Description
In this seminar, we will discuss ways to expand conventional ways of doing theory in, for and with cities and urban contexts. The growing catalog of creative methods for various disciplinary and interdisciplinary urban inquiries demonstrates a wide array of research techniques ranging from data walking to performative mapping or critical making, from experimental ethnography and co-creation to dramaturgical or interface analysis, and curatorial or action-based research to uncover and engage alternative ways of data collection, production, and analysis. Such creative urban methods are embodied and explorative, as well as experimental and interventionist. They share a phenomenological emphasis on embodied experiences of the (citizen/academic) researcher.In the context of the multifarious global crises on planetary, societal, and political levels we find ourselves in today, it seems relevant to explore creative methods that can reshape ways of knowing about the city. We are keen to stimulate debate on the use and application of creative methods in academic and practice-based contexts, critically examining and addressing questions related to their merit and limitations as problem-solving research tools. What is the specific value of creative methods for understanding urban lives, situations, and spaces? How are urban creative methods different from more traditional and established methods for research on the city? What (new) urban knowledges can we produce with suchmethods? Who/what are privileged in and through such approaches and what kind of power relations are produced?
The seminar consists of three 2-hour sessions, each focusing on and discussing a different method/approach: critical making, co-creation and performative methods. Additionally, there is an optional workshop day during which participants can actively engage with different creative urban methods.
| Period | 11 May 2023 → 8 Jun 2023 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
| Location | Utrecht, NetherlandsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | National |