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In times of a pandemic crisis, individual freedom of movement and social life are curtailed for the sake of public health. In our cities, restrictive rules and directives from local governments particularly impact on how we (are allowed to) use public space. With every new directive we need to re-adjust, re-align and re-configure our way in which we navigate – if at all – the city. These times raise new questions concerning the right to the city, or more specifically the right to public space. While drifting through the city, in this associative acoustic city walk our participants are exposed to a range of different voices and approaches that critically reflect on the politics of public space in general and on public space in times of a pandemic crisis in particular. Local and international urbanists, sociologists, architects, planners, writers and urban actors read out classic texts or provide own reflections on private life, agency, moving bodies, emptiness, the right to the city, or fluid encounters in relation to public space. This Audio Walk is provided for free, yet we would kindly ask to make a small (or big) donation to “Wie soll man zuhause bleiben, wenn man keins hat #HelpFromHome”, an initiative helping those without a home under CORVID-19 measurements. Either PayPal to paypal.me/poligonal or donate directly: https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/78065?utm_campaign=ShortURLs&utm_medium=project_78065&utm_source=PlainShortURL The audio walk topics and contributors are: Public Space From the Window Sill Prof. Sabine Knierbein (TU Vienna) on Public Sapce in times of COVID-19 Non-Places Agniezka Dragon (Cultural Practitioner – Warsaw/Berlin) reads Zygmunt Baumann Political Spaces, Spaces of Agency Dr. Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (ETH Zürich) reflects on architecture influencing political processes Navigating a Pandemic Krystin Arneson (Writer – POLIGONAL) reads Gia Kourlas Gemeinschaftsgärten und Zivilgesellschaft Toni Karge (Stadt- und Freiraumplaner - Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz) liest Karin Werner The Death of the Street Dr. Afia Afenah (Urban Anthropologist – University College London UCL) reads James Holston The Laws of Peripheral Vision Prof. AbdouMaliq Simone (Urbanist – University of Sheffield) on workarounds and the right of way on the street The Public Face of Social Capital Prof. Talja Blokland (Urban Sociologist – HU Berlin) reflects on fluid encounters under a city's lockdown No Man's Land Marina Petrova (Sociologist – POLIGONAL) reads Lucius Burckhardt Engineering Socialist Public Space Natalia Kvitkova (Urban Researcher – POLIGONAL) on GDR urban environments as instigators for societal change Plus pandemic soundscapes by Anna Steigemann, Tom Brennecke, Markus Bader, and Kurt Calleja POLIGONAL thanks all the contributors!

Please, do the walk between 12 pm and 20 pm. "Parallel lines do not intersect. But I have always wondered where fiction and reality intersect, or whether reality is not fictional after all. This audio walk is inspired by true events. A city is so multi-layered, and as a passerby, you only get to see and experience the tip of the iceberg. That’s why I would like to introduce you to some recent shady cases from Berlin-Mitte that you will never otherwise hear about."

„Drei Strategien für den Weltuntergang - Back to Earth (Radio)“ ist der Audioteil zur Performance "Drei Strategien für den Weltuntergang" des 49. Jahrgangs der zeitgenössischen Puppenspielkunst der HfS Ernst Busch. Laufen Sie durch ein Kaleidoskop aus Stimmen und Sounds. Exitterra, Wilde Hilde und Landeteam Erde sind drei Zugänge zur Frage: Was gibt uns Angesicht all der vielen Bedrohungen, noch Halt gibt. Vielleicht sehen wir uns ja schon bald auf dem Mars?

A collage about May Ayim and the experiences of non-white people during and after the German reunification. "those who have the say do not say anything most of the others are silent too"