We invite all who are curious about Urban Humanities to join a book circle and lecture series where researchers, artists, planners, popular educators, and activists will collectively explore this field, its practices, and its possibilities.
Participants in this diverse group will read and discuss the book Urban Humanities: New Practices for Reimagining the City (Cuff et al., 2020). These readings and discussions will be enriched by lectures from prominent scholars in the field. The circle aims to help us envision what Urban Humanities will become at Malmö University and in the city. How does this field become meaningful to urban actors with different perspectives? What can each of us create with it, and what can we create together?
Participants who are interested will be invited to contribute position papers, written individually or collaboratively. These papers will form the basis for an issue of IUR’s digital journal Urban Matters.
Planned meetings
The book circle will meet six times. Each meeting will feature an open lecture, followed by a group discussion on the selected reading. During the final meeting, participants will present their position papers to the group. To this meeting, also the lecturers from previous sessions will be invited.
October 1, 13:15–16:00. NI:A047
Introduction
October 18, 13:15–16:00. ???
Tim Verlaan: “Contingencies and temporalities in the social fabric of Western European cities 1960–1990”
November 8, 13:15–16:00. NI:A0611
Jakob Ingemann Parnby: “Curating the metropolis: On monuments, sounds and street-furniture in the urbanization of Europe, (1870-1920)”
November 15, 13:25–16:00. OR:F409
Sara Dybris McQuaid: “Every generation needs regeneration: Communities of memory and change in North Belfast”
November 29, 13:15–16:00. OR:F413
Kara Blackmore: “Insights from collaborative urban explorations at UCL Urban Room”
December 13, 13:15–16:00. NI:A0307
Mikkel Höghöj: ”The welfare city? Urban autonomy, space and citizenship in the Nordic countries”
January 24, 13:15–16:00. NI:A0510
Ash Katzeff: ”Solarpunk cities”
February 7, 13:15–16:00: Venue TBA
On the positionality of the urban humanities (conclusions)
How to register
Register contact Robert Nilsson Mohammadi at robert.mohammadi@mau.se. Since we envision the book circle as a collective exploration, we will prioritize participants who can commit to the entire series of events. Participants who can commit to the full series will receive a copy of Urban Humanities: New Practices for Reimagining the City (Cuff et al., 2020).
The Urban Humanities Book Circle is hosted by the Institute for Urban Research (IUR), and organized by Laleh Foroughanfanfar, Pål Brunnström, Robert Nilsson Mohammadi, and Mikkel Thelle.
