Workshops – CCSA

Summer Semester

• Goethe University Frankfurt, Campus Westend

Seminar & Symposium

UNESCO MAKING ARCHITECTURE CULTURE

Daniela Ortiz dos Santos

This research seminar intersects twentieth-century architecture discourse and international organizations. It cuts across architectural historiography, archival research and transnational history. We invite participants to reflect on the ideas of modern architecture, historic monument and cultural heritage as inventions, created in the context of collaborations, negotiations, conventions, consensuses, power relations and disputed views. Our main…

Summer Semester 2022

Wednesdays 10h15-11h45

• Campus Bockenheim
Goethe University Frankfurt

Propaedeutic Architecture

Which Histories?

Carsten Ruhl & Daniela Ortiz dos Santos

What type of narratives do we want to pursue while judging about the meaning of architecture today? Who is in Charge of Architecture? Which Histories shall be celebrated and constructed? And Through Which Medium? Although these may sound straightforward questions, answering them poses new methodological challenges. Our introductory course to…

25.05. – 30.06.2022

• Campus Westend
Goethe University Frankfurt

Symposium

Architectural History and International Organizations Reflecting on Sources and Methods

The international symposium aims at intersecting transnational studies and architectural historiography. The main goal is to share research experiences while approaching archives of International Organizations and Associations. This three-afternoon event is organized within the framework of the seminar “UNESCO making architecture culture” and is included as part of a research project…