Institut für Soziologie

13.04.2026

[Colloquium:] Contested Urban Orders. G-TURN Colloquium Summer 2026

Welcome to the next round of our regular G-TURN colloquium series with four presentations.

We are very pleased to announce the following four presentations as part of our summer colloquium series: 

Ways of Life and Contested Orders in Nairobi’s Middle-Income-Stratum
Florian Stoll (University of Tübingen)
Thursday 23 April 2026, 18:15-20:00 CET, Großer Übungsraum 101 (Hegelbau)

An Interplay Between Utopia and Anthropology: Possibilities for Urban Ethnography
Cansu Civelek (Independent Researcher)
Monday 18 May 2026, 18:15-20:00 CET, Raum 119 (Hegelbau)

The Aeshetics, Spirituality and Politics of Abiy’s Corridor Project. Urban renewal in Addis Adeba (Ethiopia)
Dereje Feyissa Dori (International Distinguished Guest Professor University of Tübingen)
Wednesday 01 July 2026, 16:15-18:00 CET, Großer Übungsraum 101 (Hegelbau)

Seeing the City Relationally. Reflections on the Analysis of Urban Figurations
Manuel Dieterich & Boris Nieswand (University of Tübingen)
Thursday 16 July 2026, 18:15-20:00 CET, Großer Übungsraum 101 (Hegelbau)
 

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