Edinburgh College of Art, 19-20 June 2015
Funded by the IASH International and Interdisciplinary Research Network: New cultures of urban citizenship in Europe
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Thursday 18th June
8pm Welcome drinks and dinner for invited speakers
at Slighhouse
54 George IV Bridge, Old Town, Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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Friday, 19th June
Edinburgh College of Art Boardroom
Evolution House
78 Westport, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH1 2LE
T. 0131 221 6000
Programme
9.30am – Tea and Coffee
10am – 11.30am
Panel 1: What is urban citizenship?
- Presentation:Stacey Hunter & Richard Williams
- Round table: Christoph Lindner (University of Amsterdam), Peter Vermeersch (University of Leuven), Angela McClanahan (ECA), Faith Liddell (Festivals Edinburgh), Duncan Bremner (Citizen Curator)
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11.30am – 11.45am: Coffee break
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11.45am –1.15pm
Panel 2: Activist Aesthetics
- Presentation: Igor Stiks (ECA)
- Round table: Igor Stiks (moderator), Marko Aksentijevic (activist, The Ministry of Space, Belgrade), Srecko Horvat (writer and activist, Zagreb), Penny Travlou (ECA), Harry Weeks (ECA)
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1.15pm – 2pm: Lunch
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2pm – 3.30pm
Panel 3: Architecture and Democracy
- Presentation: Austin Williams (Xi’an Jiatong University, China / Liverpool University)
- Round table: Richard Williams (moderator, ECA), Dubravka Sekulic (Institute of History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zürich), Oli Mould (Royal Holloway, London), Stacey Hunter (New Met), Dominic Hinde (PostMag), Richard Anderson (ECA)
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3.30pm – 3.45pm: Coffee
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3.45pm – 5.15pm
Panel 4: Co-creating the city
- Presentation: Josien Pieterse (Network Democracy, Amsterdam)
- Round table: Tahl Kaminer (moderator, ECA), Janine Matheson (Creative Edinburgh), Sara Melson and Carol Hayes (Givrum, Copenhagen), Euan McMeeken, (Planning Officer, Edinburgh City), Tim Abrahams (Digital Editor @drawingmatter Co-publisher and Series Editor @machine_books).
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Friday Evening
6pm – 7.30pm Book launch: ‘Radical Politics and Citizenship in Europe: from the Balkans to Scotland’
Word Power Bookstore, 43-45 West Nicholson Street, EH8 9DB
- Speakers: Penny Travlou (Lecturer, Edinburgh College of Art), Srecko Horvat (philosopher and writer, Croatia) and Igor Stiks (researcher and writer, Edinburgh College of Art)
More information here
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8pm Dinner for invited speakers
at Spoon 6a Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DH, T. 0131 623 1752
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Saturday 20th June
11am – 12:30pm City Visit
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1:30pm – 3:30pm Working group: The Future of the Network (lunch will be served), Boardroom, ECA
Participants: Peter Vermeersch, Christoph Lindner, Austin Williams, Oli Mould, Dubravka Sekulic, Penny Travlou, Tahl Kaminer, Tiffany Jenkins, Stacey Hunter, Richard Williams and Igor Stiks
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