Stuck between thesis jury and conference papers chaining me to the computer all day since the last 4 months, I found a chance to attend an interesting conference, "Otherness and the Arts"; a conference held in the old barrack buildings of Aarhus University, the beautiful small city of Denmark. As always for me, this meant a small travel; but a kind of large and widened world of creativity and motivation that start immediately as I begin travelling.
The conference was a joint venture between the University of Aarhus, Mary Immaculate College, and University of Limerick. My speech topic was "Experiencing the Urban Space As the Other",
based on my experimentation as a woman flaneur in cities of Netherlands; about becoming the other and city narrative in architectural media and complex structure; the city.
All the participants except me were from social sciences, asking different questions, keeping talking and talking.....and talking:) But there were interesting and innovative topics.
But having to return to work again with endless hours in architectural office, I hope this will not be my last academical activity. Details of the conference and papers will be published soon in Double Dialogues art journal.
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