12 Things You Will Learn about Katowice Culture in Medialab’s Research
A few years ago, no one would have thought of Katowice becoming a city associated with culture. In 2015, however, following a brief yet intensive period of investment in cultural infrastructure and cultural events, Katowice joined the exclusive international group of UNESCO Creative Cities. Has the city undergone a true cultural revolution? Is Katowice???s current en-vogue status just a passing fad or could it be a herald of major changes in the city centre? To find out, we teamed up with cultural researchers, designers, programmers and analysts to study responses given by 3.633 participants in over a dozen local events and to analyse tens of thousands of posts published in social media and web-based information services. What we present below is a 12-point list of things to look out for in the exhibition.
The Eastern Roots of Sharing. Interview with Kacper Pob??ocki
To embrace sustainable sharing economy requires re-imagining of many fundamental aspects of our society. Take for example the current nuclear family model - world-wide, it is the basis for our housing systems. And it is rather outdated.
Young Mothers Changing Their Neighbourhood. Urban Hub – a Case Study from Belgrade
Passivity and apathy are significant (e)motions in Central and Eastern European societies. For decades our cities were managed, decided and maintained by centrally driven mechanisms. Design and maintenance of public space as well. ??
Today, important landmarks, plazas and boulevards are winning better treatment ??? nice furniture, greenery, maintenance and navigation systems. In the rest of our cities, however, we are left with vast spaces with no maintenance.
Rakoczisquaring in practice, Budapest. Shared Cities Diaries #4
For four days in September, the R??k??czi square hosted workshops, pop-up stores, idea-generating presentations and international guests reflecting on the effects the construction of Budapest???s 4th metro line station has had on the square itself and the surrounding neighbourhood.
I consider it to be reasonably safe to say, human societies are not mere products of biological determinism. As the most basic supporting argument, let???s borrow the sociological metaphor of agency, or ???free will???. Were human beings just biological automata, there wouldn???t be such a thing as the capacity of individuals to make free choice and to act independently.
