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SUMMARY:Call for Participation: Movement Matters Exploring Transitions in 
 Architecture Research
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250315
DTSTAMP:20260406T105132Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The open call for Summer School "Movement Matters: Exploring T
 ransitions in Architectural Research" is now accepting applications from P
 hD and masters students until 13 April 2025. Register through google form 
 on the summer school website. \n\nIn Imaginary Homelands\, Salman Rushdie
  writes\, “We are all migrants from a country called the past” (Rushdi
 e\, 1992). Rushdie suggests that the movement and transitions we experienc
 e are not only spatial but also temporal. The summer school aims to explor
 e the fluidic nature of belonging\, identity\, and architectural materials
  which are central concepts in placemaking. The Summer School invites the 
 participants to consider architecture as a dynamic process shaped by movem
 ent and transitions across human and non-human actors\ninstead of static c
 onstructs. We aim to highlight movement as both a source and a method in a
 rchitecture research. We look at movement through three lenses: a) movemen
 t in identity and socio-cultural behaviour b) movement of artifacts like w
 aste\, building materials as a technological questions and c) movement of 
 more-than-human elements like land\, water\, flora and fauna in relation t
 o environmental questions.\n\nThe Summer School invites participants to ta
 ke part in four workshops and three guest lectures that explore the above-
 mentioned topological modalities of movement. The Summer School initiates 
 a conversation about privileging movement as a method in architecture rese
 arch. We envision a non-hierarchical peer-to-peer working environment wher
 e participants bring their methodological strengths\, such as writing\, dr
 awing\, photography\, or performative practices and advance their own rese
 arch and practice looking through the lens of movement and transitions.\n\
 nThe theme of the summer school is based on ‘movement’ and ‘transiti
 on’. To position ourselves close to the theme of the summer school\, we 
 have accordingly chosen Hotel Passo San Gottardo at Gotthard pass as the v
 enue. Since the middle ages\, the Gotthard pass played an important role n
 ot only in Swiss\, but as a vital connection between the north and the sou
 th of continental Europe. Thinking of the hotel at the top of the Gotthard
  pass as a site of movement and not as destination\, we decided to organis
 e the summer school there. The venue provides a unique setting for multi-d
 ay workshops\, talks\, as well as dormitory spaces for the participants. 
 The fee for participation for PhD students is 250 CHF and for masters stud
 ents 100 CHF. 
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