Ideal spaces news update
IdeaI Spaces is proud to be hosting the workshop ‚ Identity and Place, Place and Belonging: A Workshop on Citizenship, Space, and Community‘ – October 19/20
Presented by Ideal Spaces Foundation and Jason Montgomery, Catholic University of America, Washington D.C./USA
October 19 + 20, 2025
Ideal Spaces Foundation venue, Nesslerstr. 16, 76227 Karlsruhe/Germany
12.00 to 6pm Central European Time
Workshop Synopsis
This workshop seeks to provoke critical discussion on what seems to be an evolving condition of the relationship between place and identity, identity and citizenship, citizenship and democratic space. The central premise of this workshop is that our ‘classical’ understanding of the connections between physical place, community, citizenship and democracy is either in a process of cultural erosion and may become obsolete, or this erosion is a temporarily phenomenon that cannot eliminate the (assumed) basic human need for physical place and direct physical contact. This premise is posed to re-access the value or potential of the city as a place for democratic life in the 21st century. This two-day workshop will foreground open discussion, with minimal formal presentations to set the stage for deep and enriching dialogue. Notes and reflections generated by this dialogue will serve as the basis for a new special issue of Urban Eidos, the research journal founded in conjunction with the Ideal Spaces Foundation.
Registration can be found on our website www.idealspaces.org under upcoming events,
https://www.idealspaces.org/upcoming-events/, where also the program of the workshop can be found.
New Issue in our Journal Urban Eidos
The workshop’s results will be reflected in a new issue of our journal; an outline, plus the invitation to submit contributions, can be seen here:
https://urban-eidos.com/call-for-contributions/
Podcasts
In our series about the younger generation, we announce our podcast with Christina Honcharenko,
https://www.idealspaces.org/podcasts/christina-honcharenko-ukraine-youth-series/
Aesthetics and the City Book Launch
Ideal Spaces attended online the ‚Aesthetics and the City Book Launch‘ October 8, 2025. Ideal Spaces thanks Joe Blakey, University of Manchester, U.K. for the invitation to the event.
Ice Art Environment Conference II, October 1/2, 2025
Ideal Spaces attended the conference through ICE‘s webinar. We congratulate Matthias Buehler, Head Of Ice on a successful webinar.
Symposium Wie Versteht Sich Gesellschaft Heute? ZKM Karlsruhe
Ideal Spaces had been invited to attend the symposium, presented by the Foundation Culture, Rights, and Technology/Karlsruhe at the ZKM. We thank the Kulturamt Karlsruhe for the invitation.