In this city walk we will take a look at the historical developments of this turbulent Berlin district in the post-war period and its transformation from a traditional working-class neighborhood […]
Confronting the Pandemic with a Geospatial View
The Panamerican Institute of Geography and History organizes a series of events on scientific answers to the Covid pandemic. We were pleased to take part in the first edition of […]
I Viaggi del Mammuttino
In early 2020, we painted a collective mural at the columns of Piazza Ciro Esposito, in the Scampia district of Naples, Italy. The mural tells the story of the Centro Territoriale Mammut and its struggle of appropriating public space through popular education.
A Right to a Garden City?
The urban gardens of Berlin exist under the recurring threat of closure. As part of the Gemeingut Grün Fact-Finding Committee at the Center for Art and Urbanism (ZK/U), Kerstin Meyer and Marco Clausen formulated a draft for a tenure treaty for Berlin gardens.
Body Mapping at Birmingham UCU Teachouts
As part of the Birmingham UCU Teachouts, we conducted the workshop “Bodies, Maps, Words: A Creative Writing Workshop” with James Lewis and Cristina Fernández Recasens. Starting from the question of how we unlearned to perceive geographical space through physical feelings and intentions by maps, we asked how we actually perceive and create university space with our bodies.
Solidarity and Assistance in Rio Grande do Sul
In the wake of the Corona pandemic, together with activist geographers of the UFRGS’s Geografia Litoral, we created this map to support solidarity organizing in Rio Grande do Sul.
eco*walking beyond – mapping, narrating
In December 2019, in cooperation with some of our long-time fellow academics, activists and friends, we organized a series of activities on mapping, walking and narrating urban space.
WIR BLEIBEN ALLE – Mural at Kreuzberger Waldemarstraße 81
In summer 2019, the collectives pappsatt and orangotango redesigned the old mural on the front of the building at Waldemarstraße 81 in Berlin-Kreuzberg together with the residents of the house. […]
Terminal Festival, Udine 2019
Das Terminal Festival in Udine, Italien vereint zeitgenössischen Zirkus, visuelle und performative Künste. Seit 2016 läd es einmal jährlich Künstler*innen und Bewohner*innen ein, sich gemeinsam auf unerwartete Reisen in und […]
Not-an-Atlas @ FoWe kritische Geographie 2019
Seit Herbst 2008 findet regelmäßig die Forschungswerkstatt Kritische Geographie statt. Sie hat den Anspruch, einen Rahmen für eine explizit kritische Debatte raumbezogener Inhalte und selbstbestimmtes Lernen zu schaffen. Dieses Jahr […]
Collective cartography in the Dreamlab – Hyperwerk, Basel
In the ‘Dreamlab’, students of the Bachelor Process Design at the Institute Hyperwerk of the HGK Basel discussed issues at the intersection of society and design with kollektiv orangotango in a one-week mapping workshop.
Habitat Happy – exhibition
The exhibition Habitat Happy at neurotitan in Berlin threw artistic and activist perspectives on housing in the context of social segregation, gentrification, displacement and evictions. Our companheiros Fabio Vieira and Bruno Rodrigues from Coletivo Ardepixo from São Paulo were also part of the exhibition.
