A Spree Tour on Upgrading, Displacement and Resistance For years, Berlin’s Spree embankment between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain has been the scene of diverse social conflicts. It is a prime example of the current conflicts over gentrification and displacement and the transformation from the great adventure playground of the 1990s and the noughties to the investor’s […]
The Tempelhof Field and Airport between Memory and Appropriation
A large part of Berlin’s population connects the Tempelhof Field and Airport with the Berlin Airbridge, wherby the place is characterized in the collective consciousness in the post-war period, especially as the “gateway to freedom“. But that the airport and the Tempelhof field were an important part of the Nazi propaganda machinery and that numerous […]
Tour on Upgrading, Displacment and Resistance in Kreuzberg
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 and subcultural free space to the hip scene district and investor’s dream of today. In the process, we learn which urban policy guidelines were formative […]
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.
Make Love, Peace and Anarchy…
In an one week seminar in Tübingen, Germany, we reflected with young volunteers on social and political transformations we’d like to promote.
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 durch den städtischen Raum zu begeben. Für drei Tage werden Udines Verkehrsinseln zu Bühnen, öffentliche Verkehrsmittel zu Vehikeln durch Geschichte(n) und die Piazza Venerio zum […]
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.
Pixação Lecture – Basel
Gemeinsam mit dem Kollektiv Ardepixo veranstalten wir am 29. November 2018 eine Pixação Lecture in der Brasilea in Basel. Dabei teilen die Pixadores / Künstler Bruno Rodrigues und Fabio Vieira Pixo-Techniken und Erfahrungen von den aus den Quebradas un den Hochhausfassaden des Zentrums São Paulos. In ihrem Beitrag berichtet die Kriminologin Dr. Paula Larruscahim berichtet […]
This Is Not an Atlas – a Convention around Counter-Cartographies
‘This Is Not an Atlas – a Convention around Counter-Cartographies’ hosted an exhibition of the collection of counter-cartographies from all over the world as well as lectures, workshops and a panel discussion.
‘Schule ohne Schule’ auf dem Arabischen Filmfestival
Auf dem Arabischen Filmfestival in Tübingen präsentierten wir am 7. Oktober 2018 den, im Rahmen des gleichnamigen Projekt entstandenen Film ‘Schule ohne Schule’.Gemeinsam mit jungen Menschen, mir denen wir bereits im Rahmen von Schule ohne Schule im öffentlichen Raum interveniert hatten, führten wir im Anschluss an die Kinovorführung eine Kunstaktion in der Tübinger Innenstadt durch. […]
The Tempelhofer Feld as Commons
As part of the Week of Change 2018, we organized coffee, cake and a pop-up repairshop for a discussion of the Tempelhofer Feld as commons.
Test Run for the Schools of Tomorrow
On June 13 and 14, 2018, a test run for the schools of the future took place at the House of World Cultures HKW in Berlin. In an experimental timetable, the participants of 21 school projects that had taken place within the framework of Schools of Tomorrow tested their contribution to the utopian school of tomorrow together.
