Commoning amidst Disasters and Dysfunctional States: Actors and Governance of the Urban Recovery of Beirut
On June 16, 2023, Mona Harb gave a presentation at the Bartlett
Development Planning Unit (DPU)’s Dialogues in Development event titled
“Commoning amidst Disasters and Dysfunctional States: Actors and Governance of
the Urban Recovery of Beirut” at University College London. The presentation chronicled
the organizational response to the Beirut Port blast, mapping the diverse set
of actors who responded to the Beirut Port blast, examining their profiles,
modes of operation, collaborations and the range of goods and services they
provided. Harb’s presentation was based on a study co-led by the Beirut
Urban Lab (BUL) and The Policy Initiative (TPI) teams. The presentation was
concluded with reflections on the productive, yet contingent, role of organized
groups in advancing commoning in the gloomy context of disaster governance and
dysfunctional states.
You can listen to the full recording here.