Professor of Architecture and Visual Culture, UCL Urban Laboratory 

Situated between art and architectural practice, Nishat Awan’s research and writing focus on the intersection of geopolitics and space, including questions related to diasporas, migration and border regimes. She is interested in modes of spatial representation, particularly in relation to the digital and the limits of witnessing as a form of ethical engagement with distant places. She has led the ERC-funded project, Topological Atlas, which aims to produce visual counter-geographies of the fragile movements of migrants as they encounter the security apparatus of the border. Currently, she is Professor of Architecture and Visual Culture at UCL Urban Laboratory. 

 

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