Open call to the Spring School

CANactions School and the Independent School for the City are happy to announce the Open call to its first Spring School “Borders are for Crossing”! 

Postgraduate students from all over the world with a background in urban studies such as Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Architectural History, Sociology, Anthropology, Political and Cultural Studies, Arts and Media, and other related fields are invited to apply. 

The Spring School “Borders are for Crossing” is an eight-day program organized by the Independent School for the City and CANactions School, exploring how the intra-European transfer of people, ideas, goods and finances effects spatial, social, economic and political conditions in a western city. Together with an international group of participants and a multidisciplinary team of tutors and lecturers, you will research manifestations of migration and develop stories, strategies and actions for an urban renewal area in the City of Rotterdam: Oud and Nieuw Mathenesse, former workers and harbour areas between Rotterdam and Schiedam. 

Organizers: CANactions School (UA / NL), The Independent School for the City (NL)

Dates: March 18—25, 2019

Location: The Independent School for the City (Rotterdam, NL)

Course Directors: Mirjam Niemeyer (CANactions School), Vladyslav Tyminskyi (CANactions School), Michelle Provoost (Independent School for the City), Mike Emmerik (Independent School for the City)

Participants: Up to 30 Master-students and graduates from the fields of Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Architecture History, Sociology, Anthropology, Political and Cultural Studies, Arts and Media, and other related fields. Minimum of 15 participants required.

Language: English

Fee: EUR 500, including field trips, lectures, study materials and bike rental. *Travel to the Netherlands, accommodation and cost of living are not included.

Application deadline: February 4, 2019 (11:59pm CET)

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