Urban Encounters. A workshop on the past, present and future of the city with Prof. Wolfgang Braungart (Bielefeld), Sept. 21

Urban Encounters. A workshop on the past, present and future of the city with Prof. Wolfgang Braungart (Bielefeld), Sept. 21

September 21, 2023, 2-6 PM

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Program

2:00-2:10         Arrival, Coffee

2:10-2:20         Opening Remarks (Christine Lehleiter)

The City as a Space where Past and Present meet (Moderation Maria Harutyunyan)

2:20-2:30         Miriam Borden: “Derhoybene, dokh tronloze getronte: Sublime, yet thronelessly enthroned”: Shimon Nepom and the Modernizing Toronto Cityscape

2:30-2:40         Virginia Shewfelt: Reimagining Perpetrator Sites in Berlin

The City as a Space of Nature Encounters (Moderation Rita Laszlo)

2:45-2:55         John Evjen: Racoon City

2:55-3:05         Stefan Soldovieri: Urban encounters, critical zones

3:05-3:20         Coffee Break

The City as a Space for Social Interaction (Moderation Christine Lehleiter)

3:20-3:30         Florian Müller: Frankfurt, a new Athens? Henri Estienne, Marx Mangold, and the Frankfurt book fair

3:30-3:55         Wolfgang Braungart: Stadt von heute – Stadt der Zukunft. Bestandsaufnahme, Probleme, Ideen

4:00-5:15         Roundtable: A Future for the City – A City for the Future

Organizing Committee: Maria Harutyunyan, Rita Laszlo, Christine Lehleiter