New year, happy news!

The third edition of the Human Cities Festival is already shaping its form and we are glad to announce the official dates! The beginning of spring 2012, from 15 until 30 March, the city of Brussels will run under the title “Reclaiming public space”. This project is supported by the EU Culture Programme 2007-2013 and the European network of partners, La Cambre ULB Horta (BE), Pro Materia (BE), Urban Planning Institute – UIRS (SLO), Cité du Design de St-Etienne (FR) and Politecnico di Milano (IT).

During two weeks time, local and international cultural actors from different disciplines will converge together: urban planners, architects, sociologists, anthropologists, public authorities, philosophers, historians, geographers and lawyers. “Human-centered” initiatives like art interventions, design installations, urban walks and pedagogical or public art workshops will be individual or collective, material and immaterial (neighbourhood festivities, services, mobilization, performances, testing of the enabling toolkit, video screenings…). A wide range of local and international organisations will contribute to the success of this spring festival in Brussels from which will result short and long term impacts on the city and on the urban context of its European partners.

The Festival will begin holding the International Symposium under the theme of “Civil society reclaims public space” on the 15th and 16th March at the Royal Library of Brussels with contributors from independent research groups, networks or institutions from all over the world.

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We will shortly be able to communicate more details about the programme.

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