At the ‘Protein Futures’ panel on December 15, I will discuss futures, SF, imagination, and alternative dietary proteins with Moritz Ingwersen (TUD), Rodrigo Morais (UFPR) and Patrick Weir (Protein matters project). This event is hosted by Frank Müller and Judith Miggelbrink (heads of the Protein Matters project).
TU Dresden Hörsaalzentrum, HSZ/201/U
Thu, Dec 15, 2022 – 5.30 to 7:30 pm
At the 2022 RC21 conference 'Ordinary Cities in Exceptional Times' in Athens, I hosted a double session together with Cristina Mattiucci (UNINA Naples). Federica Duca, Lore Janssens & Alex Govers Pijoan, Frank Müller, Roberta Pacelli,…
'European cities: Modernity, race and colonialism', edited by Noa K. Ha and Giovanni Picker, and including my essay on Parochial imaginations, is out now at Manchester University Press. You are cordially invited to a book…
Ursachen und Hintergründe für das Erstarken extrem rechter Politik werden in Wissenschaft und Medien intensiv diskutiert. Dabei fehlt es gerade in wissenschaftlichen Debatten zumeist an qualitativen Analysen und differenzierten räumlichen Betrachtungen jenseits von Stadt-Land- oder…
Talk by Cristina Mattiucci (UNINA) and Anke Schwarz (TU Dresden) Over the past decade, the idea of ‘urban decorum’ has gained traction in contemporary Italian streets and squares. Though reminiscent of earlier debates on securitization…
On November 18 and 19, 2021, the RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group held its ‘Cities of Hope’ annual conference. The event brought scholars and activists together to explore what more just cities might look like, tackling issues ranging from gender-based and racial forms of violence to housing injustices.
On Nov 18, I chaired an inspiring session with Veda Popovici and Michele Lacione entitled ‘The false symmetry of research-activism. Towards accompliceship and undercommon praxis’ on their joint work in Bucharest with the Common Front for Housing Rights (FCDL). It has been featured in the ‘It started raining’ documentary (https://www.ainceputploaia.com), and the https://jurnaldinvulturilor50.org blog – take a look.
You can find more information about the RGS-IGB Urban Geography Research Group by visiting our website and you can follow our activities on twitter @UGRGRGS
Dual session at RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2021 Chairs: Anke Schwarz (TU Dresden) and Monika Streule (ETH Zürich) Today, many scholars are aware of the theoretically well-founded need to work towards more decentred urban knowledge production.…
Panel session at RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2021 Chairs: Anke Schwarz (TU Dresden) and Jan Simon Hutta (University of Bayreuth) The far right has long been organizing across national borders, from European fascists and white-supremacist advocates…
Hydraulic standby: Anticipating water in Mexico City, my paper for the Standby: Organizing modes of in|activity special issue of ephemera was published today. abstract Even in cities where taps are installed in virtually all homes,…