Alliance of International Production Houses

Lecture by Sharon Zukin, City as Homeland: Building a Culture of Radical Resiliency

The city as a space of difference and self-determination, as a catalyst of new forms of living, sharing, and participating. Such an ideal image of the city has for a long time clashed with an urban realty where privatization, touristification, and carnevalization present an obstacle to the urban realm, large parts of which are no longer accessible to many of its inhabitants. Urbanologist Sharon Zukin from New York has severely criticized these newest trends. At the same time, she points to strategies and possibilities that the people and politicians of cities can use to counter such development and think up new forms of resistance – encouraging them to team up and fight against the homogenization and standardization of the urban realm.
Moderation: Elisa T. Bertuzzo 

Subsequent to the lecture…

…politicians and cultural producers will discuss political and social responsibilities as well as the scope of action that states, city administrations, and cultural institutions can take in face of such developments. Which consequences arise from the fact that city politics and planning react primarily to the demands of the financial markets while neglecting the needs of its inhabitants? How can the current erosion of the urban fabric be stopped and what would a truly radical “urban culture” look like?
With Katalin Gennburg, Ingrid Krau, Christoph Schäfer, Michael Schindhelm – Moderated by: Christoph Twickel

21.06. / 19:00 / HAU1
Panel: On the state of our cities – a critical survey
With Katalin Gennburg, Ingrid Krau, Christoph Schäfer, Michael Schindhelm
Moderation: Christoph Twickel / German with English translation / Admission 3,00 €
Right after: Sharon Zukins City as Homeland: Building a Culture of Radical Resiliency (Keynote)

22.06. / 11:00 / HAU1
Panel: Solidarity Institutions Strategies for international cultural politics in nervous times
With Johannes Ebert, Nicoleta Esinencu, Andreas Görgen, Renzo Martens, Bouchra Ouizguen, Alya Sebti, Annemie Vanackere
Moderation: Priya Basil / German and English with German and English translation / Admission free

22.06. / 16:00 / HAU1
Panel: Art. Democracy. Public space.
With Amelie Deuflhard, Stefan Hilterhaus, Rüdiger Kruse, Akira Takayama amongst others
German and English with German and English translation / Admission free

22.06. / 20:00 / HAU2 
Panel: City as factory – How logistics and master plans change city life
With Jochen Becker, Klaus Ronneberger, Kathrin Tiedemann, Michael Zinganel
Moderation: Elisa Bertuzzo / Performance: Hauke Heumann / Visuals: Jan Lemitz
German with English translation / Admission free

23.06. / 17:00 / HAU2
Panel: space, practices, and perspectives – The production houses and the independent scene
With Verena Billinger, Monika Gintersdorfer, Cindy Hammer, Alexander Karschnia, Sebastian Matthias, Matthias Pees a.o. / Moderation: Janina Benduski, Bettina Masuch / German / Admission free

23.06. / 20:00 / HAU2 
Panel: Right to the city – How urban forms of resistance are reconfigured in the age of motion
With AbdouMaliq Simone (Keynote), Andrej Holm, Sandy Kaltenborn, Nazan Maksudyan
Moderation: Elisa Bertuzzo / German and English with German and English translation / Admission free