Platform for Architectural Transfers in the Indian Ocean rim
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PATIO
CONVERSATIONS
PATIO Conversations are open to all; we aim to meet once a month, and scholars get an opportunity
to share their work in progress. These presentations may be on a topic of their choice, which may
relate to one or more of PATIO’s thematic umbrellas, or even critically reconsider and reconfigure our
definition of particular themes. Participants may include independent scholars, Master's students, or
aspiring PhD students as well as postdoctoral researchers who can contribute as speakers or choose
to be an active part of the audience. Each such conversation foregrounds two scholars presenting
their work for 20 minutes, followed by feedback from relevant respondents invited by the PATIO team
in relation to the topic, and finally opening the discussion out to the larger audience. As such, PATIO
Conversations offers a platform for critical dialogue while both disseminating recently completed work
and providing mentorship to aspirant researchers, including potential PhD candidates. These sessions
provide researchers with the resources to further their work related to the state of the field by involving
active experts and engaging with current bodies of relevant work, published or otherwise.
PATIO
Conversations is directed by Saptarshi Sanyal and Sarah Melsens with the help of Thematic directors
and Coordinators.