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.
Kiez Fights and Protest Art in Kreuzberg
Berlin-Kreuzberg has been the venue for various social conflicts and struggles for years and is an example of the current conflicts over upgrading and displacement in Berlin. Artistic interventions in urban areas were and are often an expression as well as a popular means of communicating protest in order to express political demands and to […]
Collective garden mapping and garden bike tour in Medellin
Gemeinsam mit Maria Cristina Moncayo, die Teil des Allmende-Kontor Gemeinschaftsgartens war und Javier Burgos von der Casa de la Cultura los Alcázares, ergab sich die Möglichkeit 2014 & 2015 eine kollektive Kartierung mit urbanen Gärtner*innen in Medellin zu machen. Ausgangspunkt der Kartierung war damals eine wundervolle gemeinsame Fahrradtour durch verschiedene Gärten der Zona 4 am Tag davor. Es ist sehr beeindruckend zu sehen wie das Red de Huerteros Medellín sich entwickelt: Das Manifest des Netzwerks ist inspirierend und auch die bis heute forgeführten Radtouren und Kombinationen von Kunst und Gärten die in Medellin gedeihen, wie AgroArte, Agroteca und Agrocleta empfehlen sich zur Nachahmung.
