Urban Development via Public-Civic Partnerships. Forms of Cooperation, Controversies and Modelling Attempts
Urban Development via Public-Civic Partnerships. Forms of Cooperation, Controversies and Modelling Attempts
In our research project Urban Development via Public-Civic Partnerships. Forms of Cooperation, Controversies and Modelling Attempts we are researching in and with the two Berlin-based model projects Haus der Statistik and Rathausblock Kreuzberg. Our focus is on forms of collaboration that go beyond participation, the productive role of controversy around key concepts, and supporting the modeling attempts of these projects.
We think it is important not only to conduct our research and scientific practices at the university, but also to anchor it locally at the model projects .
Our research thus develops out of the model projects. We conduct our research together with actors involved in the model projects and intervene with our research in the model projects.
For this co*laborative and multimodal practise, we are developing two research devices specifically tailored to the model projects under study: A Zauderbude (dithering booth) at the Haus der Statistik and a workshop series Modelling Controversies at the Rathausblock.
The Zauderbude (dithering booth) invites actors from politics, public administration and civil society to leave the daily business of cooperation and dare a moment of not (yet) acting before the next step Simultaneously, the Zauderbude acts as an infrastructure box for the Auto-Scooter, an open platform for collective endeavors of all kinds.
In the workshop series Modelling Controversies we work on the results of our research together with actors from the model projects and other interested parties.
Through this practice we also create a recurring public for the circulation of model elements of a cooperative, common good oriented urban development.
The research project emphasizes a co*laborative research design. Therefore, a network of different partners is essential.
