Who Builds the Middle East?

Fifth Annual Global South Asia Conference
New York University, Stern School of Business
Tisch Building, 44 West 4th Street

16 Feb 2013
THE GLOBALIZATION OF SOUTH ASIA
CONTROVERSY, CRITIQUE, AND ACTIVISM

PANEL II A

The World of Work

David Ludden, “Labor Mobility: Perils, Profits, and Productivity”

“Who Builds the Middle East?”
(Gulf Labor is a coalition of artists, writers, curators, and
educators working to ensure migrant workers’ rights are protected
during the construction and maintenance of new cultural institutions
in Abu Dhabi. They are joined by Who Builds Your Architecture?, which
asks about architects’ responsibility toward the workers who construct
their buildings.)

Walid Raad, Haig Aivazian, Kadambari Baxi, Mariam Ghani, Naeem Mohaiemen.

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