The Distinctiveness of Cities | Modes of Re-Production
International Conference | 15th - 17th of June 2011, Darmstadt (Germany)

Keynote lectures by Helmuth Berking, Friedrich Lenger, Sujata Patel and Kurt W. Foster. Panels on body, space, power, infrastructure, knowledge and heritage with Gabriele Klein, Fran Tonkiss, Trutz von Trotha, Stephen Graham, Olivier Coutard, Ulf Matthiesen, Brenda S.A. Yeoh and many more.

Venice is different from London and in Mumbai we will expect to have radically other experiences than in Paris. The simple mentioning of city names calls up mental images in us, positive or negative, exotic or banal. Cities appear to be dynamic or progressive, cosmopolitan or sentimental, but what is the origin of such images and associations?
The question of the international conference "The Distinctiveness of Cities | Modes of Re-Production" is the intrinsic logic of cities. Six thematic fields will serve to structure the approach taken to these questions at the conference on "The Distinctiveness of Cities | Modes of Reproduction": Body, Space, Power, Infrastructure, Knowledge and Heritage.

For further information on the conference agenda, speakers, lectures and registration details please visit our website: www.distinctiveness-of-cities.de

The International Conference "The Distinctiveness of Cities | Modes of Re-Production" is organized by LOEWE Research Focus "Intrinsic Logic of Cities" at Technische Universität Darmstadt.