Dátum/Idő
10.16. - 10.17. All Day
Kategória(k)
Rethinking the Concept of Density
Workshop. 16-17 October 2015, Budapest, MÜSZI
The focus of the workshop is a revisit of the topic »City Density«, which has for a long time been part of debates and is now regaining the interest of different disciplines. To give consideration to versatile approaches, the special aim of this 2-days program is to expand the traditional fields of urban studies by including ongoing debates within art, cultural studies and humanities.
In search for experimental spatial and temporal concepts of density, reflecting on shapes and forms of their appearance, situational qualities, but also inhabitants’ experiences and body concepts, the workshop addresses possible entanglements of different approaches and concepts concerning density. In an interplay of models, coping strategies and results deriving from artistic research, but also from other contexts, such as music ethnology, Rethinking the Concept of Density aims at reframing and widening the perspectives of urban research towards urban density.
The core questions to be discussed are:
1. How do artistic research and the disciplines, such as cultural anthropology et al. reflect on the different layers of density? What is the significance of experimental practices in relation to urban density?
2. What could be the potentials of connecting approaches, methodologies and formats from artistic research to urban practices? How could they contribute to an understanding of spatial configurations, temporalities, informal practices, cultural representations?
3. How is density thought within local contexts of urban structures and city spaces? How do site-specific concepts and experiences address the topic?
4. How do different approaches of density affect body concepts, social relations and lived experiences?
The workshop is supported by the Austrian-Hungarian Action Fund.
The list of presentations and names of invited experts with the detailed program will be announced on the 1st of October 2015, at the following website: urbanartresearch.wordpress.com
Participation based on registration: editors.density.publication@gmail.com