Migration created and shaped cities wordlwide, without migration cities wouldn't exist. In times of severe turmoil, what kind of spatial changes by migration take place in cities? In this course we will research and discuss these changes, everyday culture, artistic and activistic practices. Furthermore, we will examine specific forms of art and architecture, evoked by society and migration related transformations. These diverse spatial dynamics will be critically reflected. Within this context, students will choose a topic on which to write a scientific seminar paper. Thereby, different transdisciplinary methods and art-based research will be tested. 

Migration, City, Space : Inbetween - Spaces of Arival / Borders / Informal Spaces /.../...

RETTUNG EUROPAS Zentrum für politische Schönheit Foto: ©Nick Jaussi

Diverse practices, applied by various actors, emerge as reactions to the dynamics of changing political landscapes. We will observe the impact of these practices while exploring the position of the arts and their effect on transitional landscapes. What kind of new space emerges when migrants, artists and activists take over spaces? Which forms of collaboration determine the complex landscape?

Based on examples of migration in the past in Europe and rest of the world, we want to approach the subject, further more we will also discuss the current streams of fleeing people and constructional and structural reactions at the EU borders. As a consequence of various contemporary events, which determine the working environments of architects and artists, this seminar connects chosen political changes with current spatial phenomena. It is inevitable that attention will be channelled on the spaces in-between, inside, as well as outside the (cultural, national, political...) borders.

The main components of the seminar are research camp, drawing text and writing studio. Different ways of transferring and sharing ideas will be explored.

Concept:

Amila Širbegovic and Anna Kokalanova

 

Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper: http://www.tuwien.ac.at/fileadmin/t/ukanzlei/t-ukanzlei-english/Plagiarism.pdf
Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper: Directive concerning the handling of plagiarism (PDF)Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper: Directive concerning the handling of plagiarism (PDF)

Seminar work, 40,000 charachters

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Baubäck, Rainer und Faist, Thomas. Diaspora and Transnationalism: Concepts, Theories and Methods. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010

Bhabha, Homi H. Die Verortung der Kultur. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2011

Bittner, Regina und Hackenbroich, Wilfried und Vöckler, Kai (Hg./Ed.). Transnational Spaces Transnationale Räume. Dessau: Edition Bauhaus, Eine Reihe der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, Band 25, 2007

Charim, Isolde und Auer Borea, Gertraud (Hg.). Lebensmodell Diaspora. Über moderne Nomaden. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2012

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Glick Schiller, Nina und Caglar, Ayse. "Towards a Comparative Theory of Locality in Migration Studies: Migrant Incorporation and City Scale". In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 35(2), p.177-202

Gürses, Hakan und Kogoj, Cornelia und Mattl, Sylvia (Hg.). Gastarbajteri, 40 Jahre Arbeitsmigration. Wien: Mandelbaum Verlag, 2004

Hause, Susanne und Kamleithner, Christa und Meyer, Roland (Hg.). Architekturwissen. Grundlagentexte aus den Kulturwissenschaften, Zur Logistik des sozialen Raums, Band 2. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2013

Hillmann, Felicitas. Marginale Urbanität - Migrantisches Unternehmertum und Stadtentwicklung. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2011

Krasny, Elke und Irene Nierhaus (Hrsg.). Urbanografien, Stadtforschung in Kunst, Architektur und Theorie. Berlin: Reimer Verlag GmbH, 2008.

Novy, Andreas und Habersack, Sarah. "Wissensallianzen für Eine Stadt für alle -  in ihrer Verschiedenheit." In: dérive Zeitschrift für Stadtforschung, Ausgabe Nummer 40-41, Wien, S.178-183

Yildiz, Erol und Hill, Marc. Nach der Migration, Postmigrantische Perspektiven jenseits der Parallelgesellschaft. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2015

Yildiz, Erol und Mattausch, Birgit (Hrsg.). Urban Recycling. Migration als Großstadt-Ressource. Basel-Boston-Berlin: Birkhäuser Verlag, 2008