Climate challenges and the arts: urban time scales, inclusion and future flexibility
This workshop is organized in the context of the H2020 initiative "SOS Climate waterfront". From KTH participants presenting includes Katarina Larsen, Div. History of Science, Technology and Environment and Lina Suleiman, Div. Urban and Regional Studies. The event is co-organized with the art institution Färgfabriken in Stockholm and will also give an introduction to the work carried out in collaboration between researchers and artists in the exhibition Symbiosis at Färgfabriken. The workshop includes short presentations and discussions on topics of climate change and the arts, urban climate challenges , "seeking solutions for whom", flexibility and diversity in urban climate solutions.
Time: Tue 2021-11-16 13.00 - 15.00
Location: zoom, please contact the organizer for more info larsen@kth.se
Language: English
Participating: Katarina Larsen (KTH), Lina Suleiman (KTH), Maria Rita Pais (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal)
Workshop intro "Climate challenges and the arts: urban time scales, inclusion and future flexibility"
Urban strategies for managing storm water and crafting robust solutions to cope with future climate challenges are receiving renewed attention with events of heavy rainfall and costly effects from flooding we have seen in Sweden and internationally in the past years.
With this workshop we will look into some of these challenges and also discuss dilemmas with some proposed solutions. These solutions are themselves raising new questions about how to communicate alternative solutions and "solutions for whom" (how can solutions be communicated to citizens, experts, and policymakers?), time scales (what are the time perspective we apply for climate robust solutions in renewal of cities?), inclusion/diversity (how can a diverse set of voices be heard when crafting new solutions?) and flexibility (how can we build solutions that are flexible enough to create room for maneuver needed in the future?) for urban areas when facing new - and sometimes - unexpected climate challenges.
For more info on the H2020 initiative, SOS Climate Waterfront, see http://sosclimatewaterfront.eu