Urban Appropriation Strategies - Exploring Space-Making Practices in Contemporary European Cityscapes

Flavia Alice Mameli comes from a design background (B.A., M.A. Industrial Design at Berlin University of the Arts) and conducts her doctoral research in the field of urban appropriation strategies. She is a passionate urban fl
neuse and especially interested in the potential influence of space-making practices on urban developments.Rosengren, MathildaMathilda Rosengren (B.A., M.A.) is a visual anthropologist and geographer with a particular interest in the relational structuring of urban nature. As a doctoral student in geography at the University of Cambridge, she takes part in the ERC funded research project Rethinking Urban Nature and examines the interrelations between notions of `living with difference', `unplanned' urban nature, and official urban planning in Berlin, Germany, and Gothenburg, Sweden.Sarkez-Knudsen, JosefineJosefine Sarkez-Knudsen (B.A., M.A.) is an ethnologist from the SAXO Institute at the University of Copenhagen, where she works as a part-time lecturer. Combining her particular interests in migration and urban design, she explores the complexities of intercultural encounters in the context of urban everyday life.