Attention: new date Kick-off on Oct 19, 2018, 3:30 PM
Transfer:
Transmission, Translation, Transformation
The scholarly exchange is an established practice. Scientific work is first positioned, presented and put up for discussion within one's own discipline and the associated theoretical standpoints and methodical practices. After that, follows a phase of the critical debate: by the clients, supervisors, reviewers. This pattern can be observed for research reports, PhD theses, habilitations and during the review process for peer-reviewed journals and grant applications. This phase of critical but constructive peer feedback will be addressed in the Peer Review Colloquium course. The participants and the teachers will alternately assume the role of the presenter and the respondent. One of the main goals of the course is to provide critical and constructive feedback in a group setting.
Transfer:
Transmission, Translation, Transformation
The winter term 2018/19 will be dedicated to the subject of 'transfer'. Discursive and social processes constantly shape the production and use of architecture as well as cities. Ideas, concepts, attitudes and beliefs, as well as typologies and planning tools, are constantly being transferred and modified in new contexts. The subject matter of 'transfer' includes the complex relationship between the built environment and its analogue and digital media of representation. During the semester, we will analyse and discuss the notions of transfer, translation and transformation: For this purpose, we will use seminal as well as cutting-edge texts dedicated to the exchange of concepts and networking among actors, including: Anthony B. King: 'The Bungalow' (1995), articles in the journal 'Architecture Beyond Europe', Burcu Dogramaci: 'Kulturtransfer und nationale Identität' (2008), Mari Hvattum, Anne Hultzsch (ed.): 'The Printed and the Built' (2018), Esra Akcan: 'Architecture in Translation' (2012) etc.
Participants are required to analyse and present selected texts. The course will be held alternately in English and German.
The text analysis follows a scheme provided by us. Accordingly, the inner structure of the text is to be uncovered, and the 'storyline' briefly summarized and crucial and analyzed. Literature reviews are an integral part of the research work and are at the beginning or accompany the research process. Course leaders Maja Lorbek and Michael Klein will carry out an exemplary text analysis and present it during the kick-off meeting.
Guest Impust will complement the seminar. Lukasz Stanek, an expert in the research of transfers within the architectural context will be here for a public lecture and a workshop for participants of the seminar.
Presentations/ Responses,
attendance
The attendance of the one-day seminary and the lectures is mandatory.
