimacies at the boundaries of lived experience and constructed histories, he uncover the minutiae of power that regiments the social and built structures around us.

Education

BFA. Sculpture & Installation [OCAD University]
MFA. Visual Studies [University of Toronto school of Architecture, Landscape and Design]

Cohort