Usable pasts for infrastructure futures: meanings, methods, manifestations
A hybrid workshop discussing the findings, interactions and experiences of the DFG-funded research project “Past-proofing Infrastructure Futures: Usable Histories of Urban Technology Today”, held at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
This final workshop brings together researchers, project partners and other practitioners interested in mobilising histories for liveable futures. The project team will report on how the concept of usable pasts has been interpreted and applied across a wide range of disciplines, which methods and formats were used to render Berlin’s infrastructure stories usable for contemporary challenges in collaboration with regional stakeholders and what conclusions can be drawn for future action research in this field. Practitioners and researchers involved in these activities will provide their own reflections on the experience in a panel discussion, providing critical-constructive context and insight.
The workshop will conclude by discussing the potential for initiating an international network on usable past research and practice.
Please register by the end of August 2025 if you are considering attending, either in person or online. Tim Moss and Pauline Münch .
Ort / Place: Berlin
Zeit / Time: December 2, 2025, 13.30 to 17.30
