Autor: Institute of Strollology
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2026, March: Tracing Urban Spaces of Possibility
Universität Wien, Institut für Europäische Ethnologie (Workshop 19.-20.3.26) What are urban spaces of possibility? How are local practices and power relations intertwined? And how can these be conceptualised and studied ethnographically? We discussed such questions at the 15th workshop of the Network for Cultural Studies of Urban Research, organised by the Institute for European Ethnology,…
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2026, January: Visiting project “urban space main station 2050”
Zurich (CH) The city of Zurich plans to redesign the area around the bustling main station in the coming decades. Andrea attended a presentation introducing the “urban space main station 2050” project and the corresponding white paper. The topics covered in the document illustrate the complex interplay between various actors and their needs, which are…
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2025, November: Institute of Strollology goes München: Talk On Project “15 Minutes And Then What?”
LMU Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Südliches Schlossrondell, 27 November 2025 The Institute of Strollology was invited to the conference “City in Motion. Negotiations of Mobility and (Living-)Space”, organized by the Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies and European Ethnologie (EKW*EE) at LMU München, supported by the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation and the German Association for Research (DFG).…
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2025, September: Symposium “Walking – Thinking in Motion”
Safiental (CH) In September 2025, the symposium “Walking – Thinking in Motion” took place, organized by the Institute for Land & Environmental Art (ILEA). Claudia from our collective attended and returned from the Safiental valley with many exciting impressions and experiences. The contributions and walkshops can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/@instituteforlandandenvironment/videos (YouTube Channel ILEA). Im September…
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2025, July: City on the move
La-Chaux-de-Fonds How do people and vehicles move in public spaces? How and where do they linger? And how do movement and the built environment interact? The Institute of Strollogy explores these questions in a multisensory way along Avenue Léopold-Robert, in the market square and in the chessboard-like streets of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Wie bewegen sich Menschen…
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2025, May: ZKK talk “solutionism. Lösungen auf der Suche nach Problemen.”
Cabaret Voltaire In May 2025, the ZKK talk “Solutionism. Solutions in Search of Problems.“ took place at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. Gillian Rose and Roland Meyer spoke about the promise of solutions offered by the digital city. Strollie AndreaF attended the event and found the analysis of the problematic aspects of ”City Digital Twins” insightful,…
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2025, February: Wintry Promenadology – from the cemetery to the car park
in La-Chaux-de-Fonds We explore streets, buildings and (im)mobilities in the wintry city of La Chaux-de-Fonds – from the cemetery to the De la Ronde car park. Wir erkunden in der winterlichen Stadt La Chaux-de-Fonds Straßen, Bauten und (Im)Mobilitäten – vom Friedhof zum Parkhaus De la Ronde.
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2025, February: “A wall as horizon”
Musée des Beaux-Arts Le Locle MBAL Visiting the compelling exhibition “A wall as horizon” by Laurence Rasti with A., D., G., L., M., N., T., Z. at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Le Locle – MBAL, which is accompanied by a book publication. This artistic work illuminates what it means to be in captivity, using the…
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2024, December: Institute of Strollology goes Hamburg: Talk on project “15 minutes and then?”
HafenCity Universität, City Science Lab Hamburg, 5 December 2024 The Institute of Strollology was invited to the annual conference “Body – Time – Environments: On the materialization and embodiment of new temporalities”of the German Sociological Association, section “Sociology of the Body and Sport”, to present first findings of the ongoing project “When Is My When?” which…
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2024, October: Experimental walk in the watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds
Espacité Tower La-Chaux-de-Fonds, 12 October 2024, 12:00 The Institute of Strollology invites you to take part in a joint walking experiment: participants explore selected locations in the watchmaking city in groups. Sensitisation to different perceptions of time and space as well as multi-sensory crisis experiments play a decisive role. Experimental walking and unusual interactions are used…