“Urban Imaginaires” Workshop

“Urban Imaginaires” Workshop, Istanbul, 16 - 20 April 2011

co-organized by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Istanbul Studies Center (KHAS)

16 April: Guided Tour, ‘Tourism and cultural fragments in Old Istanbul’, by Aysim Türkmen (Yıldız Teknik Üni.) and Katharina Sucker (Bauhaus Uni.)

17 April: Guided Tour, ‘New visions of urban living’, by Orhan Esen (Arkistan)

Film Screening: Organize Isler (Magic Carpet Ride), Cezayir Restaurant

18 April: Public Lectures / Kadir Has University, Cibali

19 April: Workshops / Kadir Has University, Cibali

20 April: Workshops & Presentation / Kadir Has University, Cibali

Public Lectures, Istanbul, Kadir Has University, 18 April 2011, 10.00 - 18.00

Levent Soysal, ‘Civilizing Istanbul: City, Spectacle, and World Culture’

Frank Eckardt, ‘From Image to Research’

Orhan Esen, ‘The changing actors of Istanbuls built environment’

Lunch Break

Aysim Türkmen, ‘Neo-Ottoman constructions of the Neoliberal City’

Aliye Ahu Akgün, ‘Development process in the housing market of Istanbul’

Rene Seyfarth, ‘What track is beaten? Potentials and problems in research approaches of tourist attraction’