"Conference: Women designing and planning for social equality"
A political and feminist reading of practitioners’ commitment to rethink practice, question theory and take space
International Conference | Friday 28th June 2024
ZHAW Institut Urban Landscape - Tössfeldstrasse 11, Winterthur, Switzerland
The one-day conference aims to explore the ways in which women in spatial practices initiated or have been involved in rethinking practice, questioning theory, and taking space. As a result, their positionality as women and their political commitment guided their praxis towards fostering social participation and improving the everyday life of those usually inhabiting the margins of society.
Day programme
08:45-09:00 | Welcome by Oya Atalay Franck
09:00-10:50 | Session 1
10:50-11:10 | Coffee break
11:10-13:00 | Session 2
13:00-14:00 | Lunch
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14:00-15:30 | Keynote lecture: Iulia Stătică (University of Sheffield, UK)
15:30-17:20 | Session 3
17:20-17:40 | Coffee break
17:40-19:30 | Session 4
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19:40 | Screening of ‘My Socialist Home’ (Film by Iulia Stătică and Adrian Catu, 2021)
20:30 | Drinks reception
Participation to the conference is free and open to the public. Refreshments during coffee breaks and drinks reception will be provided. Please get in touch to let us know of any access requirements that you might have and how we can best accommodate these.
The conference is organised by Maria Silvia D’Avolio (mariasilvia.davolio@zhaw.ch) and Andri Gerber (andri.gerber@zhaw.ch), and sponsored by the ZHAW Institut Urban Landscape and the Swiss National Science Foundation, as part of the SNSF funded research project Challenging or Reproducing the Status Quo? The Leftist Architect in Milanese Architecture, 196X-198X.