Public Space Democracy

Le colloque international "Public Space Democracy" aura lieu les 7 et 8 juin 2019 au Columbia Global Centers-Paris.

(En anglais)

The public space regains a vital function for democracy in the age of globalization and digital communication. PublicDemoS Project explores the ways in which Public Space allows the appearance of actors and manifestation of cultural differences. New forms of public agency and visibility extend politics to everyday life experiences, opening up avenues for artistic expressions and creative accommodations.

A transversal and intercultural approach opens up new ways of thinking politics, modes of empowerment of citizens and creation of commons. In multicultural settings, the democratic agendas are renewed by politics of performative citizenship and public making. 

Project directed by Nilüfer Göle EHESS/NOMIS Foundation 

Programme

Vendredi 7 juin 2019

9.30 - Welcoming Coffee

10.00 - Nilüfer Göle: “Why Public Space Matters?”

PANEL 1 : REVISITING PUBLIC SPACE

10.30 - Craig Calhoun: “Public Space and Democracy”

11.00 - Charles Taylor: “Fragmentation of Public Sphere in the 21th Century”

11.30 - Coffee Break

12.00 - Cemal Kafadar: “Meydan in Ottoman-Turkish Public Life and in Poetry”

12.30 - Dilip Gaonkar: “Just Show UP: Democracy and the Politics of Appearance”

13.00 - Discussion

13.30 - Lunch 

PANEL 2: FORMS OF VISIBILITY AND AGENCY

14.30 - Boyan Znepolski: “What Theory for the New Protest Movements? On the perspectives of Mouffe, Žižek and Butler”

15.00 - Pablo Ouziel: “Democracy Here and Now: The Exemplary Case of Spain”

15.30 - Coffee Break

16.00 - Daniel Gamper: “Democracy and Protest in Catalonia: The Case for and Against Independence”

16.30 - Christine Landfried: “The Social Conditions of Public Space in Europe. Learning from the Théâtre du Soleil”

17.00 - Discussion

Samedi 8 juin 2019

PANEL 3: MEMORY AND PUBLICS

10.00 - Clifford Chanin: “Collective Intimacy: The Memory of 9/11”

10.30 - Erdağ Aksel: “Art for Demos: Who’s Choice?“ 11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 - Parand Danesh: “Martyr Iconography in Post-War Iran”

12.00 - Nazlı Temir: “Emergence of Plural Memories in Public: The Armenian Cultural Heritage and Architecture in Turkey”

12.30 - Discussion

13.00 - Lunch

PANEL 4: ART AND NORM CONFLICTS

14.00 - Peter DeSouza: “From Celebrated Artist to Villain: The Paintings of MF Husain”

14.30 - Camil Ungureanu: “Nihilism, Religious Fantasy, and Humor in Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission”

15.00 - Coffee Break

15.30 - Jeannette Jouili: “Responding to the Call: Debating British Muslim Culture in the Age of Counter-Terrorism”

16.00 - Nadia Fadil: “Theatre and the Charges of Complicity of Terrorism” 

16.30 - Misal Adnan Yildiz: “Monolanguage of the State. The Silence in the Park”

17.00 - Discussion

17.30 - Concluding Remarks