Building on the knowledge gathered from academic literature as well as from the first UrbanMetaMapping conference “Cartographies of Catastrophes” in Bamberg (2021) this conference will examine mapping of “post-conflict” cities from the 19^th century until the present day in different geographic settings. Firstly, we want to focus particularly on the question of continuities and ruptures relating to urban planning in those cases when end of conflict coincided with a change of socio-political regime. Secondly, we want to move away from the iconic cities, capitals in particular, and focus instead on less known case studies. We are therefore particularly interested in mapping of “peripheral” cities and their experience of “post-conflict” periods.

Programme

Thursday 20.10.2022

09:15-09:45 CEST Registration

• 09:45-10:00 CEST Welcome and Introduction: Piotr Kisiel (IRS)
• 10:00-11:30 CEST Keynote: Ian Gregory (Lancaster University): Geographical Information Systems for understanding the geographies of the past 

11:30-11:45 CEST Coffee Break

11:45-13:15 CEST Session 1: Planning and its Effects

Chair: Małgorzata Popiołek-Roßkamp (IRS)

• 11:45-12:00 CEST Carol Ludwig (GESIS) & Seraphim Alvanides (GESIS): Nirgendwo in Essen geriet in den 1950er Jahren der Wiederaufbau derart hypermodern – und brutal* An urban analytics approach to the urban and social post-war development of Essen
• 12:00-12:15 CEST Łukasz Musiaka (Uni. Łódź): Post-war spatial transformations of small towns in the context of spatial policy challenges on the example of Węgorzewo
• 12:15-12:30 CEST Henriette Bertram (Uni. Kassel): Continuities, changes and a narrative of normalization: post-conflict urban renewal and redevelopment in Belfast

12:30-13:15 CEST Discussion

13:15-14:30 CEST Lunch

14:30-16:00 CEST Session 2: Narrating Post-Conflict Cities

Chair: Harald Engler (IRS)

• 14:30-14:45 CEST Elisa-Maria Hiemer (Herder-Institut Marburg): Narrating transformation and catastrophes: The perception of Western Polish cities by German and Polish maps and texts
• 14:45-15:00 CEST Tabitha Redepenning (Herder-Institut Marburg): Urban Authenticity in Szczecin. Seeing Szczecin as “modern” or “historical” city
• 15:00-15:15 CEST Sana Asif (National Institute of Technology Patna): Muslim Women and Spaces: Mapping Cartographical Changes in the Post-Partition Cities

15:15-16:00 CEST Discussion 

17:30-19:00 CEST Guided Excursion

19:30 Dinner

Friday 21.10.2021

10:00-11:30 CEST Session 3: Residues of the Past

Chair: Piotr Kisiel (IRS)

• 10:00-10:15 CEST Birgit Knauer (TU Wien): Capital, small town and reconstruction. A report from ongoing research on war-torn cities in Austria
• 10:15-10:30 CEST Bilal Bilgili (Uni. Bingöl): Post-war Reconstruction Strategies and Effects on Historic Urban Texture: Beirut/Lebanon Case Study
• 10:30-10:45 CEST Selvihan Kurt (TU Istanbul): The Cemeteries of Izmir in the Post-war Era: Continuity and Rapture in Rebuilding the City and its Urban Environment

10:45-11:30 CEST Discussion

11:30-11:45 CEST Coffee Break

11:45-13:15 CEST Session 4: (Un)Democratic Reconstruction

Chair: Dr. Laura Demeter (Uni. Bamberg)

• 11:45-12:00 CEST Gözde Orha (Altinbas Uni.): Redesigning Post-Conflict Cities of Turkey: A Comparison
• 12:00-12:15 CEST Helena Cermeño (Uni. Kassel) & Katja Mielke (BICC): Potentials for peacebuilding through heritage management in Lahore (Pakistan)
• 12:15-12:30 CEST J. Hoay-Fern Ooi (Uni. Tokyo): Parallel Cities: Memorialization and the Urban Landscape in Myanmar under Military Rule

12:30-13:15 CEST Discussion 

• 13:15-13:45 CEST Concluding Remarks: Carmen Enss (Uni. Bamberg)

13:45-15:00 CEST Lunch