OpenLAB.brussels SUMMER SCHOOL exploring the potential of in-between spaces/places for promoting COLLABORATIVE CITY-MAKING 13-17.09.2021
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openLAB.brussels SUMMER SCHOOL
exploring the potential of in-between spaces/places
for promoting COLLABORATIVE CITY-MAKING
13-17.09.2021
It is with great pleasure that we open the call for participation and welcome you to join us
during a summer school, jointly organized by VUB, ULB, communa, Centre d’Écologie Urbaine
and the Academy For Urban Action from Monday September 13 th to Friday September 17th
2021.
This summer school aims to explore the potential of in-between spaces/places for promoting
collaborative city-making processes. Hybrid spaces, spaces in transition, boundary zones, places that
are not (yet) defined, are in a state of becoming, yet to be built... will serve as the main topic and context
of encounter throughout our one-week workshops-series. Participants will be involved in field trips,
discussions, key-note lectures, co-creation ateliers and will explore the potential of in-between spaces
as caring, inclusive and transformative places allowing engaged citizens and professionals to cope with
pressing urban challenges in a collaborative manner.
The aim of the summer school is to explore research findings, theoretical frameworks, methodologies
and practices focused on the role of third spaces in becoming spaces of engaged research and creative
urban interventions. The summer school will look at the role played by academics, activists, civil society
and policy makers in developing alternative spaces for urban participation.
Who can apply?
We intend to involve diverse urban actors: scholars, artists, professionals, youth, activists, policy
makers, etc. The summer school activities will be organized in English, French and Dutch. Translation
will be foreseen where needed.
Two participation modes are proposed:
• an OPEN format, where you take part in one or more activities of your choice,
• a more intensive GROUP format, where you will explore a key-topic in a collaborative
learning trajectory spanning the entire week.
The first format is open to anyone interested in the proposed activities.
The second format requires a more intensive engagement. You need to be available for participating in
at least five times half a day of collaborative inquiry with your group.
How to apply?
Participation in the summer school is free of charge, but participant numbers are capped.
All registrations are handled through this FORM (click to open).
The deadline for submitting applications is July 25th 2021.
Participants will be informed of acceptance by August 15th 2021.
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. PhD-students (VUB) participating in the learning
GROUP format, will be rewarded 2ECTS.
For more information on the summer school programme and organisation have a look at our webpage.
For any questions regarding formats and/or practicalities, contact us at info.cerl@vub.be.
Feel free to share this call!
Looking forward meeting you!
PROGRAMME
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
13.09 14.09 15.09 16.09 17.09
MORNING 9u30-12u00 9u30-11u30 9u30-11u30 9u30-11u30 9u30-11u30
WELCOME FIELD TRIPS FIELD TRIPS GROUP PUBLIC SPACE
KEYNOTE SESSIONS POP-UP BOX
WORLD CAFE
AFTERNOON 13u00-16u30 12u30-14u00 12u30-14u00 12u30-14u00 14u30-17u30
GROUP KEYNOTE KEYNOTE KEYNOTE GROUP
SESSIONS WORLD CAFE WORLD CAFE WORLD CAFE SESSIONS
or
14u30-17u30 14u30-17u30 14u30-17u30 FUTURING LAB
GROUP GROUP GROUP
SESSIONS SESSIONS SESSIONS
or or or
FUTURING LAB FUTURING LAB FUTURING LAB
EVENING 17u00-19u00 18u00-20u00 18u00-20u00 18u00-20u00 18u00-21u00
CREATIVE CREATIVE NETWORKING CREATIVE CELEBRATION
SPACE SPACE DINNER SPACE CLOSING
PHASE CONVENE OBSERVE REFLECT ACT HARVEST
The summer school programme consists of JOINT activities (key notes, discussions,
networking and celebration moments allowing to connect diverse perspectives and
experiences) and PARALLEL sessions (activities allowing in-depth exploration of a chosen
topic / practice of a certain method in smaller groups).
Five steps will guide the learning process: CONVENE (coming together), OBSERVE (gaining
experiences and exploring diverse perspectives), REFLECT (connect experiences and
perspectives), ACT (materialize learning), HARVEST (showing, celebrating and planning
next steps).
Some activities are OPEN TO ALL interested people (yellow boxes), others are RESERVED
to participants that are willing to participate in a collective learning trajectory running through
the entire week (orange boxes). Three groups will be organized. Each one of them will be
working on a different topic: the POST-COLONIAL city, cities in TRANSFORMATION,
the PARTICIPATORY city.
OPEN ACTIVITIES
Monday Sept 13th 2021
10.00-12.00 Keynote world café: Exploring in-between spaces/places
Antoine Dutrieu (communa), Ronald Crouzé (VUB) & Jonas Breuer (imec-SMIT)
17.00-19.00 Guided tour of USquare-site
Tuesday Sept 14th 2021
9.30-11.30 Field Trips
Minority Walk with Omar Fassi Fehri (ULB)
Who Feeds the City Tour with Atelier Groot Eiland
Temporary Occupation sites Visit with communa
12.30-14.00 Keynote world café: Decolonising the city
Collingwoode Williams (UA), Fien Criel & Willeke Bert en Kate Meier (Odissee
Hogeschool)
14.00-16.00 Futuring Lab with BrusselAVenir
18.00-20.00 Balade Decoloniale by ULB-cooperation
Wednesday Sept 15th 2021
9.30-11.30 Field Trips
Still to be decided*
Exploring smart spaces and places with Jonas Breuer (imec-SMIT)
Inclusive City-making Bike Tour with Cité de la Jeunesse
12.30-14.00 Keynote world café: Collaborative City-Making
An-Sofie Smetcoren (VUB) & Annelies Duerinckx en Jef Van Laer (Scivil)
14.00-16.00 Futuring Lab with BrusselAVenir
18.30-20.30 Dinner in the Field, Cour'Jette
Thursday Sept 16th 2021
12.30-14.00 Keynote world café: City in Transition
Grégoire Wallenborn (ULB) & Hari Verlaet (InforSciences)
14.00-16.00 Futuring Lab with BrusselAVenir
18.00-20.00 Forum Theatre with Vaartkapoen
Friday Sept 17th 2021
09.30-11.30 Public Space Pop-up Box by Strategic Design Scenario's*
17.00-20.00 Closing exhibition & Celebration
Note: some of the activities still need to be confirmed, these are indicated with an asterisk (*)
GROUP ACTIVITIES GROUP ONE: THE POST-COLONIAL CITY In this group the concept of in-between spaces will be explored through participatory mapping and heritage-making methods. Taking advantage of the rich history, vibrant present and exiting future of the summer school location, the USquare neighborhood will be used as an exploratory case for surfacing forms of representation, friction and negotiation characterizing the urban sphere. Participants will become more aware about the variety of cultural assets and resources, both tangible and intangible, shaping the dynamics of the inquired site. They will explore in how far spaces and moments of friction can foster cross- cultural and -disciplinary dialogue and understandings. GROUP TWO: A CITY IN TRANSFORMATION In this group the concept of in-between spaces will be explored through participatory walking, workshopping and creative data visualizing methods. Participants will discuss topics such as urban ecologies and community-based sustainability transitions. A number of urban-farming, upcycling and recycling projects will be explored, making participants more aware about the resources-flow shaping the urban metabolism. They will reflect upon the importance of collaborative city-making processes for working towards sustainable and just urban livelihoods and environments. At the end of the week they will show-case their (hidden) resources-flow exhibition. GROUP THREE: THE PARTICIPATORY CITY In this group the concept of in-between spaces will be explored through collaborative design and decision-making methodologies. Participants will get the change to cross-pollinate experiences with diverse local and international Urban/Citizens/OpenLab initiatives and collaboratively formulate some guiding principles for installing and governing the Brussels Research Open Lab in an inclusive, ethically and ecologically sound manner. The question to be explored in this group, is how to design and govern in-between spaces so that they foster true engagement and can function as transition spaces, enabling pioneering urban practices in which diverse urban actors have an active voice, choice and agency. In order to register for the group sessions, you will need to be available to take part in at least four out of the six activities of your group (see Group Sessions in schedule on next page).
Please carefully check your agenda before subscribing.
GROUP SCHEDULE
Monday Sept 13th 2021
09.30-10.00: Opening & Welcome
10.00-12.00: Keynote world café
13.00-15.00: Group session 1
15.30-16.30: Sharing & Connecting
Tuesday Sept 14th 2021
09.30-11.30: Field Trip
12.30-14.00: Keynote world café
14.30-16.00: Group session 2
16.30-17.30: Sharing & Connecting
Wednesday Sept 15th 2021
09.30-11.30: Field Trip
12.30-14.00: Keynote world café
14.30-16.00: Group session 3
16.30-17.30: Sharing & Connecting
Thursday Sept 16th 2021
09.30-11.30: Group session 4
12.30-14.00: Keynote world café
14.30-16.00: Group session 5
16.30-17.30: Sharing & Connecting
Friday Sept 17th 2021
12.30-16.00: Group session 6
16.30-17.30: Sharing & Connecting
18.00-21.00: Celebration & Closing
Detailed information about the group-sessions will be available online by the end of July.
ORGANISING TEAM
Linde Moriau Etienne Toffin Julie Bertone Lien Mostmans
Gregoire Wallenborn Minne Huysmans Fanny Sbaraglia
Benjamin Wayens
Brecht Van der Schueren Antoine Dutrieu Rebeca Fernandez Lopez Ian Komac
Joost Vaesen Simon De Muynck Bram Dewolfs Lynn Tytgat
CONTRIBUTING ORGANISATIONS: The summerschool is an initiative of the Brussels Research Open
Lab (VUB/ULB), supported by communa asbl, Centre d’écologie urbaine asbl, Ebxl, and Urban Foxes. The event is
sponsored by Brussels Centre for Urban studies.
PRACTICALITIES Location: U-Square-site Address: Rue Fritz Toussaint straat 8 - 1050 Brussels Foods & drinks: Drinks and snacks will be offered by the coordinating team. Participants are asked to bring their own lunch. Field trips & transport: The summer school will propose diverse field trips and excursions. Some will be organized by bike, others by public transport. All transport related costs need to be covered by the summer school participants. Online environment & tools: A selection of activities will be proposed in hybrid format. The online sessions will be organised in MS Teams. Participants will receive the e-link to the sessions they are interested in well in advance. Contact: info.cerl@vub.be Website: openlab.brussels
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