For our [urban interfaces] seminar series on the theme The Magic City (2021-2022), we invited participants to write blogposts. The best and most interesting ones we publish on our website. Below is the blogpost for week 1, written by Verena Kämpken With a background of a BA in Sociology and Human Geography from Goethe-University in Frankfurt,…

For our [urban interfaces] seminar series on the theme The Magic City (2021-2022), we invited participants to write blogposts. The best and most interesting ones we publish on our website. Below is the blogpost for week 1, written by Jason Clark. Jason Clark is a rMA student in Cultural Analysis, which is a part of ASCA…

For our [urban interfaces] seminar series on the theme The Magic City (2021-2022), we invited participants to write blogposts. The best and most interesting ones we publish on our website. Below is the blogpost for session #1, written by Kim Sommer. Kim Sommer is a student of the Media, Art and Performance program at Utrecht University….

The following report was written for the Playful City S.I.G., which is part of the Utrecht University-based Focus Area on Game Research:  The Media Architecture Biennale (MAB20) took place from June 24th – July 2nd 2021, and was organized by Utrecht University (UU) and the University of Applied Science in Amsterdam (AUAS). MAB20 was organized by…

This blogpost is a result of the graduate seminar “Interfacing the (In)formal City” 2021. Written by Lisa Spinelli.   Lisbon and the Pandemic: Urban (In)Formal Structures and Practices In contemporary urban settings, multiple structures are shaping the way people live their lives, from transportations, to economic transactions, and, up to a certain point, to the…