Intrinsic Logic – Global Times: New Global Cities
Part of the series The Future of Cities
Jointly developed and presented by the Goethe-Institut, The Canadian Centre
for German & European Studies, and The City Institute at York University.
Presentations & Panels in English
September 22, 2011- 6pm
Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond St (back of main floor), Toronto
Free entry
Cities follow their own logic. This seems to be more rather than less the case in the age of
globalization. German sociologist Professor Martina Löw (TU Darmstadt) is part of a group of
urban scholars who are looking at cities' “intrinsic logic,” that is to say the specific and ‘typical’
characteristics that ‘silently’ contribute to the meaning of a particular city. In this event, Löw will
be in conversation with anthropologist Professor Angela Stienen (The City Institute at York
University) about the ‘intrinsic logic’ of two Latin American metropolises: Medellín, Colombia
and Salvador, Brazil.
Martina Löw's work focuses on space-related social analysis, urban and regional sociology. She
had previously held the positions at the Institute of Social Research in Frankfurt. In 2000 she
was awarded the Christian-Wolff-Prize. Löw is in Toronto as a Visiting Researcher at the
Canadian Centre for German and European Studies at York University. Her presence at this
event has been facilitated by CCGES in partnership with the DAAD - German Academic Exchange
Service.
Angela Stienen is professor in Sociology at the Pedagogical University Berne and associate
researcher at the Human Rights and Research Institute IPC in Medellín, Colombia. Angela
Stienen is at the City Institute at York University during her sabbatical in 2011.