[applied] Foreign Affairs is a laboratory investigating spatial, infrastructural, environmental and cultural phenomena in rural and urban Sub-Saharan Africa. A series of talks introduces students to the spatial diversity and cultural vibrancy of the contemporary African condition, followed by workshops which focus on the status and potential of a specific region. Each lab centres on a distinct question and clear mission and culminates in a field trip through which rural growth patterns, urban prototypes, visionary art spaces, and relational mappings are produced. The outcome of each lab is presented in different formats and contexts, both on the African continent and in Europe. [a]FA is performed in collaboration with international guests, teaching staff of the IoA, and with partner universities. [a]FA is commissioned by NGOs, cultural institutions, artist collectives and individuals.

The winter term 2016/17 [a]FA lab will be located in Lagos, Nigeria.
We will collaborate with Lagos-based artists and art institutions.
We will investigate a smaller scale urban scenario in a transdisciplinary manner.
The field lab in Lagos will take place in February 2017.

Head: Baerbel Mueller, Co-teaching: Stefanie Theuretzbacher, Partnering institution: tbc