Aurash Khawarzad
Member
Aurash Khawarzad is an Artist, Educator, and Urban Planner. His work uses a combination of research, creative practice, and multi-disciplinary collaboration, as a means of visioning communities. Most recently he created The Upper Manhatta(n) Project, a model for creating resilience to climate change. He is originally from Virginia and has been practicing in New York City since 2009. You can see more of his work here.
Email: [email protected]
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Projects
2020 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Projects
Climate Justice Hub
Advancing equitable climate solutions led by communities of color on the front lines of climate breakdown.
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Countermapping the Humanities
This survey is an effort to learn from CUNY’s public humanities scholars, and their community partners, how scholar-activism, public higher education, and knowledge from lived experience can shape the future of public humanities.
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2020 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Projects
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The Urban Research Prototype
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A People’s Climate Plan for New York?
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