Werkstatt der Kulturen

Wissmannstr. 32, 12049 Berlin

Neighbourhood relations differ from other kinds of relations in that they are primarily defined by space. Closeness rather than distance define neighbours and neighbourhoods. What is more, the spatial relation is more or less an enforced one – in most cases neighbours are not chosen but already there when people move and newly arrive. 

The spatial character and the enforced closeness of shared space make the neighbourhood boundaries special. Conflicts in neighbourhoods are often dramatic; the solidarity of neighbours has been and still is a bare necessity. This gives the notion of neighbourliness its normative touch. We almost instinctively think of the proverbial “good neighbourly relations”, to be unneighbourly means to be unfriendly. Changing Neighbourhoods will deal with both mobility and transformation. How have neighbourhoods developed and changed over time, in particular in cities that have experienced or are experiencing conflicts? How have central institutions of a city like museums shaped the fabric of the neighbourhoods around them? Have they contributed to a spirit of neighbourliness? What do migrants bring to their new neighbourhoods? Do they reproduce neighbourhoods abroad? How are neighbourhoods organised, and what actually makes a neighbourhood a neighbourhood? These are some of the questions our next WeberWorldCafé will try to answer.

The event “Changing Neighbourhoods” will take place on January 29, 2019 from 2:30 to 6:00pm in the Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin. The event is a cooperation between the Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland, the Forum Transregionale Studien,the Orient Institut Beirut and the Zentrum Moderner Orient. It is curated by Hilal Alkan (Zentrum Moderner Orient), Nazan Maksudyan (Centre Marc Bloch), Nadia von Maltzahn and Birgit Schäbler (both Orient Institut Beirut).

Please register viawwc@maxweberstiftung.de

Table hosts: 

Hilal Alkan, Elissa Bertuzzo, Sonja Ganseforth, Banu Karaca, Stefan Knost, Nazan Maksudyan, Fouad Gehad Marei, Derya Özkaya, Katarzyna Puzon, Birgit Schäbler, Elena Vacchelli and Kordula Wolf

The WeberWorldCafé is an interactive, biannual event format of the Max Weber Stiftung and the Forum Transregionale Studien that brings together researchers and practitioners from various disciplines and region who meet and exchange their thoughts in a relaxed, coffeehouse-like atmosphere. We particularly invite students, young scholars and the interested public.

More information: https://wwc.hypotheses.org/4635