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Severed Spaces: Memory, Identity & Power
“What if your sense of self was shaped by the spaces you inhabit? And what if those spaces were designed to control you?”
With the highly anticipated Season 2 of Severance dropping tomorrow, we have prepared a blog post on AZHJ website for tomorrow, in the blog we will break down the show’s unsettling reality—one that mirrors our own.

You will learn tomorrow how:

🔹 The show’s eerie, minimalist office isn't just aesthetic—it’s a metaphor for how space shapes power, labour & autonomy in our cities.�🔹 Neoliberalism has turned spaces into profit-driven tools, marginalising those who don’t fit the mould.�🔹 Foucault’s panopticon lives on: today’s smart cities & surveillance tech subtly discipline us without our knowing.

📍 From brutalist hallways to corporate control, our built environment dictates more than we think.

What spaces make you feel trapped or liberated? Stay tuned to find out tomorrow!

It was an honour to host Middlebury College at AZHJ to discuss the roots of spatial inequalities in Amman through an international lens of Urbanism, Economics and Mobility.

Thank you Dr Deyala for always pushing the envelope.

If interested, please send us your email and a sample of your work.