city fringe event at rc21 vienna 2026
pluriversal perspectives on inhabiting vienna
city warmly invites conference participants, non-conference participants, city members and non-members alike to join us for a fringe event on grassroots spatial appropriations in vienna.
the event asks what it means to inhabit the city from spaces, histories and practices that exceed the better-known story of vienna’s social housing programmes. in that spirit, it follows the pluriversal ethos of city: urban knowledge should not remain inside the conference room, but should also be made through situated practice, collective memory, local struggle and shared encounter.
why this fringe event
this session turns toward grassroots spatial appropriations in vienna in order to pluralise dominant narratives of urban inhabitation and the right to the city. it attends to both historic and recent initiatives, and to the unresolved tensions between invited and claimed spaces of participation.
rather than treating the city as a settled object of study, the event approaches inhabitation as a practice: walked, remembered, contested, narrated and collectively remade.
programme
part one: guided walk
a guided walk around the historical and cultural centre kulturzentrum spittelberg im amerlinghaus, 51 years after the space was first occupied in 1975.
part two: collaborative workshop
a workshop bringing together people and urban collectives from within and beyond the rc21 conference, with attention to the practices through which the city is claimed, inhabited and held in common.
event details
17:00 – 19:00
toward amerlinghaus
open beyond the conference
this fringe event is open to a limited number of people. non-conference and conference participants are welcome. all participants can register through rc21. for general questions, email paroj banerjee at p.banerjee@ucl.ac.uk. further details are available in the original event post.
