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Omar Ferwati

Omar Ferwati is the Head of Research Management at Forensic Architecture where he is involved in developing and applying spatial methods for human rights investigations. His investigations have ranged from airstrikes and colonial violence in Palestine to environmental racism in Namibia. His own research is currently about how civilians use architecture to survive urban warfare and other crises. He trained as an architect in Canada and has worked at several architecture practices internationally. Omar previously taught at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

Summer Conference Event
 — Class

Locating State Violence: OSINT and Geolocation. Hands-On. [B]

This workshop is an introduction to the principles and techniques of Forensic Architecture and open-source human rights investigations more broadly. This session will cover open-source research and geolocation, as well as basic media and spatial analysis.
Head of Research Management at Forensic Architecture
forensic-architecture.org
@ForensicArchi
@OmarFerwati