Bauhaus Kolleg XIII After Levittown Schedule for the First Term - 19th October 2011 - 2nd March

2012

Week 1 19th to 21st October Welcome and Introduction week 20th October: Bauhaus Tours and Bauhaus City Dessau Week 2 24th to 28th October 24th October: Who is who? Introduction of the Bauhaus Kolleg Members Theme 1: The Suburban Legacy Lectures, seminars and reading assignments: 1) Prefabrication of houses and the heroic phase of modernism 2) Postwar welfare and the American dream 3) Close relatives: media technology and suburban dwelling 4) The globalization of suburbia Week 3 31st October to 4th November Exploring the suburban condition, research and reading Collecting material and developing exhibition ideas Week 4 7th to 8th November Working exhibition of theme 1: The Suburban Legacy 9th to 11th November Theme 2: The Architecture of the Real Estate Market Lectures and seminars Outlining the workshop: The geography of the global real estate market Week 5 14th to 18th November Workshop: The geography of the global real estate market with Theo Deutinger (NL/A) Week 6 21st to 25th November Compilation of the two themes in a working exhibition Week 7

CORD Dance conference!

28th November to 2nd December Workshop on urban ethnography Lectures, exercises and field research Week 8 and 9 5th to 16th December Preparation of the excursion to Levittown Philadelphia (US) Methods and techniques for conducting research in the field 19th December 2011 to 4th January 2012 Christmas Break Week 10 and 11 5th to 14th January Preparation of the excursion Week 12 and 13 15th to 28th January Excursion to Levittown Philadelphia (US) Week 14 and 15 30th January to 10th February Revision of the research material Week 16 13th to 17th February Preparing and outlining the individual research on the typologies of global suburbia to be conducted during the term break Week 17 20th to 24th February Re-editing the research results for the exhibition 27th February to 2nd March Preparation of the midterm exhibition and presentation Semester Break 5th March to 10th April Individual research on suburban developments in the home countries of the Kolleg members

tel Aviv! - GAGA workshop!

Michigan Dance Conference