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WORKSHOP WITH DR. ALEXANDRA SCHWELL

WORKSHOP WITH DR. ALEXANDRA SCHWELL

Prof. Dr. Alexandra Schwell (University of Klagenfurt) participated in a two-day workshop and gave a lecture as an invited guest within the Urban futures project. The workshop was held at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research from 16th to 17th September 2021. Discussion topics included: political culture, democratic system of urban governance, specificities of local political cultures in different cities, power relations between cities and the State, political participation and governance, relationship towards political elites and authority, affects and emotions within political sphere, methodology of urban futures research.

On the second day of the workshop, Dr. Schwell gave a hybrid lecture – at the Institute for project associates and opened to the public through a virtual platform. In the lecture, titled „Mobilizing Urgency, Mobilizing Futures“, she presented the concept of urgency through a few examples (urgency induced by the climate change and migrant flows) and problematized its non-democratic potential. The discussion that followed revolved around the applicability of the urgency concept in the researches carried out within the project, especially having in mind the post-earthquake condition in Zagreb and Petrinja, as well as pandemic context and the need to organize public and everyday life in all of the researched cities.

Project is funded by Croatian Science Foundation

Project is funded by Croatian Science Foundation

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Project is funded by Slovenian Research Agency

Project is funded by Slovenian Research Agency

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Faculty of Humanities University of Primorska

Faculty of Humanities University of Primorska

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Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research

Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research

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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

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ZRC SAZU, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology

ZRC SAZU, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology

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Institute of Contemporary History

Institute of Contemporary History

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