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Writing Berlin – Session cancelled today, task for next week

Dear all,

I’m sorry to say I’m still not well enough to teach today, so we need to cancel our session this morning.

We’ll resume next Wednesday, October 29, 10-12, same room.

Since we’re missing our session on disciplinary approaches today, I want to give you something to work on in the meantime that will help us move forward when we meet next week.

Task for October 29

Between now and next Wednesday, I want you to do two things:

1. Think about how your field (or a field that you know well or like) studies cities

Reflect on the question we would have explored today: How does your discipline approach urban spaces? What methods, concepts, or frameworks does it use? What questions does it ask? What does it help you see—and what might it miss?

You don’t need to write this up formally, just think about it. Maybe jot down some notes for yourself.

2. Write 1-2 pages before class next week

Respond to this prompt:

“Think about Berlin—neighborhoods you’ve walked through, spaces you’ve encountered. What tension, pattern, or question about what survives (or doesn’t survive) in this city catches your attention? What makes you curious? What bothers you or puzzles you?”

Don’t worry about framing it in disciplinary terms yet. Don’t worry about being profound or academic. Just write honestly about what draws your attention when you think about survival, persistence, or disappearance in this city.

Bring this writing to class on October 29. We’ll work with it together to help you identify your specific angle on our shared question: What survives in cities?

A suggestion

If you’re stuck, go for a walk this week. Go somewhere in Berlin you’ve been meaning to explore, or somewhere familiar that you can look at with fresh eyes. Notice what catches your attention (especially also if you have started reading one of the three books from the explorations course already). What makes you pause? What makes you wonder?

Sometimes the best writing comes from genuine curiosity about something you’ve actually encountered, not from trying to think of a “good academic topic.”

I apologize again for the disruption. Take care of yourselves, and I’ll see you next Wednesday (or Tuesday for the Beyond course).

Best,
Victoria


OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Victoria Mummelthei (22. Oktober 2025). Writing Berlin – Session cancelled today, task for next week. Keine Disziplin – No Discipline. Abgerufen am 8. März 2026 von https://doi.org/10.58079/1506c


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