Hours Beirut

11/06/2020

MAINTENANCE AND THE INTERNET // Jillian C. York work with examining the state and corporate censorship and its impact on culture and human rights at Electronic Frontiers Foundation‘s (EFF). At Hours Beirut she’s talked about how to we keep the internet open and safe, and why this is important.

Based in Berlin, Jillian work with examining state and corporate censorship and its impact on culture and human rights at Electronic Frontiers Foundation‘s (...

08/06/2020

MAINTENANCE AND THE INTERNET // Nicolas Sera-Leyva works in the human rights and technology realm. In his talk from Hours Beirut, he explores how the architecture of the internet influences and governs identities, and how we as humans can maintain the safety and agency of our virtual selves.

Nicolas works in the human rights and technology realm. At Hours Beirut, he explored how the architecture of the internet influences and governs identities, ...

04/06/2020

DESIGNING FOR MAINTENANCE & CIRCULARITY // From working on the Circular IKEA team Dominique Fularski talked about circular product design, circular customer experience, innovation and sourcing of materials, and the development of a circular supply chain.

Dominique heads communications for Circular IKEA, a sustainability initiative transforming the company into a global leader in circular business and sustaina...

02/06/2020

DESIGNING FOR MAINTENANCE & CIRCULARITY // From her perspective as a Circular Business Design Lead Arianne Orillac (Ideo, London) presented what IDEO's Circular Design Guide is and how it can be utilized as a method to build healthy models for businesses and creative output.

Based at Ideo’s London office, Arianne works with businesses around the world to help them design sustainably. At Hours Beirut, she presented what IDEO's Cir...

27/05/2020

SEEING VALUE IN WHAT IS ALREADY HERE // Food waste expert and hunger relief hero Maya Terro (, Beirut) talked about her approach to upcycling food that is on its way to the dump and at the same time reducing the number of hungry people in Lebanon

Maya runs a Beirut based hunger-relief and food-rescue initiative. At Hours Beirut she talked about her approach to upcycling food waste and the importance o...

25/05/2020

SEEING VALUE IN WHAT IS ALREADY HERE // In this talk architect and urban designer Monica Basbous (Public Works, Beirut) shared her research on public space in Beirut and methods on how to maintain that are not being considered financially valuable

Drawing from research on public space Monica will share methods on how to communicate and maintain the value of spaces that are not being recognized as valua...

22/05/2020

WHAT IS MAINTENANCE? - Sociologist Lara Houston opened the Hours Beirut 2019 seminar by introducing maintenance theory. In sharing cases from her research, she contextualizes the act of maintenance and talk about why repair matters.

Lara opened the Hours Beirut seminar by introducing maintenance theory. In sharing cases from her research she’ll contextualize the act of maintenance and ta...

22/05/2020

It's been almost a year since we shared wonderful moments in Beirut. We had hoped to invite you for a second edition of Hours already in 2020, but a lot have come into play for the beautiful Lebanese capital, Beirut, and all over the world with the coronavirus.

In October 2019, Lebanon witnessed a people's revolution, where people called for an end to a corrupted government, and demanded better management of the country that continues to be economically struggling as a result of the corruption.

It is the people of Lebanon that bring the flamboyant life to the hours of Beirut, the way they maintain their rich culture through passion, hard work, and kindness is what's make it such a unique place. Much along the lines of the theme of Hours Beirut 2019: Maintenance; Beirut is a city that thrives on the maintenance work of everyone calling it home.

We hope to see you another year. We miss being able to hang out and gain new insights in meatspace with all of you. In the meantime, take a look at the nine talks from the 2019 seminar as well as plenty of photos from the city exploration that is available on our site. https://buff.ly/2Xd3SkI

Photo Courtesy of Garance Perett as seen in Beirut Beirut during Hours Beirut 2019

20/06/2019

This is Mona El-Hallak. She kicked of the City Exploration day in the best possible way with her determination and great work to maintain and reinforce quality of public space. Among other things she’s an architect and the director of American University Beirut’s Neighbourhood Initiative. @ Beirut, Lebanon