Bringing together researchers, designers, artists, and community practitioners, the symposium will explore how small-scale, experimental, and everyday urban practices can actively shape more just, sustainable, and multispecies futures. Grounded in the concept of prefiguration, it proposes a critical, creative, and speculative space for reimagining urban life beyond dominant paradigms.
The event is structured around three intersecting thematic strands:
- Futures in the Everyday: Exploring how ordinary practices and routines can prefigure transformative urban futures.
- Ecological Transitions as Collective Practices: Focusing on participatory responses to ecological and climate crises, rooted in local cultures and interdependence.
- Designing More-Than-Human Urban Futures: Engaging with design approaches that promote multispecies cohabitation, care ecologies, and post-anthropocentric imaginaries.
A pre-event webinar will be held in early August to connect selected contributors and support collaborative preparation. This event will be of particular interest to scholars and practitioners working at the intersection of urban studies, ecology, design, and social justice—including those involved in European research on spatial justice, post-human urbanism, and participatory transformation processes.
Key information
Submission deadline: 15 July 2025
Submission format: Abstract (max 300 words), format preference, and short bio (max 100 words) to be sent to o.druta@tue.nl
Registration fee: None (participants cover travel/accommodation; meals provided)
Per informazioni:
Stefania Ragozino
CNR – Istituto di Ricerca su Innovazione e Servizi per lo Sviluppo
s.ragozino@iriss.cnr.it
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