Conference: Shakin’ knowledge spaces

The conference "Shakin' knowledge spaces" gathered three students from the international project group "Stupid Togetherness", Marijana Cvetkovic, Arjit Bhattacharyya and was moderated by Eva Krivanec. The starting point of the discussion was a project developed in the framework of this year's SHAKIN' student collaboration. Called "Stupid Togetherness", it proposes a embodied experience of (public urban) space that unexpectedly and ironically subverts existing spatial power hierarchies and attempts to convey a sense of community and belonging. 3 students of the group present their work and research process and the concept and/or method of Stupid Togetherness. From this starting point, the other speakers outlined the ways they have found in their professional practice to deconstruct, disrupt and displace the classical approach to knowledge spaces. Marijana Cvetkovic talks about alternative places that bring certain practices or forgotten knowledges in the academic field or mainstream knowledge production. Here, she develops around examples of knowledge production in Yugoslavia, Non-aligned movement and Independent cultural scene. Arjit Bhattacharyya continues the conversation around violence in and access to knowledge production and spaces. He also introduces the question of how spaces are made for preserving knowledge and what would be the alternative. The other speakers react to this question and also develop on issues of marketisation of knowledge and embodiment.

This conference was organized by the Shakin project team and addresses very important topics of the project. Furthermore, by organizing this talk as a consortium of universities and cultural organizations, we want to stress the importance of bringing different voices into the spaces of academia to question and develop its position as spaces of knowledge production.

Location	Grama Lounge, university library Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar
Original language(s)	English
Existing translations
Length	50 min
Project runtime	-
Institution of affiliation	Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Association Independent Cultural Scene Serbia
Sponsor(s)	Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Shakin

Name of contributor: Shakin project team