Rethinking theory, space and production: Henri Lefebvre today

Rethinking theory, space and production: Henri Lefebvre today

Organizer
Chair of Architecture Theory, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft (NL) Academie Jan van Eyck, Maastricht (NL) Chair of Architecture Theory, Faculty of Architecture, ETH Zurich (CH) Lectureship of Sociology, Faculty of Architecture, ETH Zurich (CH)
Venue
DSD space, Faculty of Architecture TU Delft, Julianalaan 132-134, 2628 Delft, The Netherlands
Location
Delft
Country
Netherlands
From - Until
11.11.2008 - 13.11.2008
By
Lukasz Stanek

The conference Rethinking theory, space and production: Henri Lefebvre today addresses questions regarding the relationships between research and design, critique and performance, analytical methods and planning techniques by focusing on the theory of the production of space by Henri Lefebvre, and its mobilization and development in contemporary urban research and design.

The conference is organized by the Chairs of Architecture Theory at the Faculties of Architecture ETH Zurich and TU Delft, in collaboration with the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, and the Lectureship of Sociology at the Faculty of Architecture, ETH Zurich.

Two symposia will be organized in the framework of this conference. The first symposium will take place in Delft (November 11th—13th, 2008) and the second in Zurich (Autumn 2009).

Programm

To attend the conference please register by sending an email to dsd@bk.tudelft.nl
with the subject: ‘Registration Lefebvre conference’. Registration deadline is Friday, October 24th. No registration fee is required.

Tuesday, 11 November

17.00 – 17.30
Opening

17.00 – 17.05
Dean, Welcome Address

17.05 – 17.30
Arie Graafland
Critical Thinking Today

17.30 – 18.15
Keynote: Ákos Moravánszky
The Third Dimension: Projecting Urban Space

18.15 – 19.00
Keynote: Edward Soja
Globalizing Lefebvre: Seeking Spatial Justice and
the Regional Rights to the City

19.00 – 20.00
Screening: Interviews Henri Lefebvre
Introduction Lukasz Stanek

Buffet (Julianalaan)

Wednesday, 12 November

9.00 – 9.30
Introduction: Lukasz Stanek
Lefebvre Today: Three Questions

9.30 – 10.15
Keynote: Remi Hess
Lefebvre, Urbanism, and Institutional Analysis

10.15 – 11.00
Keynote: Laurent Devisme
Lefebvre and the Question of Centrality

11.30 – 12.15
Keynote: Bohdan Jałowiecki
City for Sale: Metropolization in Peripheral Capitalism

12.15 – 13.00
Keynote: Christian Schmid
Trouble with Henri: From Theory to Research

13.00 – 14.30
Lunch break

14.30 – 16.30
PANEL 1: ARCHITECTURE IN AN URBAN SOCIETY

14.30 – 14.55
Ljiljana Blagojevic
The Problematic of the ‘New Urban’: The Right to New Belgrade

14.55 – 15.20
Nicholas Beech
From ‘Auto-Critique’ to ‘Production’ in the Critique of Everyday Life:
Reading Lefebvre and Constructing History

15.20 – 15.45
Dinh Quoc Phuong
Local Production of Spaces and Place Identities:
A Reflection on Hanoi’s Architecture

15.45 – 15.55
Discussant

15.55 – 16.30
Discussion

16.45 – 18.45
PANEL 2: URBANISM TODAY: DIFFERENCES AND CONTRADICTIONS

16.45 – 17.10
Alfonso Valenzuela Aguilera
Random Urbanism: a Multidimensional Strategy
of Cognitive Mapping in Mexico City

17.10 – 17.35
Kanishka Goonewardena
Henri Lefebvre and Los Angeles: Urban Space, Global Capital,
and the Mystified Consciousness of Everyday Life

17.35 – 18.00
Greig Charnock & Ramon Ribera-Fumaz
The Production of Competitiveness:
Neoliberal Urbanism and the Right to Difference in Contemporary Barcelona

18.00 – 18.10
Discussant

18.10 – 18.45
Discussion

Thursday, 13 November

09.00 – 09.50
Keynote: Jean-Pierre Garnier
The ‘Urban Revolution’ in the Time of Globalization:
Between Denial and Misappropriation
09.50 – 10.40
Keynote: Jean-Louis Cohen
Grenoble 1974: Eurocommunism Meets Urbanism

11.00 – 13.00
PANEL 3: POLITICS OF URBAN SPACE

11.00 – 11.25
Grégory Busquet
Urban Space and Politics:
The Instrumental Space in French ‘politique de la ville’

11.25 – 11.50
Ulrich Best
The Debate about Airport Tempelhof and the Struggle for Affect:
Understanding ‘espace vécu’ as a Potential Space of Control

11.50 – 12.15
Japhy Wilson
Rural Cities and Caracoles:
The Dialectic of Abstract and Differential Space in Chiapas, Mexico

12.15 – 12.25
Discussant

12.25 – 13.00
Discussion

13.00 – 14.30
Lunch break

14.30 – 16.30
PANEL 4: SPATIAL STRUGGLES: ENCLOSURES AND COMMONS

14.30 – 14.55
Efra Eizenberg
Politicizing Space: The Production of Community Gardens in New York City

14.55 – 15.20
Sharad Chari
Planning, Habitation, Urban Revolt — Lefebvre’s Triad and
Biopolitical Struggle in Past and Present Durban, South Africa

15.20 – 15.45
Fraya Frehse
Lefebvre’s Use of Space in the Public Places of
Contemporary Downtown Sâo Paulo

15.45 – 15.55
Discussant

15.55 – 16.30
Discussion

16.45 – 18.15
PANEL 5: RHYTHMS OF EVERYDAY LIFE

16.45 – 17.10
Anne Vogelpohl
Urban Rhythms — A Rhythm-Analytical Approach
to Contemporary Urban Everyday Life

17.10 – 17.35
Sudaryono Sastrosasmito
Engagement of Absolute Space and Abstract Space:
A Case Study of Parangtritis Settlements of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

17.35 – 17.45
Discussant

17.45 – 18.15
Discussion

18.15 – 18.45
Conclusions and Outlook
Christian Schmid, Lukasz Stanek

All activities take place in the DSD space, Faculty of Architecture TU Delft, Julianalaan 132-134, 2628 Delft, The Netherlands

Contact (announcement)

Lukasz Stanek MA MS PhD
Architecture Theory Department
Faculty of Architecture
Delft University of Technology
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL Delft
Netherlands
Email: ls@henrilefebvre.org

http://www.henrilefebvre.org
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