The course will introduce seminal texts setting a theoretical base for Social Design projects and their conceptualization. This winter term’s focus will be both on historical and actual notions of social movements, of (not only artistic methods of an) emancipatory empowerment and of solidarity in urban contexts.

 Session I: A “Castle of Solidarity”: Vienna’s Karl-Marx-Hof

12.October 2021, 14:00–17:30

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/27/vienna-karl-marx-hof-architecture-politics-ideology-history-cities-50-buildings

Guided Tour through “Karl-Marx-Hof” and the exhibition about “Red Vienna”:

Meeting point: sharp at 14:00 on the square outside the stop of U4 "Heiligenstadt"

Getting there by public transport 

U4 Heiligenstadt, 3 min. walking distance 

Tramline D, station Halteraugasse

 Due to current safety regulations wearing a FFP2 mask is mandatory when visiting the museum (please bring your own!)

 

Session II: “Communal Luxury!”

9. November 2021, 14:00–17:30

Session III: “The Fall of Public Man”

16.November 2021, 14:00–17:30

Session IV: “How Public is Public Space?”

23.November 2021, 11:00–14:30

Session V: “Designing Democracy?”

30.November 2021, 14:00–17:30

Session VI: “Who Owns the City?”

7. December 2021, 14:00–17:30

Session VII: “Is Social Design Invisible?”

14. December 2021, 14:00–17:30

Session VIII: “Notions of Place Making”

10. January 2022, 14:00–17:30

Presentation, Visualization, Contextualization of collectively read texts. All texts will be provided digitally.