independent school for the city

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Independent School for the City organizes various public events, addressing topics that respond to current relevant issues in urbanisation, and offers a platform to other organisation dealing with the city. The events are accessible to all 'urban' professionals in Rotterdam and beyond.

 

As Tech Bros exert increasing influence over our society, urgent questions arise: How can we democratise digital technology? What does it mean to be human in this digital age? How can we harness digital technologies to promote our well-being and foster a just, healthy, and resilient society? For this edition of Back to School..., we examine how digital technologies are reshaping the built environment, and how these transformations influence the ways we inhabit and experience it. How are digital technologies influencing the way our cities function, how they are imagined, represented, and designed? What does it mean for the way environments are produced, consumed, and understood? By examining the relationships between power, representation, and space, this series aims to develop a better and critical understanding of the (post)digital condition and encourage possibilities for imagining alternative futures.

Oct 20

As Tech Bros exert increasing influence over our society, urgent questions arise: How can we democratise digital technology? What does it mean to be human in this digital age? How can we harness digital technologies to promote our well-being and foster a just, healthy, and resilient society? For this edition of Back to School..., we examine how digital technologies are reshaping the built environment, and how these transformations influence the ways we inhabit and experience it. How are digital technologies influencing the way our cities function, how they are imagined, represented, and designed? What does it mean for the way environments are produced, consumed, and understood? By examining the relationships between power, representation, and space, this series aims to develop a better and critical understanding of the (post)digital condition and encourage possibilities for imagining alternative futures.

 

Oct 30

An evening with Elke Krasny about how “caring about” and “caring for” function as tools to analyze dissonances and alignments between architectural intent and reality. Friday 30 October 2026, 20:00 - 22:00. Tickets available for 5 euro here.

crosschevron-down