University Duisburg-Essen

City Scripts

Graduate Research Group

Projects

Postdoctoral Project

Projects

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PhD Projects:

Artsy Rust Belts: Narratives of the Creative Class in Post-Industrial Cities from a Transatlantic Perspective

Green Metropoles: Conserving Whose World? Sustainability Standards in the U.S. and Germany

Social Change for Engaging Cities: Translating Urban 'Collective Impact' Initiatives between the Rust Belt and the Ruhr

Jazzing Up the Climate-Friendly City: Scripts for Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Rehabilitation in Detroit and the Ruhrgebiet

Scripts of Diversity Gardening: The Inclusive Green City Plot in Portland (Oregon) and Essen

Raising Ethnic Voices: Counter-Discourses in the Contemporary Cultural Scenes of New York City and Los Angeles

Waterfront Reconquista: Conflicting Scripts for Waterfront and Port Developments in Inland Harbor Cities

Postdoctoral Project:

Trivial Pursuits: The Practices and Politics of Prioritization in Postindustrial Urban Spaces

Upcoming Events

April 15: Online Conversation: TV Thursday - Serial Politics with Maria Sulimma

April 22: City Scripts Colloquium Roundtable on Pedagogy, Activism, and Literacy

May 20: Talk by Barbara Buchenau at KU Eichstätt

May 20: Talk by Simon Dickel at City Scripts Colloquium

May 27: Talk by Robert Gioielli at City Scripts Colloquium

June 10: Talk by Rebecca Brückmann at City Scripts Colloquium

July 1: Talk by Robert S. Emmett at City Scripts Colloquium

July 8: Talk by Jan Logemann at City Scripts Colloquium

July 15 : Talk by Matthew M. Harris at City Scripts Colloquium

September 9-12: City Scripts Symposium “Transatlantic Rust Belts” in Detroit