Privacy Matters. How Interiors make and break our Cities
Philip de Langes Allé 10 København K
The conference will examine links between cities, the built environment, the private and the public, the interior and the exterior, and between social and political processes and urban transformation over two days of talks.
Described as a moment of collective reflection, investigating the complex links between cities, the built environment, the private and the public, the interior and the exterior, Privacy Matters. How Interiors make and break our Cities is a multidisciplinary conference.
The event will bring together distinguished speakers from an assortment of disciplines to reflect on urbanism, its relationships with the private and the public, and the potential role of urban and interior designs and histories in reconfiguring the dynamics between them.
The two-day event will consist of a series of sessions, with three occurring on the first day and two appearing on the second day - each assigned a unique theme tying it to the overarching narrative of the conference, which will be explored through readings, debates, conversations, and video projections.
- SESSION 1: 'Contextualising’: will explore the idea of privacy as a sentient, living being while shedding light on how urbanism can be utilised as a forensic tool.
- SESSION 2: 'Narrating’: will present a historical overview of humanity’s ties to privacy and the intricacies of illuminating the threats of today’s city.
- SESSION 3: 'Conceptualising’: is the theme of the third session. It has been portrayed as a dive into a new conceptualisation of the interior as a part of the urban landscape to explore approaches to its spatial organisation and contribute to a critical discourse on urbanism.
- SESSION 4: 'Designing': will investigate the potential of design, which is set to reveal the work of architects, curators, and design students attempting to redefine the bonds between privacy, interiors and cities
- SESSION 5: 'Inhabiting’, will expound on sensory mediums used to experience privacy, as well as a study on the anatomy of cities, and the complexities of designing for an urban scale.
Call for Papers
We invite speakers to deliver research and design perspectives on privacy, interior and city in a historical perspective as a physical, social, digital, and existential place in past, present, and future.
All applicants are asked to submit a proposal outlining a 15 min. presentation providing the title, an abstract (max 300 words), the session to choose and a list of up to five bibliographical references of the individual paper.
All applicants are also asked to add their name, institutional affiliation, academic status, email, and a short biographical description of themselves in the third person (max 150 words).
Please note that due to time constraints, it won’t be possible to accommodate all the proposals.
Please email your abstract and biography in a single compiled pdf to Nuno Grancho at nuno.grancho@teol.ku.dk no later than January 6, 2023.
Scholars who have submitted their proposals by this deadline will be notified by January 13, 2023.
Download the full program for the conference from the top of the page.