***Prof. Dr. Sabine Knierbein, Visiting Professor in Urban Studies 2021 Dr. Marie Glaser, Prof. Dr. Setha Low, Elina Kränzle MSc , with further guest inputs by Prof. Dr. Barbara Schönig and further colleagues (tbc)***
Approaching the field from variegated professional biographies, public space researchers around the world have recently engaged in a more systematic exchange with each other in a community of scholars having worked for decades in cross-disciplinary fashion: Disciplines like urban anthropology, urban and cultural sociology, human, social and cultural geography, political science, yet as well disciplines pertaining to the fields of the spatial arts (architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, fine arts, …) have all contributed diverse bodies of knowledge, both conceptual and methodological, to the field of urban studies. With a focus on an analysis of lived space and urban everyday life in relation to changing patterns of urbanization, different study programs/centers have emerged in the recent decade(s): Two research groups – one in urban anthropology and the other in environmental psychology – at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA with a focus on public space research and broader aspects of urbanization (Prof. Dr. Setha Low),, the Institute for European Urban Studies at Bauhaus Universität Weimar with a special expertise at the intersection of urban studies and housing studies (Prof. Dr. Barbara Schönig), the Habitat Unit at the Institute of Architecture of Technische Universität Berlin with an emphasis on architecture, social infrastructure and informal settlements as well as the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Technische Universität Wien in Vienna, Austria (Prof. Dr. Sabine Knierbein), among others. The seminar aims to bring doctoral students affiliated with TU Wien in contact with peers and supervisors of these universities. Through realizing a range of e-colloquia, we will set a focus on the study of urban everyday life and lived space, on public space and urban studies, in connection to the relating expertise and emphasis at these universities. In a concerted effort, we will exchange views, discuss approaches, share passions about cities, and learn from one another about current challenges of urbanization (during and beyond pandemic times), seen through the prisms of public space, housing, social infrastructure and everyday life. In lively and creative bilateral conversations, supervisors will jointly reflect on their ways of how they found themselves working in the field of urban studies.
The course contents will be provided by interweaving two approaches: (1) In each of the planned doctoral exchange encounters between two (or more) institutions, supervisors will engage in a moderated introductory dialogue about contemporary challenges of urbanization (before, during and beyond the pandemic) with emphasis being placed respectively at public space, housing, social infrastructure and everyday life. (2) Throughout the course, participating doctoral students will present, discuss and improve the narrative of their thesis projects as regards their diverse individualresearch interests, motivations, designs and strategies, and concerning approaches to collective work that help them find relevance and robustness in their research. Bringing both supervisor perspectives and students particular themes to the fore, the seminar aims at creating a vivid dialogue between motivated researchers in different cities and countries.
Wed 3rd March 2021, 2pm, Unit 1
Course Introduction
Teaching Team: Sabine Knierbein and Elina Kränzle
Fri 5th March 2021, 6pm, Unit 2
Guest e-Lecture Sabine Knierbein at the e-conversations of the Public Space Research Group, City University New York: Quo Vadis Public Space? Conceptual explorations of lived space and everyday life in urban studies“
Zoom Link: https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/83988004137?pwd=SU5hT2lrUStDK3Exa1BqUmM4RXVQZz09
Teaching Team: Sabine Knierbein
Wed 14th April 2021, 11am, Unit 3
Presentation of ETH Case Approach, Institute for Landscape and Urban Studies, towards Urban Studies, Marie Glaser and
Teaching Team: Marie Glaser, Elina Kränzle
Wed 14th April 2021, 2pm, Unit 4
Preparing for the forthcoming colloquia
Teaching Team: Elina Kränzle and Sabine Knierbein
31st March, 7pm CET
Public Space Research - International Perspectives OSTA LECTURE
Please register for the event here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sf-CsqDMpGtPYpsfq7U9lXlQH6dJQiUDT (make sure to enter the same email address as the one associated with your Zoom account) If you do not yet have a zoom account, you can obtain a free account here: https://zoom.us/freesignup/
Teaching Team: Sabine Knierbein
Thur 10th June 2021, 3pm, Units 5 and 6
Joint e-colloquium CUNY, New York and TUW, Vienna
Joint Colloquium Opening & Introductory Conversation S. Low and S. Knierbein
Moderation: Elina Kränzle (TUW)
Four short presentations (2 CUNY, 2 TUW)
Teaching Team: Setha Low, Sabine Knierbein
Fri 11th June 2021, 3pm, Units 7 and 8
Joint e-colloquium CUNY, New York and TUW, Vienna
Joint Wrap-Up Student Volunteer 1 (CUNY) and Student Volunteer 2 (TUW) of Day 1
Teaching Team: Setha Low, Sabine Knierbein and Elina Kränzle
Six short presentations (3 CUNY, 3 TUW)
Teaching Team: Setha Low, Sabine Knierbein, Elina Kränzle
Thur 17th June 2021, 9am, Units 9, 10 and 11
Joint colloquium BUW, Weimar and TUW, Vienna
Joint Colloquium Opening & Introductory Conversation B. Schönig and S. Knierbein
Moderation: Elina Kränzle
Three short presentations (2 BUW, 1 TUW)
Teaching Team: Barbara Schönig, Sabine Knierbein
Three short presentations (1 BUW, 2 TUW)
Teaching Team: Barbara Schönig, Sabine Knierbein
Four short presentations (2 BUW, 2 TUW)
Teaching Team: Barbara Schönig, Sabine Knierbein, Elina Kränzle
Mo 21st June 2021 (or Sat or Sun), 9am, Units 12 and 13
Joint e-colloquium TUB, Berlin and TUW, Vienna
Joint Colloquium Opening & Introductory Conversation P. Misselwitz and S. Knierbein
Teaching Team: Elina Kränzle (and optional: doctoral colleague from TUB, tbc)
pecha kucha format or other: Speed doctoral project presentations (5 TUB, 5 TUW)
Teaching Team: Sabine Knierbei
Joint Wrap-Up Student Volunteer 1 (TUB) and Student Volunteer 2 (TUW)
Teaching Team: Sabine Knierbein and Elina Kränzle
Wed 23rd June 2021, 2pm, Unit 14
Retrospective Tour d’horizon in urban studies – Conclusions and Further Prospects
Teaching Team: Elina Kränzle and Sabine Knierbein