Looking at blind spots to find shared concerns within Sino-German innovation cooperation. A conversation with Prof. Dr. Doris Fischer, head of the expert Group of the Sino-German Innovation Platform and the department of China Business and Economics at the University of Würzburg.
Alternative urbanism meets social entrepreneurship. China meets Europe. 30 CITYMAKERS from 16 cities – from Beijing and Berlin, Taipei and Vienna, Munich and Shanghai – all with powerful innovative ideas for future livable cities, came together for two and a half days at an almost magical place in the countryside south of Berlin: Drahnsdorf.
Das STADTMACHER-Blatt #3 möchte einige in Zusammenhang stehende Konzepte wie Partizipation 参于, Kooperation 合作, Nachbarschaft 社区 betrachten. Die Fragen, die uns für dieses Blatt angetrieben haben, lauten: Welche Möglichkeiten der Teilhabe haben StadtmacherInnen in China? Wo gibt es spannende Beispiele? Was sind Pionierprojekte in Deutschland, die auf neue kooperative Formen setzen?
Das 25-jährige Städtepartnerschaftsjubiläum zwischen Xi’an und Dortmund ist ein Anlass, diese beiden Städte und das Ruhrgebiet und Xi’an näher zu untersuchen. Auf der Karte, gestaltet von STADTMACHERIN WU Yimeng finden Sie näheres zu Orten, die Sie mal gesehen haben sollten und viele relevante AkteurInnen!
Jonas Schorr talks with Kika Yang about his journey: From growing up in East Berlin to moving to West Germany and then step-by-step turning into a cosmopolitan social entrepreneur with his recently founded company, Urban Impact. This podcast is part of our series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.
Zum Auftakt des vierten STADTMACHER-Jahres sprach Programm-Leiterin Katja Hellkötter mit dem Stadtentwicklungs- und Architektur-Experten Dr. Eduard Kögel über aktuelle Tendenzen der Urbanisierung in China, die Potentiale des STADTMACHER-Projektes “Wuhan Narrative” und in einem Blick über den “Tellerand” auch über die südostasiatische Stadt-Moderne.
How to make sure to hear and harvest all the interesting individual stories of participants and make them available to a larger audience? We set up a one-to-one dialogue space hosted by CITYMAKERS-editor and architect Kika Yang. Our key questions of interest: What motivates and drives you personally as a city maker? What was your particular interest in joining this lab? What potential do you see in the CITYMAKERS-platform? Here we share results from these conversations with Laura Bruns, Sebastian Schlecht, Jah Ying Chung, Jonas Schorr, Marlene Welzl, Andrea Weigt & Cyrus Khazaheli through a series of podcasts.
Marlene Welzl shares with us what inspired her to create the concept of WOHNBUDDY, a matchmaking platform for elderly and young people to live together. This podcast is part of our series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.
Zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts hatten die drei Städte Hankou, Hanyang und Wuchang – die heute Wuhan bilden – geteilt durch die Flüsse Jangtse und Han, zusammen mehr als eine Millionen Einwohner. Da Seeschiffe über den Jangtse bis weit ins Landesinnere fahren konnten, war der Ort prädestiniert für den Handel.
Laura Bruns, co-founder of StadtStattStrand, speaks with Kika Yang about the project “Urbane Liga”, the importance of lobbying and building trust as well as their publications launched to empower citizens to ‘just do it’. This podcast is part of our series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.
With her broad experience within start-ups and social organisations, Jah Ying Chung identified a gap that she is now dedicating her time to fill: Her consultancy “The Good Growth Co” helps companies after their successful launching period to develop a consistent strategy for their development. This podcast is part of our series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.
Combining their backgrounds in stage design, architecture and movement-based expressive arts, Andrea Weigt & Cyrus Khazaheli offer an environment in which people can connect with nature and with themselves – and generate new ideas. They see themselves as a part of a movement towards a new model of community life in the countryside. This podcast is part of our series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.
Sebastian Schlecht is an optimist: He believes that we have the necessary resources to generate, test and implement new solutions to sustainable built environments. In his talk with Kika Yang he shares how enriching it can be to experience different perspectives of particular processes. This podcast is part of our podcast series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.
Get to know Zhen Zhang, who is a researcher in architecture/building culture and contributes to CITYMAKERS as freelance editor. Her understanding of city making includes a constant focus on specific local conditions whilst keeping in mind bigger contexts.
Über das Werk des Architekten Richard Sachse weiß man bislang wenig. Er wird 1908 in einer Passagierliste für die Ankunft in Shanghai erwähnt. 1912 erweiterte er in der deutschen Konzession in Hankou als Architekt die Unterkünfte für die lokalen Polizisten neben dem Rathaus. Ansonsten ist sein Wirken als Architekt in der Stadt bis 1939 nur fragmentarisch bekannt.
Das “Chinesenviertel” – Hamburgs forgotten Chinatown. Adopting the role of the archivist, the filmmakers combing through Hamburg’s urban fabric for traces of the hidden history of Hamburgs displaced Chinese community. A film by Lina Martin-Chan and Jöran Mandik.
Anti-Urbanisierung, Ressourcenverteilung und multizentrale Landentwicklung, Wanderungsbewegungen zwischen Stadt und Land sowie Stadtidentität(en) sind einige der Stichworte, die nach Ansicht des in Berlin lebenden Journalisten SHI Ming im deutsch-chinesischen Austausch wichtig sind oder sein sollten.
When we think of France, images of Paris come to our mind: the Eiffel tower, the Champs Elysées, walking carefree, basking in on the culture and the atmosphere. How does this image hold up for international students in the middle of a global pandemic? How does it hold up for other French cities? A film by Edna Peza.
East Railway Station Hangzhou, China. The Chinese character “Entrance” outlines the location of the camera. A film by Hu Yue.
Is there a wisdom about how a people or a society can find happiness? What is needed in order to lead a fortunate and contended life? A film by Susanne Elgeti and Annette Mehlhorn.