Mattias Kärrholm
Researcher
Meeting places of the Univer-city : On serendipitous encounters in a growing university area
Author
Summary, in English
In this paper we investigate the ways in which a university, taking on the scale of a city of its own, affords meetings for researchers and teachers between disciplines. How does the continuous transformation and expansion of the university’s physical environment affect the everyday lives and serendipitous encounters of the researchers active within it? The aim of the paper is to develop a conceptualization to facilitate discussions and analyses of urban transformations and its relation to serendipitous and informal meetings in urban areas. The paper takes Lund University as a case and uses different methods, such as time-geographical notations and Perecinspired observations studies, to develop five different aspects that allow us to take measure of urban configurations and their potential for serendipitous meetings and encounters.
Department/s
- Architecture and Culture
- Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
- MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
Publishing year
2024
Language
English
Publication/Series
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
Volume
10
Full text
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Architecture
Status
Published
Research group
- Architecture and Culture
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2590-2911