Summer School - Reinventing Industrial Culture – New Futures For the Palla, 30 July -06 August 2017, Germany

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TRANSNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL: REINVENTING INDUSTRIAL CULTURE – NEW FUTURES FOR THE PALLA

InduCult 2.0 will host an international summer school with 20 Master and PhD-students engaged in topics related to industrial heritage and industrial culture from a range of disciplines (e.g. geography, architecture, planning, arts, cultural studies, industrial history, sociology, and economics). Together with the University of Graz, the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) will organize the school in summer 2017 supported by weberag Glauchau, the local economic development agency. The large county town Glauchau is a city with 24.000 inhabitants located in the

The large county town Glauchau is a city with 24.000 inhabitants located in the south-west of Saxony, in the administrative district Zwickau. During industrialization in the 19th century, Glauchau became an important place for textile industry in the fields of spinning and weaving. In this time, many large and splendid factories were built. After the political change in Germany in 1989, the textile industry was not competitive anymore and new branches of

After the political change in Germany in 1989, the textile industry was not competitive anymore and new branches of economy developed. Significant buildings like the Palla-Ensamble shaping the cityscape went out of use. The “Palla” is a large area with many buldings located in the middle of the town at the axis between the railway station, the market and the castles.

The city of Glauchau, who owns the Palla-ensemble, wants to transform the historically significant buildings and devote them to modern usage linked to the creative and cultural economy - but also other futures are possible. The topics of the summer school are related to creative ideas of the buildings transformation and to the re-conceptualisation of industrial culture in scientific and practical terms (relating to such concepts as industry 4.0, post-industrial society and knowledgebased economy).

The programme of the school will consist of 2 days of scientific input and debate, 1,5 days empirical and analytical work based on local input and 2,5 days of project based atelier work aiming at the re-invention of the former industrial site Palla. Group-work results – inspired by the design thinking method - have a high probability to attract local interest and to be implemented at later stages of project development. The school will start on Sunday evening July 30, 2017 with a get-together at castle Glauchau combined with a visit of the Salvador Dali exhibition. On Saturday August 5, group work results will be presented publicly combined with a farewell party at the territory of Pallaensemble. On Sunday, there will be a joint breakfast, and potentially cultural activities.

Participants will work in the premises of the former voluntary fire brigade on site and will be accommodated in residential facilities of the University of Cooperative Education Glauchau or in shared flats of local housing companies. There will also be a social programme linked to the summer school. Credits and Requirements 5 ECTS Points are available by the University of Leipzig or

Credits and Requirements 5

ECTS Points are available by the University of Leipzig or

5 ECTS Points are available by the University of Leipzig or University of Graz.

Participants are expected to contribute to the costs with a small fee (50 EUR).

We have limited opportunities to support travel costs financially. Participants have to indicate in registration, whether they need a travel grant for being able to participate.

Application and Contact

Deadline: We ask for your application until 23 June 2017. Accepted candidates will be notified immediately. Participation is limited to 20 people. Please send us your 1-page CV, a 1-page letter of motivation and a short abstract about a potential poster presentation or short input showing your expertise and capacities you can offer for the teamwork.

Please send your application to A_Wust@ifl-leipzig.de.

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