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Birgit Katharine Seemann / Department for Culture and Museum, Potsdam
THE CITY AS A STAGE. Many European cities are drifting away from each other. Fragmentation and internal divides are eroding cities’ power to integrate. This trend is associated with a degree of...
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Hermann Voesgen / City Climate Innovation Institute, Potsdam
THE RITUAL OF PARTICIPATION – THE THRILL OF BREAKING OUT IN PROTEST. CAN PARTICIPATION BE SMART? Smart technologies do not just change the infrastructure of cities, but also the lifestyles experienced...
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Jason Dykes / giCentre / City University London
GO WITH THE FLOW OR MAP TO KNOW? – SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ON FLOW MAP DESIGN. This talk will identify some of the design conflicts that arise when mapping flows, consider various possibilities...
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Saskia Sassen / Columbia University, New York
THE GLOBAL STREET VS. THE PIAZZA. The aim is to open up a larger conceptual field to understand the complex interactions between power and powerlessness as they get shaped in urban space. I argue that...
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Christian Derix / Aedas, London
STREETWISE: MAPPING SPATIAL CONFIGURATIONS AND USER BEHAVIOURS FOR URBAN DESIGN. While most new technologies are being employed to support sustainability with the aim of visualizing and saving energy...
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Herr Prof. Dr. Voesgen, what changes are taking place in the relationship between the physical city and its inhabitants, i.e. the relationship between body and city? HV: New technologies are bringing...
View ArticleVegetarian Cuisine Campaign // Culinary Misfits @ City of Flows
Bent cucumbers, carrots with three legs and lumpy potatoes: anything that isn’t perfect never makes it to the plate, and certainly not the super market shelf. Every day, 30-40% of produce harvested...
View ArticleMany Thanks!
We would like to thank all speakers, participants and guests for coming and hope you spent inspiring days in Potsdam and have returned home with good impressions.
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Saskia Sassen // THE GLOBAL STREET VS. THE PIAZZA. Till Nagel // MAPPING THE URBAN NOW Fabian Kessl // SO MUCH FOR A SPACE OF FREEDOM: AFTER THE PROJECT IS BEFORE THE PROJECT! Stefan M. Seydel / Tina...
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Potsdam Congress Award for ‘City of Flows’
Receiving the Award Our conference has been awarded the Potsdamer Kongresspreis - special mention for an event with interdisciplinary focus. We had a severe competition this year but we won! This is...
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