Kulturtechniken der Mobilität – Material Cultures of Mobility

Material Cultures of Mobility

This exploratory workshop aims to foster research into the historical interplay between mobility, cultural techniques, and material culture. By examining how cultural techniques, technologies, and objects have historically facilitated movement and shaped travel, we seek to develop new research questions that can lead to future grant applications. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, participants will explore themes such as the evolution of travel technologies, the socio-economic impacts and material manifestations of mobility.

Date

2.7.2024

10:00–16:00

Venue

Cluster of Excellency – Matters of Activity

Humboldt University Berlin

Sophienstraße 22a

10178 Berlin

Room 2.20

Program

10:30–11:00:

• Get Together & Introduction

11:00–11:30

• Louisa Niesen (EUI Florenz): Female Travel around 1900 – Perspectives on Material Travel Cultures
• Discussion

11.30–12:00

• Thomas N. Kirstein (TU Berlin): Comfort as Material Practice and Travel Technology in the 19th and 20th Century
• Discussion

12:30–13:00:

• Lunch Break

13:00–13:30:

• Alwin J. Cubasch (HU Berlin/Matters of Activity): Raymond Loewy & NASA: Creating Knowledge and Habitability in Space
• Discussion

13:30–14:00:

• Christian Kassung (HU Berlin): Cultural Techniques of Travel – What Can Cultural Science Say About Historic Mobilities?
• Discussion

14:00–14:30:

• Coffee Break

14:30–16:00:

• Final Discussion and Future Developments