Behzad Sarmadi
Biographic Data
| ID | 182761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Behzad Sarmadi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Behzad |
| FAMILY NAME | Sarmadi |
| SIGNATURE | SARMADI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. His dissertation research examines the intersection of splintering urbanism, financialization, and migration. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Digital Literacy
Youth media consumption and disordered eating practices have historically been subjects of moral panics, often resulting in protective, deficit-based interventions like content removal. We argue for interventions which instead equip youth to evaluate and manage risks in their online environments, building upon their existing “information sensibility” practices. Drawing upon ethnographic research and intervention testing with 77 participants in th…
Following a 'standstill
This article addresses Dubai's recent financial crisis, bringing an ethnographic approach to 'financialization'. It does so by repurposing the financial concept of 'standstill'. Focusing on the consequences of the Dubai government's infamous 'standstill announcement', in late 2009, it argues that unpacking the literal and figurative registers of this concept offers insights into the political economy and lived experiences of financial crises
Bachelor’ in the City
This article examines the ‘bachelor’ as a key figure in Dubai's emergent urbanism. The recent surge in Dubai's population has seen the specter of a ‘demographic imbalance’ increasingly invoked in public discourse. Buttressing this discourse was a campaign to tackle ‘overcrowding’ by the municipality, at a time when its authority was being challenged by the so-called master developers planning ‘New Dubai’ in the urban periphery. The ‘bachelor’, I …
Beyond Digital Literacy
Youth media consumption and disordered eating practices have historically been subjects of moral panics, often resulting in protective, deficit-based interventions like content removal. We argue for interventions which instead equip youth to evaluate and manage risks in their online environments, building upon their existing “information sensibility” practices. Drawing upon ethnographic research and intervention testing with 77 participants in th…
Bachelor’ in the City
This article examines the ‘bachelor’ as a key figure in Dubai's emergent urbanism. The recent surge in Dubai's population has seen the specter of a ‘demographic imbalance’ increasingly invoked in public discourse. Buttressing this discourse was a campaign to tackle ‘overcrowding’ by the municipality, at a time when its authority was being challenged by the so-called master developers planning ‘New Dubai’ in the urban periphery. The ‘bachelor’, I …
Following a 'standstill
This article addresses Dubai's recent financial crisis, bringing an ethnographic approach to 'financialization'. It does so by repurposing the financial concept of 'standstill'. Focusing on the consequences of the Dubai government's infamous 'standstill announcement', in late 2009, it argues that unpacking the literal and figurative registers of this concept offers insights into the political economy and lived experiences of financial crises
Beyond Digital Literacy
Youth media consumption and disordered eating practices have historically been subjects of moral panics, often resulting in protective, deficit-based interventions like content removal. We argue for interventions which instead equip youth to evaluate and manage risks in their online environments, building upon their existing “information sensibility” practices. Drawing upon ethnographic research and intervention testing with 77 participants in th…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Architecture (1 work) · Bachelor (1 work) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (1 work) · Child Development and Digital Technology (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)