To get the discussion going and collect input for brainstorm exercises, students are asked to send in advance one image of an urban artwork or situated performance, an everyday experience or encounter, etc. that represents “the magic city”. This will play a role in our discussion, so please send in no later than April 1 12:00 (noon) to urbaninterfaces@uu.nl.

We will read sections of these two books:

• Federico Campagna. 2018. Technic and Magic: The Reconstruction of Reality (Introduction pp.1-11 & Ch. 3 “Magic’s cosmogony” pp.113-187)
• Karl Bell, ed. 2019. Supernatural Cities: Enchantment, Anxiety and Spectrality. (Introductory chapter “Mapping the Urban Mindscape: The City and the Supernatural” pp.1-21)