Public Interest Design
Safe and liveable for all: exchange on gender-equitable urban planning at LOCH Wuppertal
The evening will be accompanied by an exhibition showing creative ideas for gender-equitable and queer-sensitive urban design. Participation is free of charge.
Expected on the podium are
- Jana Eckelt (Feminist Urban Planning)
- Dr Tim Lukas (University of Wuppertal, research on spaces of fear in public space)
- Konstantin Michaelis (Queer-sensitive anti-discrimination counselling)
- Tobias Ringel (Urban Development Wuppertal)
- Anouchka Strunden (urbanist)
The basis for this event is an intensive three-day workshop on gender-equitable urban design, which recently took place at Inside:Out - Queeres Zentrum Wuppertal. "This resulted in a thesis paper that collects ideas and impulses for urban design that meets the needs of all citizens - regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation," say the organisers Anna Nill and Kira Sandrock. The two are studying Public Interest Design at the University of Wuppertal and developed the idea and initiative as part of their Master's programme. The paper will be handed over to Martina Völker from the City of Wuppertal's Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Department on the evening of the event and will serve as an impetus for the subsequent discussion.
About "queering the city"
The "queering the city" project is an initiative by Anna Nill and Kira Sandrock. Together with FLINTA* and queer perspectives, the two students from the Master's programme in Public Interest Design at the University of Wuppertal want to provide new impetus for urban design. Their aim is to create a public space in which people of all genders and sexual orientations feel safe and represented. They organise city walks, workshops and theme evenings to raise awareness of the issue.
Further information can be found on the project website.
The Master's degree programme in Public Interest Design at the University of Wuppertal focuses on urban development, participation and social transformation and how these can be shaped.
Further information can be found on the programme's website.
