Lecture: Secret Cities
23 November 2017
Secret Cities
Material Cultures and the Representation of Knowledge
How can we de-code secret cities? What is the urban logic of secret zones? How can material cultures contribute to the apparatus of secrecy? And finally, how do we read the powerful interlocking of secrecy, space and knowledge production? Dr. Xenia Vytuleva renders visible the phenomenon of secret cities during the Cold War, providing a close reading in philosophy of materials, extracting architectural formulas and tropes essential for the representation of strategic knowledge.
Lecture by:
Dr. Xenia Vytuleva
ZGW Guest/gta ETH
Research Fellow Chair for Philosophy II
Introduction by:
Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Chair for the History of Art and Archtecture
Respondent:
Prof. Dr. Kenny Cupers
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Date and Time: 23 November 2017, 18.15 – 20.00 h
Venue: Clausiusstrasse 59, Building RZ, Room F 21
