12 May 2022
Online
The Transitional Territories lecture series explores the agency of design as a mode of investigation and reflexive transformation of the ever-changing interrelations between natural processes, societal practices, and (geo)political frameworks.
The 2021-2021 edition introduces as an investigative lens the notion of accumulation broadly conceived: as a material process of anthropogenic transformation of the earth, but also as a process of – often unequal – social and ecological (re)organization. From the ecopolitics and hydropolitcs of accumulation, to its multiscalar metabolisms, the series aims to offer critical insights around the state and agency of the territorial project within the pressing context of the climate crisis and the associated social and ecological tensions.
The lecture series takes place within the framework of: Section of Urban Design at TU Delft, Delta Urbanism Research Group, Graduation Studio—Transitional Territories (Joint Studio with AA, Diploma Unit 9, Third Territorial Attractor)
Curated by: Nikos Katsikis
Convened by: Nikos Katsikis and Taneha Kuzniecow Bacchin
Session 1
18 november 2021
17:00—18:00 CET
ECOPOLITICS OF ACCUMULATION
Jose Alfredo Ramirez
Session 2
02 December 2021
17:00—18:00 CET
ECOLOGIES OF ACCUMULATION
Fadi Masoud
Session 3
09 December 2021
17:00—18:00 CET
ACCUMULATION AND ECOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Neyran Turan
Session 4
10 February 2022
TERRITORIAL ECOLOGIES OF ACCUMULATION II
“MONSOON AS METHOD”
Lindsay Bremne
University of Westminster
Session 5
24 February 2022
17:00—18:00 CET
ECOPOLITICS OF ACCUMULATION II
Billy Fleming
Ian L. McHarg Center | University of Pennsylvania
Session 6
03 March 2022
17:00—18:00 CET
ACCUMULATION AND ECOLOGICAL IMAGINATION II
Design Earth – Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy
MIT / University of Michigan
Session 7
31 March 2022
17:00—18:00 CET
NEW MEDIA OF ACCUMULATION
Bobby Pietrusko
University of Virginia
Session 8
14 April 2022
17:00—18:00 CET
TERRITORIAL ECOLOGIES OF ACCUMULATION III
Alison Hirsch
University of Southern California
Session 9
28 April 2022
17:00—18:00 CET
HYDROPOLITCS OF ACCUMULATION
Thomas Turnbull
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Session 10
12 May 2022
TERRITORIAL ECOLOGIES OF ACCUMULATION IV
Felipe Correa
University of Virginia