Assoc prof @nus_ari Architecture/Environment/STS. Working on 1. technopolitics of air-conditioning in Asia, or #thermalgovernance & 2. #everydaymodernism

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We are so thrilled to share that Everyday Modernism was awarded the 2023 Colvin Prize by @TheSAHGB. The citation reads: “The judges agreed that the collective endeavour of Jiat-Hwee Chang, Justin Zhuang and Darren Soh had created a book that was conceptually excellent, broad 1/3
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We are pleased to announce that the The Colvin Prize 2023 was awarded to Jiat-Hwee Chang, Justin Zhuang, and Darren Soh for "Everyday Modernism: Architecture and Society in Singapore." An outstanding work of reference of use and value to architectural historians!
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Prof. Jiat-Hwee Chang (@jiathwee) & Dr. Stefan Huebner join @nus_ari for their workshop titled "(De)Carbonizing Asia: Histories and Futures of Energy, Space, and Infrastructure" Nov 21-22 tinyurl.com/283e4ehx #SoutheastAsia #ClimateChange #Environmental #energyefficiency
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Our special issue on “Heat and the City: Thermal Control, Governance and Health in Urban Asia” in Urban Studies is finally published after almost three years in the making following a workshop at @nus_ari. See journals.sagepub.com/toc/usj…. 🧵1/4
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From the politics of heat action planning to the inequities of urban heat island effect, from the relationships between thermal material culture and social lives to the connections between thermal rights to air-conditioning and shade and forms of citizenship. 3/4
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Many thanks to my collaborators and the contributors for their support and patience! They include @nha3383 @adkhandekar @CJCourtneyWuhan @MacktoomSoha 4/4
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Special issue guest editors Gregory Clancey, @jiathwee and Liz PY Chee introduce the forthcoming special issue: #Heat and the City: #Thermal Control, Governance and Health in Urban Asia ow.ly/79NB50U22F4
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Caught a glimpse of the man with a feather duster (mentioned in a text by G Gunel on Masdar?) at NYUAD before D Tang, S Huebner and I had our 1st presentation from our (De)Carbonizing Asia project at the excellent conference on “Material and Visual World of Oilinfrastructure”
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organised by Nelida Fuccaro and Mattin Biglari. The ungated fortress in the desert was designed by NYC-based Rafael Viñoly Architects and it has a “high line” too! #presentingonoilinanoilstate
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New special issue paper by @jiathwee develops the concept of #ThermalGovernance as a way to think critically about urbanisation and the management of #heat at a time of climate change ow.ly/Ck7e50TLL4Q #Doha
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New special issue article by @jiathwee: Thermal governance, urban metabolism and carbonised comfort: Air-conditioning and urbanisation in the Gulf and Doha ow.ly/Ck7e50TLL4Q #ThermalGovernance #GulfCities
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ARI is hiring! We're looking for a full-time Research Fellow to work on a major research project funded by the Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC) SG under its Thematic Grant programme 'Climate Governance of Nature-based Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia' buff.ly/4dGP8zP
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Looking forward to hosting the guest lectures by Cole Roskam and Chatri Prakitnonthakan on “Architecture and Politics in Transnational Asia” next Thursday @NUSingapore cde.nus.edu.sg/arch/news_and…
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Looking forward to share the latest iteration of my work-in-long-progress on “Thermal Governance and Citizenship” at Humboldt U Berlin Georg Simmel Center for Urban Studies’ Think and Drink series in few weeks’ time. gsz.hu-berlin.de/de/think-an…
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What/why is urban heat good to think with? Spending time with French and NUS colleagues workshopping in Paris after some research time in Doha. #thermalgovernance #thermalcitizenship #blowinghotandcold
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A joint workshop on urban heat island and critical environmental threshold. Register here if interested — 0y0lx.mjt.lu/nl3/J7c6Ue7VLzo…
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Thanks to CDE colleagues, my class on “(De)Carbonizing Spaces” visited the “Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed” in campus today to learn about various experimental energy-efficient techniques of cooling data servers. #thermalcapitalism #DataCenter
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Me listening to @nytimes The Daily podcast on the history of AC, when the reporter recalls how heat in Chicago was no big deal in the 1990s because people could just hang out in their cool brick apartment building. Was her family at their beach house in 1995?

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The STS Cluster at @nus_ari is looking for a postdoctoral fellow with research interests at the intersections of STS and environmental humanities. Please share! careers.nus.edu.sg/job-invit…

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Very cool article by @straits_times on the evolution & architecture of public housing (HDB) buildings in Singapore, with impressive data viz / graphics. Kudos to their team! 👏 The article also features my department colleague @jiathwee straitstimes.com/multimedia/… @stvisuals1
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The Dept of Architecture at NUS is inviting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in history and theory of architecture. Please share widely 😊 careers.nus.edu.sg/NUS/job/C…

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