Tuesday, 05. 05. 2026
11.00-13.00 LINA 2.0 URBAN CROSSOVER
Urban crossover: hopes and fears
Project coordinators: Aleksandra Stupar, Jelena Ivanović Vojvodić, Aleksandar Grujičić
Participants: Nami Gradoli Giner, Walaa Hajali, Lisa van Heyden & Enno Pötschke
→ European House, Corner of Zmaj Jovina and Knez Mihailova Street
This program section is developed within the thematic framework URBAN CROSSOVER: HOPES AND FEARS, in collaboration with the selected LINA fellows Nami Gradolí Giner, Walaa Hajali, and Lisa van Heyden & Enno Pötschke. The fellows will present their insights into growing global turbulence, environmental risks, and rising anxiety as manifested in contemporary cities. Through essays and lectures, they will explore topics such as climate extremes, environmental injustice, urban uncertainties, vulnerabilities, aging, marginalization, ecology, and the politics of comfort, considering their impact on dependency, isolation, autonomy, as well as creativity, adaptability, and resilience. The Belgrade context complements these themes, offering new perspectives, contrasts, and experiences of potential socio-technical change, conceived as a crossover between different urban contexts and disciplines. Through multilevel considerations, emerging urban narratives, recent urban practices, and unconventional approaches, LINA@BINA (re)defines the interplay between the ecology of fear and the ecology of hope in shaping desired futures. Grounded in sustainable transition, green economy, social equity, and safety, these new ideas empower transformations that affect spaces, society, technology, and the environment.
BINA is not responsible for opinions, statements, or copyright matters related to the content of the submitted essays. These are the sole responsibility of the authors.
More about the participants you can read on their LINA profiles below, and download the works in pdf formats:
Nami Gradoli Giner – Read about the author here
Text: Staircase Stories – Accessibility, Aging and Collective Futures in Mass Housing.pdf
Walaa Hajali – Read about the authors here
Text: Violated Waters_ A Spatial Biography of Barada.pdf
Lisa van Heyden & Enno Pötschke – Read about the authors here
Text: Remembering Heat_ Bodies, Buildings, and Public Space in a Warming World.pdf
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