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Constance Smith is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, specializing in anthropology and architecture with a focus on urban change and temporality. Her research explores how shifting landscapes, buildings, and planning infrastructure influence engagement with the past and anticipation of the future. Smith has conducted extensive fieldwork in African cities, including Nairobi, Kampala, and Addis Ababa, as well as urban placemaking in London. In 2019, she began a UKRI Future Leader Fellowship project that investigates the materiality of high-rise buildings in London and Nairobi, bringing a comparative approach that combines global urban theory with material culture studies and ethnography. Her work emphasizes community solidarity and the afterlives of buildings, highlighting the social dynamics that reshape urban landscapes. Smith actively collaborates with local communities and urban practitioners, aiming to reimagine urban futures through interdisciplinary research and creative practice.
University of Manchester • Manchester, ENG
Teaching and conducting research in anthropology and urban studies.
Includes MSc in Advanced Electrical Power Systems and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing.