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- July 1, 2025
01/07/2025 Inaugural lecture “Repairing Environments” by Hanna Göbel
We would like to invite you to the inaugural lecture “Repairing Environments” of Hanna Göbel on July 1 with a reception after at HafenCity University Hamburg.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you there, and are honored to welcome Hanna Göbel in her new role at HCU Hamburg!
About the Lecturer
As of 1 February 2025, Hanna Göbel has been appointed Professor of “Methods of Urban Practice” at HafenCity University in Hamburg. She previously worked as an acting professor for "Urban Anthropology and Ethnographic Methods" at HafenCity University between 2022-2024. Her research focus crosses urban studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, cultural sociology and cultural studies, science & technology studies, ethnographic methods. She is a sociologist and has worked as an academic member of staff at Universität Konstanz and Universität Hamburg. Currently, she works on bodily dis/abilities and (digital) technologies, aesthetic diversity of forms in society and design (together with Sophia Prinz, ZHdK Zürich), and on a sociology of audiences at the intersection of urban spaces and digital publics.
This lecture is jointly organized by the departments of Kultur-Digitalisierung-Metropole (KDM) and Urban Design.
Time and Date: Tuesday, 01.07.2025 at 6.15 pm
(with a reception after organized by FSR UD and KDM)
Location: HCU Hamburg, Auditorium
The lecture will be held in German.
Photo: Repairing environments: Modes of cultural production, Hanna Göbel
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