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Summer School 2016 - "My Home is not for sale!" Rethinking Berlin's Housing Question



Berlin is considered to be a "tenants city " with relatively low cost housing options. However, recent developments show increasing foreign property investment and the sale of public property by the city. At the same time more and more activists arise to reclaim their right to the city and create new forms of collaborative cultures. The questions about affordable housing and alternative spaces away from a capitalist logic are central for contemporary Berlin and its development. How do we want to live in the future? How can we create affordable living space on a long term? How do we provide opportunities for self-determination and new cooperative ways of living? Engaging with scholars, designers, architects, artists and activists the Summer School will discuss Berlin's housing challenges and investigate new modes of transdisciplinary discourse and research.

 

You can apply now for the GSZ-Summer School from 22/08/2016-02/09/2016. To register, visit the Website of HUWISU.

The detailled program (PDF) of the summer school you can find here.

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