Working titel:

Urbanisierung als An- und Ausschluss? 'Recht auf die
Stadt' im digitalen Zeitalter (Arbeitstitel)

Projektbeschreibung:
My PhD project is situated in the academic field of Urban Studies and Social Anthropology.
My research practice is very much inspired by the work of Henri Lefebvre. I’m interested in
theoretical and methodological questions concerning the production of space, daily life and
urbanization. I use the regressiv-progressiv method and rythmanalysis for engaging with
urban practices in the city. I position myself in the field I’m working on/with and conduct
diverse empirical data such as ethnographic material. I include elements of discours
analysis and knowledge production too as they are linked with practice anyway. Currently
I’m concerned with the question of imaginaries as part of social practice and ways of
conceptualizing them. I assume that imaginaries play a highly relevant role in the making
of the future. I will focus more on transactional mechanisms of social imaginaries as
practice of the production of shared/public spaces and I plan to take a closer look on
possibilities of political experimentation and appropriation.

Kurzbiographie:
I studied Human Geography and Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany and
graduated as Master of Arts. During my studies, I worked for ANNALINDE gGmbH and the
Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (IfL) Leipzig, Germany among others. I completed my
Erasmus semester in Groningen, The Netherlands. I wrote my master thesis on „Urban
Villages“ in Shenzhen, Peoples Republic of China supported by the DAAD research stay
grant. I’ve already worked in different academic positions at RWTH Aachen University and
University of Cologne. Since October 2021, I’m a member and PhD fellow of the DFG
Research Training Group 2661 “connecting–excluding. Cultural Dynamics Beyond
Globalized Networks“.

Kontakt: nils.julian.meissuni-koeln.de   https://www.anschliessenausschliessen.de

Lehrveranstaltungen:
„Urbane Gesellschaft im Digitalzeitalter. Zur Theorie und Praxis eines ‚Informationellen
Rechts auf die Stadt“ (Sommersemester 2022, Köln International School of Design der
Technischen Hochschule Köln und Institut für Ethnologie der Universität zu Köln)

„Kritische Stadtforschung und die Frage des Urbanen“ (Wintersemester 2021/2022, Köln
International School of Design der Technischen Hochschule Köln und Institut für
Ethnologie der Universität zu Köln)