PhD Student, (he/him)
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Culture & History
- Social & Political Geography
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
- 2020-2021