18:00 - 20:00
free entry
When? 10.July at 18 Clock
Where? Arnold-Bode-Straße 12, lecture hall 4, Campus Dutch court
The film screening is framed by two 15-minute inputs each:
- Right to the city of Kassel
- Evelyn Riemer, Research assistant in the city department of the city- and regional development of the University of Kassel: “To a blue sky above the Ruhr? Sustainable transformation from the city's perspective- and regional economics " (Authors: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe/Evelyn Riemer)
The doctoral college just invites you to look together: The Ruhr area has been a region for years, in which different dimensions of transformation overlap and people have to deal with the challenges of post-industrial development. There documentary movies “The opposite of gray” accompanies various initiatives and people, to search for this handling from below.
“Power surfaces, Vacancy, anonymity, Standstill - not all between Dortmund and Duisburg want to come to terms with it. On the contrary. More and more people are discovering opportunities and intervening in everyday urban life. A living room in the middle of the street, neighborhood, Community gardens. District shops, Repair cafés and tenant initiatives are created in the niches of the cities - independent, self -determined and together. The opposite of gray shows different groups, The practical utopias and open spaces live and fight for a solidarity and ecological coexistence in the urban area. ”
Documentary by Matthias Coers and right to the city of Ruhr (2017), 90 minutes
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