Politics, Economics and Global Changes

Yona Schreyer
Institute of Arts and Society, Cross-Disciplinary Strategies
2025W, scientific seminar (SEW), 2.0 ECTS, 1.0 semester hours, course number S05328

Description

POSITIONING – Politics, Economics, Global Change   

Our contemporary politics are increasingly referred to as ‘post-truth’, expressing concerns about a vanishing shared public truth. Giving less value to facts or scientific findings, the individual interpretation of truth gains more importance, undermining established democratic frameworks. 

As one of few globally acknowledged frameworks established by the International Community, the Human Rights are universal and legally binding across the world, emphasising the empowerment of the people to be central to national political decision-making. While committed to the Human Rights Based Approach, in countries worldwide their status seems subject to political positioning.   

Positioning  – as in: placing value, locating strategically, situating oneself to execute, expressing a view, making a proposition.   

Through urban development plans, governments seek to achieve economic prosperity and quality of life, while meeting the Human Rights. Urban politics play a central role amid global developments, as cities host the majority of the global population and are the economic and creative hubs of most nations worldwide.

What is the status of the Human Rights Based Approach in the urban developments, as frameworks are weakened, even though we have access to global knowledge and information? Amid these wide ranging questions, the course takes some key areas of human rights amid urban politics, investigating them through the urban lens of Vienna, among others through the themes of  'Democratic Participation', 'Art, Culture, and Public Space', ‘Housing', and ‘Safety’. 

Dates

Tue, 14 October 2025, 14:00–15:30 CDS Studio , "kick-off"
Tue, 11 November 2025, 14:00–16:00 CDS Studio
Tue, 18 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 CDS Studio
Tue, 02 December 2025, 14:00–15:30 CDS Studio
Tue, 09 December 2025, 14:00–15:30 CDS Studio
Tue, 16 December 2025, 14:00–15:30 CDS Studio
Tue, 13 January 2026, 14:00–15:30 CDS Studio
Tue, 20 January 2026, 14:00–17:00, "exam" (examination)

Course Enrolment

From 01 September 2025, 09:00
Via online registration

Transformation Studies. Art x Science (Bachelor): Focus! Transformation Areas: Social Transformation 162/2025UBA-040.20

Design: Specialisation in Design and Narrative Media (2. Section): Methodological and Theoretical Fundamentals: Economics and Politics 576/2024U00-203.03

Co-registration: possible

Attending individual courses: possible