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Dr. Marie Enders 
UniGR Visiting Professor 2025\/26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair of Architecture \u2013 Theorie \u2013 History<\/strong> (ATG)
Department of Architecture (fatuk)
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
Prof. Dr. Adria Daraban<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Cultures of Assembly<\/strong> (COA)
Rue du Brill, 4041 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
Research Unit at <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair of the City of Esch<\/strong>
Department of Geography and Spatial Planning
Faculty of Humanities, Social and Educational Sciences (FHSE), University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval, Luxembourg
Prof. Dr. Markus Miessen
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University of the Greater Region \u2013 UniGR a.s.b.l.<\/strong>
Cit\u00e9 des Sciences Belval
Maison du Savoir 2, place de l\u2019Universit\u00e9
4365 Esch-sur-Alzette<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Fragmented Cities, Fragmented Societies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cities undergoing structural change, particularly in a post-industrial context like Kaiserslautern or Esch, are characterized by challenges such as vacant buildings, social fragmentation, and a shift in urban identity. Especially in 2025, when Kaiserslautern makes headlines not because of its nationally known university, but because of its high AfD voting rates, the need to strengthen profound social cohesion becomes apparent. The transformation process shaping the region requires new forms of urban development that take into account both material and immaterial dimensions. Rainald Manthe aptly summarizes the need for action in his book\u2018s title, leading to the lack of social cohesion: \u2018Demokratie fehlt Begegnung.<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Dr. Adria Daraban, Professor of Architecture-Theory-History (ATG) at RPTU Kaiserslautern (Heimatinstitut), attributes a \u2018productive indeterminacy\u2019 to the built environment, in which the potential for the creation of places of encounter lies dormant. However, it is only through conception and tools of availability that a vacant space \u2013 occupied by an existing socio-cultural scene \u2013 can become a place of encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antinomies of the Everyday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar to understanding material vacancies as \u2018productive indeterminacies\u2019, immaterial phenomena such as superimpositions and supposed irritations can also be understood as \u2018productive inconsistencies\u2019. These synergies between material and immaterial dimensions, possibility and supposed contradiction, open up new and resource-saving potentials, especially in times of social change. The postdoctoral project of Dr. Marie Enders, \u2018Antinomies of the Everyday\u2019, examines these antinomies as productive areas of tension for urban renewal. Unclear uses of space and intangible vacancies are to be examined for their function as catalysts for resilient urban development processes. The project links to her doctoral thesis at the intersection of urban research and cultural anthropology, in which Enders examines the spatialization of intangible cultural heritage and the venues of everyday culture. In her current research, Enders is exploring these questions at the intersection of intangible space production and social cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowing your Neighbour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An example of a similar approach is provided by the Research Unit \u2018Cultures of Assembly\u2019 (COA) (Prof. Dr. Markus Miessen\/C\u00e9sar Reyes N\u00e1jera; guest institute) in Esch\/Alzette. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Markus Miessen, forms of citizens\u2018 assemblies and decentralized decision-making structures are being researched with a focus on spatial justice. The project links a digital platform with an open neighborhood agency, \u2018The Esch Clinics\u2019, in Esch-sur-Alzette. The methods include contextual explorations, immersive research to learn from local citizens and their diverse experiences, and the organization of agonistic assemblies to create productive friction between relevant interest groups. The goal is to develop integrative political recommendations for urban renewal in collaboration with local stakeholders and to strengthen the role of underrepresented groups in urban transformation processes. The COA is thus considered a model project for how universities can be more integrated into the transformation process of urban development. Among other things, with one of their principles, \u2018Knowing your Neighbour\u2019, Miessen and Reyes N\u00e1jera have made a first contribution to the question of how to create missing spaces of encounter in times of transformational and structural change. But how could collaboration among experts within the University of the Greater Region (UniGR) contribute to this? As part of the guest professorship, Marie Enders is aiming for to contribute to answering this question by linking the research approaches of COA and ATG, as well as to her postdoc project. Her central research question within the framework of the visiting professorship would therefore be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n