This summer school explored possibilities and limitations of participatory action research as an empowering catalyst for the constitution of city publics. The school was conducted in five teams, each engaged in one of five learning fields. Each team of six students was supported by a local actor, a keynote speaker, a member of the local scientific team and an European scholar. The learning fields were:
A) Beyond participatory discourse and processHow can inclusive planning practices stimulate emancipatory design approaches, unravel latent needs and empower local groups? What kind of organization principles and tools would best support such practices? How to promote public space as a crossroads for open-source, open-process and open-end change? How can fairness, equity and tolerance be incorporated into planning and design practice in order to guarantee the socially just redistribution of public resources? Keynote: Burcu Yigit Turan
European scholar (AESOP): Julia Wildeis Local actor: Gemeinsame Landwirtschaft Wilde Rauke Local scientific team member: Theresa Schütz Students: …………………………….. FINAL PRESENTATION, 4 September 2014
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B) Between emancipatory practices and everyday lifeTo what extent have planners and designers already acknowledged and worked with the existing resources and experiences that communities and neighbourhoods usually provide? How can transdisciplinary thinking be integrated into the politics of planning and urban design already at an early stage? Finally: How shall planning processes be designed to make another vision of everyday life possible, thus relating to existing potentials of space, and its social and cultural context? How can urban professionals reach, respect and actively involve local people and groups? Keynote: Jeff Hou
European scholar (AESOP): Maria Anita Palumbo & Olivier Boucheron Local actor: IGL-Marchfeldkanal Local scientific team member: Angelika Gabauer Students: …………………………….. FINAL PRESENTATION, 4 September 2014 „WALK!“ |
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C) The material, the mental and the lived spaceTo what extent can lived space experiences inform processes of envisioning public space in planning and design? How do the imaginaries and material culture of urban societies influence planning and design for public space? To what extent does planning and design education stimulate the meaningful production of everyday spaces? How are built and lived spaces represented in the media and in discourses about urban development of the Gasworks Leopoldau? Keynote: Anja Steglich (replacing Angela Million)
European scholar (AESOP): Gabriela Esposito de Vita Local actor: CIT Collective Local scientific team member: Tihomir Viderman Students: …………………………….. FINAL PRESENTATION, 4 September 2014 |
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D) Cultural practices creating alternative valuesWhat are the potentials and means of the collective production of public space? How can local everyday cultural practices (beyond the arts) be integrated into a comprehensive planning process? How do local communities and socially innovative agents foster solidary practices of sharing and fair resource distribution? Keynote: Anton Lederer
European scholar (AESOP): Dafne Berc & Branimir Rajcic Local actor: spacelab_umwelt Strebersdorf Local scientific team member: Emanuela Semlitsch Students: …………………………….. FINAL PRESENTATION, 4 September 2014 |
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E) Between everyday life and scientific insightsHow do scientific findings and innovations affect the (materializing) patterns of everyday life? Vice versa, to what extent can the manifold social spaces and spatial practices revealed in public places serve as analytical fields for gaining new knowledge about urban societies and urban space in transition? And what are the core features to enhance social innovation in public planning and community design? Keynote: Rob Shields
European scholar (AESOP): Iva Marčetić & Bojan Mucko Local actor: Laboratoire dérive Local scientific team member: Sabine Knierbein Students: …………………………….. FINAL PRESENTATION, 4 September 2014
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