BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news296@urbanstudies.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240415T120444 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240607 SUMMARY:Basel: The Materiality of Art Fairs DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce the launch of the second edition of the "The Materiality of Art Fairs\," a summer school co-organized by Cri tical Urbanisms\, University of Basel\, and the Visiting School programme of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London [https:/ /www.aaschool.ac.uk/academicprogrammes/visitingschool/aavs-basel].\\r\\n  The 10-day programme will run in parallel with Art Basel and Basel Social Club\, 7-16 June 2024\, and will take a critical look at world fairs\, exp os\, biennials and triennials\, and the works of artists\, architects\, ur banists\, curators\, and institutions involved in them. This will be done according to a double register of materialism: one inspired by theories an d methodologies of the material turn in the social sciences\, and the othe r one inscribed into the market logic of material consumption and accumula tion that foregrounds phenomena of extractive capitalism and exclusionary urbanism. Students will receive short tutorials on explorative research me thods and storytelling\, and will be granted visitor passes and guided tou rs for Art Basel [https://www.artbasel.com/] and Basel Social Club [https: //www.baselsocialclub.com/] exhibitions to identify and visualize under-ob served social and urban phenomena linked to them\, with particular attenti on to their social and environmental impact.\\r\\nThe summer school promot es diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal access to h igh-quality education for all students from both CU\, AA\, and external in stitutions. Full-tuition and partial-tuition scholarships will be offered to the broadest possible number of students based on merit and financial n eed. Please note that a minimum of 10 full-tuition scholarships will be re served for CU students. \\r\\nStudents who wish to apply for a scholarshi p should submit a CV and a one-page motivation letter outlining academic a chievements\, interests in attending the summer school\, a brief statement of purposes\, and the motivation for requesting a full or partial scholar ship to aavs.basel@gmail.com [mailto:aavs.basel@gmail.com] by 6 May 2024. Please do not forget to mention if you are currently enrolled at CU. Note: Regardless of receiving a scholarship\, all students are required to pay a £60 registration fee via the AA website [https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/aca demicprogrammes/visitingschool/aavs-basel]\, covering administration costs .\\r\\nAll attending students receive a certificate of attendance from the AA. CU students who complete the program will then have the possibility o f validating 3 CPs for their MA via a learning contract with Fabrizio Fu riassi (fabrizio.furiassi@unibas.ch [mailto:fabrizio.furiassi@unibas.ch]) who serves as Assessor. More information on how to fulfill the learning co ntract will be communicated once the student is fully registered.\\r\\n\\r \\nYou can find more information about the summer school on the platforms below:\\r\\nAA Visiting School Programme [https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/acade micprogrammes/visitingschool/aavs-basel]\\r\\nInstagram @aavs_basel [https ://www.instagram.com/aavs_basel/]\\r\\nInstagram @critical_urbanisms [http s://www.instagram.com/critical_urbanisms/]\\r\\n\\r\\nShould you have any questions\, please address them to aavs.basel@gmail.com [mailto:aavs.basel @gmail.com].  X-ALT-DESC:

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the second edition of the "The Materiality of Art Fairs\," \;a summer sc hool co-organized by Critical Urbanisms\, University of Basel\, and the Visiting School programme of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.

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 \;The 10-day programme will run in parallel with Art Basel and Basel Social Club\, 7-16 June 2024< /strong>\, and will take a critical look at world fairs\, expos\, biennial s and triennials\, and the works of artists\, architects\, urbanists\, cur ators\, and institutions involved in them. This will be done according to a double register of materialism: one inspired by theories and methodologi es of the material turn in the social sciences\, and the other one inscrib ed into the market logic of material consumption and accumulation that for egrounds phenomena of extractive capitalism and exclusionary urbanism. Stu dents will receive short tutorials on explorative research methods and sto rytelling\, and will be granted visitor passes and guided tours for Art Basel and Basel Social Club exhibitions to identify and visuali ze under-observed social and urban phenomena linked to them\, with particu lar attention to their social and environmental impact.

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The summer school promotes diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equ al access to high-quality education for all students from both CU\, AA\, a nd external institutions. Full-tuition and partial-tuition scholar ships will be offered to the broadest possible number of students based on merit and financial need. Please note that a minimum of 10 full-tuition scholarships will be reserved for CU students. \;

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Students who wish to apply for a scholarship should submit a CV and a one-page motivation letter outlining academic achievements\, inte rests in attending the summer school\, a brief statement of purposes\, and the motivation for requesting a full or partial scholarship to aavs.basel@gmail.com by 6 May 2024 . Please do not forget to mention if you are currently enrolled a t CU. Note: Regardless of receiving a scholarship\, all students are requi red to pay a £60 registration fee via the AA website\, coveri ng administration costs.

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All attending students receive a certific ate of attendance from the AA. CU students who complete the progra m will then have the possibility of validating 3 CPs for \;their MA \;via a learning contract with Fabrizio Furiassi (fabrizio.furiassi@unibas.ch) who serve s as Assessor. More information on how to fulfill the learning contract wi ll be communicated once the student is fully registered.

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You can find more information about the summer school on the platforms below:

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AA Visiting School Programme

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Instagram @aavs_basel

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Instagram @critical_ urbanisms

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Should you have any questions\, please address them to aavs.basel@gmail.com.&n bsp\;

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