This workshop addresses processes of valorization in contemporary cities captured in terms such as ‘heritage’, ‘culture’ or ‘memory’. It seeks to question which aspects of urban spaces and cultures are deemed as desirable (or unwanted) in view of current redevelopment agendas, the increased diversity of urban publics and struggles for the decolonization of urban spaces.
| Date | 18 May 2018 |
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| Time | 09:30 - 18:00 |
Through the lens of urban valorization (Helgesson and Muniesa 2013), the aim is to investigate how various urban stakeholders and publics produce, assess and diffuse value of particular urban spaces and artefacts as part of identity and memory politics. Armed with this approach, we ask the following questions:
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9.30-10.00 |
Coffee/tea |
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10.00-10.15 |
Welcome and introduction |
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10.15-12.00 |
Session 1. Chair: Susan Ossman (University of California Riverside) |
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10.15-11.05 |
‘Making value out of left-overs: The re-use of ruins and the political economy of performative aesthetics’ – Hanna Katharina Göbel (University of Hamburg) Discussant: Rivke Jaffe (University of Amsterdam) |
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11.10-12.00 |
‘Good and bad concrete: The aesthetics of renovation and political imaginaries of modernization in contemporary Poland’– Anastasiya Halauniova (University of Amsterdam) Discussant: Chiara De Cesari (University of Amsterdam) |
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12.00-13.00 |
Lunch |
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13.00-14.45 |
Session 2. Chair: Olga Sezneva (University of Amsterdam) |
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13.00-13.50 |
‘In/ herited city: A hauntology of Cape Town’ – Nick Shepherd (Aarhus University/Amsterdam University of the Arts) Discussant: Esther Peeren (University of Amsterdam) |
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13.55-14.45 |
‘Heritage Walks: Moving through the City's Past and Present’ – Katarzyna Puzon (Humboldt University of Berlin) Discussant: Carolyn Birdsall (University of Amsterdam) |
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14.45-15.00 |
Break |
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15.00-16.45 |
Session 3. Chair: Carolyn Birdsall (University of Amsterdam) |
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15.00-15.50 |
‘Critical heritage ‘from below’: (E)valu(at)ing informal war pasts in Perak, Malaysia’ – Hamzah Muzaini (National University of Singapore) Discussant: Luiza Bialasiewicz (University of Amsterdam) |
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15.55-16.45 |
‘Heritigization and transvaluation in post-industrial Amsterdam’ – Linda van de Kamp (University of Amsterdam) Discussant: Federico Savini (University of Amsterdam) |
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16.45-17.15 |
Concluding remarks |
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17.15 |
Drinks |
As time will be devoted to discussing pre-circulated papers in relation to the workshop’s themes, only a few additional visitors can be admitted to the workshop. Please contact Linda van de Kamp (l.vdkamp@uva.nl) for more information.
The two-day event Urban Valorization, consisting of this workshop and a performance, addresses processes of valorization in contemporary cities captured in terms such as ‘heritage’, ‘culture’ or ‘memory’. It seeks to question which aspects of urban spaces and cultures are deemed as desirable (or unwanted) in view of the increased diversity of urban publics and struggles for the decolonization of urban spaces. Through the lens of urban valorization, the aim is to investigate how various urban stakeholders and publics produce, assess and diffuse value of particular urban spaces and artefacts as part of identity and memory politics.
The event is organised by Carolyn Birdsall (Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis), Olga Sezneva (Cultural Sociology), Linda van de Kamp (Political Sociology) and Anastasiya Halauniova (Cultural Sociology) in cooperation with the Amsterdam Museum and the Moving Matters Traveling Workshop. The event is funded by the Centre for Urban Studies (Seed Grant), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO VENI-Grant), the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies and the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis.