On 16 June, Malmö University is hosting a full day of dialogue, knowledge-sharing and collaboration on democracy. The event forms part of the Malmö Meets Democracy Week, organised by the City of Malmö. The programme includes everything from lectures, workshops and a live podcast to after-work events and exhibitions. Through dialogue and collaboration, the university is strengthening its role as an institution at the heart of the city, and at the centre of the conversation, where together we contribute to the development of democracy. The full program for the 16th is available here.
IUR will be contributing with a panel discussion and participatory mapping activity under the umbrella of “Democracy in the city – a focus on urban justice.” This will be from 14.00 – 15.40 on the 5th floor of Niagara. The panel discussion will be held in Swedish.
Led by moderator Jennie Gustafsson, the panel will discuss how urban justice and democracy are linked, what this means from the perspective of young people in Malmö, and what initiatives exist to promote justice in our city and others. A panel of four early-career researchers from the Institute for Urban Research (IUR) will present four different perspectives on urban justice. The panel draws on the IUR’s four research areas concerning urban justice: Housing and Welfare (Henrika Kangas), Green and Just Cities (Ulrik Kohl), Global Urbanism (Claudia Fonseca) and Urban Humanities (Adam Lundberg).
The panel will be followed by a participatory mapping activity led by Myrto Dagkouli-Kyriakoglou and Mathilda Rosengren: Mapping the Margins – a seminar on the history, applications and challenges of counter-mapping. We will examine mapping as a tool for political and social claims through various examples. Depending on the participants’ interests, we will explore together the power but also the limitations of counter-mapping as a radical practice. We will also facilitate a short online discussion with the Gaza Soundmapping Project, focusing on the erasure of counter-mapping and the preservation of sound memory.
We hope to see you there!