Friday, March 13th 2:00-3:45pm
Centre for Ethics, Larkin Building, Room 200
“Change life, change society”, so a slogan Henri Lefebvre elaborates on in his book The Production of Space. For Lefebvre it is clear, social transformation can only be effective if it takes the everyday life of citizens, lived experience, as its starting point. Without a sincere dialogue between the lived and conceived, without the mediation between practice and theory, aspirations of a sustainable social transformation are bound to be vain – so Lefebvre. If we were to think, plan or build the city of tomorrow, how would we engage with everyday life, which lessons would we draw from it and in which directions would we want to see it develop? In our last panel, we would like to explore the relationship between the lived and the conceived, between practice and theory with regard to the future urban societies we envisage or hope for.
Stefan Kipfer (City Institute, York U): "Everyday Life, Critique, Appropriation"
Paul Bedford (former chief planner, City of Toronto): "A 21st Century Mindset"
Mark Kingwell (Philosophy, UofT): "Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City,"
Discussant: Loren King (Political Science, Wilfried Laurier University)
Coffee Break from 3:45-4:15
Dystopic Horizons Realty
Industrial Ruins...beautified
Urban Nature
Right to the City
