| Summary: |
Since 1989 Central European Cities have been at the frontline
of fundamental new political, economic and social developments in
the whole region. The urban spaces have experienced dramatic changes
which strengthen their potential and the need for an analysis of
successful urban strategies of change. The summer programme explores
the specific potential of cities in Central Europe by analyzing
the uses of multiple cultural heritage, urban development, town
planning, architecture, city marketing and strategies of local politics.
How can cities make use of heritage and historic identity in times
of radical economic and social change? Seminars, lectures and a
field study will present state-of-the-art research in selected areas
of urban history and sociology, architecture and city planning,
heritage management and city marketing, and discuss questions of
how to implement their findings in modern city management. The potential
for Central European cities will be exemplified by case studies
of the chosen cities in the region. A two-week programme designed
for young sociologists, urban planners, historians and art historians
from Poland and other Central and East European countries is organised
jointly with the Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa.
Students will work under the guidance of experts from Austria,
Poland and Ukraine. Using the examples of selected cities –
Vienna, Krakow and Lviv – they will attempt to analyse the
issue of the city as an arena of conflicts: heritage – development;
historism – modernity; locality – universality; function
– form.
Deadline for applications: 5 May 2007 |
