13. Newsletter | October 2024 | read in your Web Browser |
Dear colleagues,
dear friends of the CRC 1265!
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Welcome to the latest edition of the CRC 1265 newsletter!
We’re starting off the winter semester with the CRC’s 6th international conference entitled ‘Conflicts in Space – Spatial Conflicts’. It will take place on October 10th and 11th and will feature keynotes by Atsuro Morita, Teresa Koloma Beck and Arjun Appadurai. Meanwhile, the Theory Tandem, composed of PIs Nina Baur and Stefan Kirchner, is busy planning another international event: the workshop ‘Varieties of Refiguration?’ on November 21st and 22nd. This semester we will also welcome our next Journalist in Residence with Jonas Wahmkow (taz), as well as our first Artist in Residence, Simone Rueß!
Read more about these events and upcoming activities in this issue of the CRC 1265 Newsletter.
All the latest information can also be found on our homepage and on our social media channels!
We hope you enjoy reading!
The CRC 1265 Central Management Office
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Last semester saw a flurry of activity at the CRC 1265, from the book launch of Considering Space (published in our Routledge Book Series Re-Figuration of Space), with talks by contributors such as Walter Mignolo, to several workshops, including Spatial Arrangements and Multiple Spatialities and Empirical Theory of Science, as well as numerous lectures… In a book launch with Christian Schmid (ETH Zurich), we heard about his latest books Extended Urbanisation and Vocabularies for an Urbanizing Planet: Theory Building through Comparison. Together with Philippe Rekacewicz (University of Helsinki), Christian Schmid also hosted a hands-on “mapping clinic” to consult with CRC projects on their mapping projects. Meanwhile, Jennifer Robinson (UCL) discussed the benefits and challenges of comparative research designs for spatial studies with our project researchers in a “comparison clinic”.
Read up on these and other events in our website archive or check our Youtube channel for lecture recordings!
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News
We are very happy to welcome Jonas Wahmkow as our next Journalist in Residence. Jonas writes for both the local Berlin section and the national “Stadtland” section of the newspaper taz, covering a variety of topics with a spatial focus. He will join us for the month of October to gain a deeper understanding of our research and experiment with collaborative modes of journalistic text production.
We are also delighted to welcome our first Artist in Residence, Simone Rueß. Simone's artistic work has many intersections with the research of the CRC, exploring themes such as urban structures (Movement Space), home-making (INhabit) and biographical narratives (Space/Biography) through drawing, animation, video and objects. The collaborative artistic exchange will engage with questions of migration, displacement, translocality and the interconnectedness of space and temporality.
A warm welcome to both!
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Congratulations
Robert Vief has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation titled “Integrated neighborhoods, polarized schools. The patterns of residential and school segregation in Berlin, Germany”.
Miro Born’s (affiliated to the CRC since 2019) has won the Urban Studies Best Article Prize 2023 with his article The long shadow of territorial stigma has won. The prize is awarded by the editors of Urban Studies to the author of what they consider to be the most innovative and agenda-setting article published in a given year. Read the article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00420980221106340.
CRC 1265 PI Steffen Mau has been nominated for the Bavarian Book Prize 2024 in the non-fiction category with his book Ungleich vereint (Suhrkamp Verlag).
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This conference brings together scholars from different fields to explore conflicts related to space at all scales, from individual interactions to state-level disputes, and in different settings, such as cities and regions. Using the concept of refiguration, the conference aims to uncover general principles behind the spatial dynamics of social conflict. Keynote speakers include Arjun Appadurai (New York University), Teresa Koloma Beck (Helmut-Schmidt University) and Atsuro Morita (Osaka University).
Register until October 6th, 2024!
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Lecture: “Re-figuring timespace scapes. Mobility, localities, p(l)aces” by Felipe Torres (UC-Chile)
— 4pm-6pm, TU Berlin, Room BH-N 230 —
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— TU Berlin, Room BH-N 230—
Taking the spatial dimension of the economy as a core case, the conference will bring together different understandings and approaches to illuminate the relevance of space for economic activities. It will follow the proposition that the diversity and variety in empirical material and conceptual thinking might indicate the existence of varieties of refiguration. |
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— 6pm-8pm, TU Berlin, Room BH-N 230 —
The public keynote lecture provides insights into migration, mobility, transnational processes and the convivial society. It follows a half-day workshop, hosted by Francesca Ceola and Simone Rueß with guest artist Camilo Bravo Molano.
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CRC research has been published in several major journals and books in recent months!
A comprehensive overview of all publications can be found on our homepage.
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Edited by Anna Juliane Heinrich/ Séverine Marguin/ Angela Million/
Jörg Stollmann.
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The Refiguration of the Global: Globalization and the Spatial Logics of Digitalization
by Hubert Knoblauch & Martina Löw. |
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by Gabriela Christmann, Carl-Jan Dihlmann, Ilse Helbrecht, Jochen Kibel, Eva Korte, & Jae-Young Lee.
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Diffracting Natures. Spatial Refigurations in the Metaverse
The digital art installation 'Diffracting Natures' allows visitors to explore conservation stories from the botanical gardens of Berlin and Edinburgh. The interactive and experimental platform is an outcome of the CRC-associated project 'Botanical Gardens in a Shifting Conservation Regime'. It aims to reflect on the potential of such digital technology, beyond the mere dissemination of scientific knowledge, as an immersive, multimodal mapping tool for visual-spatial research and analysis.
To access the art installation, please click here [direct access via the browser, no further installation needed]
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All lectures from the SPACETIME MATTERS Series (I and II) are now on our Youtube channel! The series invited international spatial scholars integrating temporalities into their mapping methods to discuss their work. It was hosted by the CRC 1265 Hybrid Mapping Working Group and organized by Jamie-Scott Baxter, Séverine Marguin and Vivien Sommer.
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Podcast Space Oddity: Multiple Spatialities: Kenianische-Deutsche Relationen
[GERMAN EPISODE]
In the 23rd episode, CRC spokesperson Martina Löw (B03: Smart People) and PhD candidate Eva Korte (A05: Being Home) report on their impressions and observations in Nairobi, Kenya. Using the example of Nairobi, the episode addresses the constitution of public space, the dominance of the trajectorial space, the fate of the Kikuyu as well as central differences in home-making and temporality in comparison to German societies.
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In the 22nd episode, Jeannine Teichert, Postdoc at the University of Paderborn and visiting researcher at CRC1265, talks to research associate Zoé Perko about the unique home-making processes of displaced Ukrainians amid the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion. They explore the relationship between home-making practices and the concept of "shuttle refuge", where Ukrainians move back and forth between their home and host countries, navigating physical and digital spaces of (in)security.
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This blogpost by Iryna Ignatieva reveals how Ukrainian cities under occupation have become unexpected battlegrounds of non-violent resistance. Amidst surveillance and oppression, civilians employ ingenious tactics to defy the occupying forces, reclaiming urban spaces with symbols of hope and resilience. The blogposts reveals strategies of silent protest and civic defiance that transform everyday streets into arenas of courage and solidarity.
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In Jordan, many refugees from various backgrounds seek asylum. However, the limited resources and the interconnectedness of social, political, and economic crises, all exacerbated by climate change, lead to frustration and increased competition between the different refugee groups, as well as between the refugees and the host community. ´ This vignette shows some of the stories that CRC doctoral researcher Qusay Amer collected during his fieldwork in Amman. |
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In this Blogpost Daniela Stoltenberg shows how in digital media, places are often invoked in political debates. Over time, these conjunctions of locations and issues can shape our understanding of where pressing public concerns, like the housing crisis, are truly located and must be addressed. Daniela dives into this dynamic in her new book, exploring how Twitter users locate the housing crisis. She exemplifies how housing is constructed as an issue that arises in the urban center, but can be solved in the periphery. |
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Numerous recordings of CRC events and profile videos are available on our YouTube channel.
For example, revisit the lectures and panel discussions from last year's symposium "Spatial Figures of the Anthropocene": with talks by Alexandra Arènes, Tomás Usón, Gastón Gordillo, Andrew Baldwin, Susanne Hauser, Marcela Suárez Estrada!
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Our Instagram page offers glimpses into our various research activities and events.
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