The Hochschule Niederrhein (HSNR) and the city of Mönchengladbach joined forces at the beginning of the year to jointly tackle the key challenges facing the Niederrhein region. With a focus on socio-cultural participation, sustainable urban development and interdisciplinary cooperation, they are tackling structural change in a region characterised by economic and social upheaval.
This intention, entitled "Transformation Laboratory University", was sponsored by the Stifterverband for one year.
The core question of the project: "Which university does the region need - an HN Lab in three steps", is now being initiated as the second step of the Stifterverband project with the "blank spaces" conference festival organised by the city of Mönchengladbach. The team of the Third Mission, Department of University Culture and Diversity of the HSNR, has brought together contributions from friendly scientific experts and colleagues of the HSNR for the festival. In addition, the HSNR will be using the vacant space on the upper Hindenburgstraße in Mönchengladbach during the HSNR Campus Week and the "blank spaces" conference festival with workshops, lectures and hands-on activities.
At the conference festival, we will capture moods, follow and evaluate opinions, discussions and contributions and transfer the results to the third step of the project: "The HSNR workshops - HSNR for the region".
Many thanks to our friends of the HSNR and colleagues who will be presenting their expertise on the two days of "blank spaces".
Thursday, 23.10.
First alumni meeting - BA Cultural Education and MA Cultural Education & Cultural Management degree programmes
Prof. Dr Frank Jebe
Exhibition - MA Design goes Downtown
12:00 - 22:00 (2 days)
Hindenburgstraße 57 (MG city centre)
Prof. Dr Sigrun Prahl
Exhibition - On participatory research, solidarity and post-migrant moments
Jure Leko, Prof. Dr Donja Amirpur
Workshop - Gender as Performance: Communication and Body Language
12:00 - 16:00
Room SE 03 (MG)
Stephanie Weber
Panel - Touching the Future - Perspectives on collaborative cultures of learning
14:30 - 15:30
Museum Abteiberg (MG)
Désirée Krüger, Janina Tosic, Aysegül Dogangün, Jakob Langen
Keynote - Transforming urban solidarities
15:30 - 16:30
Museum Abteiberg (MG)
Dr Moritz Ahlert
Short film Screebing - Solidarisation
16:00 - 20:00
Hindenburgstraße 57 (MG)
Prof. Dr Ömer Alkin, Gudrun Sommer, Carmen Mörsch, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, Deputy Prof. Dr Natascha Frankenberg
Friday, 24.10.
Keynote - Urban culture and environmental ethics. Hans Jonas and the principle of responsibility
11:00 - 13:00
Museum Abteiberg (MG)
Prof. Dr Andris Breitlin
Keynote - Province has potential
11:30 - 12:30
Haus Erholung (MG)
Sound Performance - ex aequo
20:00 - 21:00
Hindenburgstraße 57 (MG)
Lennart Posch
Party - Aftershow Party
22:00 - 04:00
Haus Erholung (MG)
DJs: Isabel del Valle, Latete, Good Call:
