Project transSCAPE launched
With transSCAPE - Cultural Spaces of Knowledge - a research project led by the OVGU's Anglophone Studies division has been approved by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for the Port of Science Magdeburg, which promotes the development of the Port of Science into an open and diverse place of knowledge through culturally supported transfer formats. transSCAPE is part of the transPORT research initiative, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the programme line T!Raum - Transfer Spaces for the Future of Regions.
With respect to the development of the Port of Science into a modern urban quarter and ecosystem, transSCAPE is playing a key role in developing the neighbourhood into an attractive urban space, cultural hotspot and an interesting and sustainable residential landscape. The scientific approaches anchored in transSCAPE from spatial, culture-led transformation for the spatial, social and ideational structural change to the new high-tech ecosystem in the Port of Science also provide suitable innovative transfer formats. Tailored spatial design and urban curatorial elements are intended to bring urban culture and knowledge culture together physically and materially in the overall transPORT initiative and allow them to grow together innovatively. An annual cultural programme specially designed for the Port of Science with its various social transfer formats always serves the exchange and development of knowledge. The focus here is on the identity-creating potential generated by the participation of all transPORT contributors from science, society and business in the planned events.
In line with the project's focus on urban transformation and regeneration, the Department of Anglophone Studies is offering the interdisciplinary lecture series of the Faculty of Human Sciences in the summer semester 2024 on the topic of "City. Culture-driven Regeneration: Space - Knowledge - Participation". The aim is to ensure that research and teaching are interlinked and that OVGU students are actively involved in Magdeburg's urban transformation processes. As in every semester, the in:takt initiative, which is based on the interim use of urban spaces, is also included in the division's teaching programme with a seminar offered by Hendrik Weiner. This summer, the focus is on urban co-creation.