Konferenz "Who Owns the City?"

Date: 
Wed, 19/04/2023 to Thu, 20/04/2023
concluding remarks
Location: 
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus

Die Konferenz brachte Wissenschaftler aus mehreren Ländern und verschiedenen Disziplinen zusammen, die ihre Forschungsergebnisse zu Fragen von Konflikten, sozialer Ausgrenzung, Ungleichheit, Unsicherheit und Spannungen in städtischen Kontexten präsentierten. Sie diskutierten mögliche Lösungen für diese Probleme und stellten ihre experimentellen Projekte vor, die darauf abzielen, mehr Inklusion, Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in den Städten zu erreichen. Das Programm der Konferenz finden Sie hier. Videoaufnahmen sind unter den folgenden Links verfügbar:

Session I: Who owns city walls? Perspectives on graffiti and street art 

Merav Kaddar, Erasmus University of Rotterdam: My city as a battle ground: (re-)narrating national conflicts through urban artivism – 3 examples from Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Michal Huss, Tel Aviv University: The transgressive art of walking: City walking tours as a means for refugees to claim a right to the city and its heritage

 

Session II: Who owns a right to the city? Perspectives on urban (in)equality

Avner De-Shalit, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: City of equals

Antoni Remisar, University of Barcelona: The suburb that wished to be city. Bon Pastor neighbourhood (Barcelona)

Nir Barak, Ben Gurion University of the Negev: Secure citizens: Policing, safety and city-zenship

 

Session III: Who’s in charge? Urban authorities and institutions as agents of problem-solving, conflict negotiation and autonomy

Stephan Leixnering, Vienna University of Economics and Business:Shared ownership for urban solutions to current crises 

Nufar Avni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Filling the void: Cultural institutions as socio-political actors in East Jerusalem

 

Session IV: Imagine: Visions of possible cities (Podium Discussion)

Jasmin Jossin, German Institute of Urban Affairs: Urban Xtopia: Who owns the future?

Tareq Nassar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Hope through action: Sinsila model in East Jerusalem

Katya AssafThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Tim Schnetgöke, Independent Scholar: If billboards could talk: An experiment in Berlin

 

Session V: Who owns public spaces? Urban exclusion, isolation and strategies of placemaking

Talja Blokland, Humboldt University of Berlin, Whose public space - What city? A Berlin perspective on the risks of urban seclusion

Limor Yehuda, University of Haifa & Michal Braier, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The apartheid city and Jerusalem: Law, planning and social transformation

Noga Keidar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Evolving epistemologies of Placemaking: Tools for theoretical and diagnostic analysis

 

Session VI: Who owns city walls? Perspectives on graffiti and street art

Peter Bengtsen, Lund University: The urban playground: reflections on city ownership through exploration

Enrico Bonadio, City University of London: Copyright in the street: An oral history of creative processes in street art and graffiti subcultures

Eynat Mendelson, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology: This is mine!!! Who owns the city’s walls?

 

Danny Evron, Katya Assaf, Tim Schnetgoeke

Enrico Bonadio

Ido Bruno

Jasmin Jossin

Michal Braier

Daphna Lewinsohn, Eyal Zamir

Talja Blokland

Ronit Levine-Schnur

Eynat Mendelsson

Alon Harel

Avner De Shalit

Michal Huss

Merav Kaddar

Ishai Blank

Limor Yehuda