17 May 2019, 09:00\u201312:00 | ETH Zurich, H\u00f6nggerberg, HIT E 51 (Siemens-Auditorium).
\nConvened by Tom Avermaete and Cathelijne Nuijsink.<\/p>\n
Our histories of urban design and architecture remain sur\u00ad prisingly eurocentric, while important developments occur in other geographies. This colloquium explores the possibili\u00ad ties of a more global perspective on architecture and the city. Prominent scholars from other disciplines share approaches that can inspire new global histories of architecture and urban design.<\/p>\n
The colloquium is open to the public. An additional methodo\u00adlogical workshop in the afternoon requires registration.<\/p>\n
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This colloquium<\/strong> explores the prospects of a more global perspective on architecture and the\u00a0city. The dynamic and dense web of connections that binds architectural and urban design\u00a0efforts across the globe has increasingly become the subject of research, resulting in new\u00a0historiographies that aim for a cross-cultural and transnational lens. Thus far, these new modes\u00a0of history writing have typically been understood as corrections of the strong Euro-American To initiate the discussion, the conveners have invited three guest speakers to introduce their\u00a0methodologies using concrete case studies:<\/p>\n Inspired by linguistic translation theories, Esra Akcan<\/strong> (Architecture History and Theory, Cornell\u00a0University) offers the concept of \u2018translation\u2019 as an alternative model to understanding the global\u00a0circulation of architecture. She captures the interconnectedness of people, capital, ideas, and\u00a0images, and their transformative capacities when transported from one place to the other.\u00a0Another response to today\u2019s networked society is her notion of \u2018open architecture\u2019 which she\u00a0defines as the translation of a new ethics of hospitality to the field of architecture.<\/p>\n Sociologist B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Zimmermann<\/strong> (\u00c9cole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS))\u00a0conceives of history as something inherently intertwined and entangled. Together with Michael\u00a0Werner, she developed the \u2018histoire crois\u00e9e\u2019 (crossed history) approach, which refers to a multi perspective\u00a0historiography of transnational history as an alternative to comparative and transfer oriented\u00a0modes of history writing.<\/p>\n In the field of planning, Steve V. Ward<\/strong> (Planning History, Oxford Brookes University) developed\u00a0the theoretical framework of \u2018planning diffusion\u2019 to go beyond simple models of import\/export. His\u00a0methodology focusses on the international circulation of planning knowledge and transnational\u00a0planners to explain how ideas and practices change in their movement as a form of partial\u00a0reinvention.<\/p>\n The colloquium is open to the public.<\/p>\n In the afternoon (14:00-17:00), a methodological workshop<\/strong> will take place, involving the three\u00a0invited speakers and the members of the Chair for the History and Theory of Urban Design. A\u00a0limited number of seats are available for highly interested people who wish to join. To register for\u00a0this methodological workshop, please contact the Chair at\u00a0assistenz.avermaete@gta.arch.ethz.ch<\/a><\/p>\n Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta)<\/p>\n
\nfocus of current historiographies and of their explicit linking of architectural developments to\u00a0particular cultures or nation states. This colloquium conversely explores alternative modes of\u00a0writing cross-cultural and transnational histories, through the use of interdisciplinary approaches\u00a0and sources. In addition to propelling architectural and urban thinking on the characteristics and\u00a0effects of globalization, this colloquium aspires to stimulate a discussion on the challenges of\u00a0\u2018global history writing\u2019, both in conceptual and methodological terms.<\/p>\nOrganisation<\/h3>\n