November 2, 2018, 9am
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St
The University of Chicago
5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
United States
On November 1–2, UChicago Arts and the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation partner to present a two-day symposium focused on the form and function of citizenship, and what it means to migrate to, between, and within cities. The event will respond to a range of questions—in an era of intensifying urbanization across the globe—how does spatial practice become social practice within urban environments? How have cities facilitated or impeded the correspondence of civil, political, and social rights? How does the material transformation of urban space enable or disable social transformation?
Continuing a conversation that began at Dimensions of Citizenship, the US Pavilion for the 2018 Biennale Architettura in Venice (co-commissioned by the University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute), Citizenship, Migration, and Urban Space focuses on civitas from an international perspective and as a scene of perpetual movement.
Symposium schedule
Thursday, November 1
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago
Keynote: “Unwalling Citizenship” by Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman
5:30–7pm
In our increasingly walled world, and amidst the surge of anti-immigrant sentiment everywhere, can the idea of citizenship be recuperated for more emancipatory and inclusive political and social agendas? Cruz and Forman will discuss their work on “citizenship culture” at the US-Mexico border, and their inspirations for MEXUS, exhibited in the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Biennale Architecttura in Venice. Reception to follow.
Friday, November 2
Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, 5701 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago
Opening keynote
9–10:15am
Panel 1: Urban Design and Social Capital
10:30am–12:15pm
Moderated by Kate Cagney, Sociology
Lunch
12:30–1:30pm
Panel 2: Re-Assemblage / Re-Assembly
1:30–3:15pm
Moderated by Bill Brown, English
Panel 3: Race and Urbanity from the Global South
3:30–5:15pm
Moderated by Adom Getachew, Political Science
Panel 4: Cities Beyond Citizenship
5:30–6:30pm
Roundtable discussion
Closing reception
6:30–7:15pm
