[P2P-F] [P2P-URBANISM WA] PhD in "Open Source" Urbanism Solutions for Bucharest (Romania)

[Michel Bauwens]

Dear Geo,

would it be possible to keep track of responses to your query and send us a
publishable summary later, so that we can share it more publicly at
http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Urbanism ?

thank you very much,

Michel

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Geo Scripcariu <geo.scripcariu at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Considerably influenced by the work "Situated Technologies Pamphlets 2:
> Urban Versioning System 1.0", I started a PhD last Autumn (2010) at the "Ion
> Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest (UAIUM),
> Romania, concentrating on the concept of "Open Source" Urbanism and its
> potential practical solutions to the various problems of Bucharest, the
> capital city of my country.
>
> Let me briefly introduce myself: I graduated Software Engineering at the
> Computer Science faculty of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, and I
> studied Japanese language and Culture at The Jesuit School in Tokyo, Japan.
> I hold a MA in the Management of Cultural Assets from the Faculty of History
> at the University of Bucharest, and in 2009 I was accepted by the EMBA
> program in Creative Leadership with Steinbeis University in Berlin.
>
> To my surprise my research topic was accepted, but I realized I need more
> guidance from the true visionaries of the field, persons like you.
>
> My intention is to start very practical applications of the theory of "Open
> Source" Urbanism as soon as possible, in parallel with the theoretical work.
>
>
> Moreover, if you will be interested to participate I would be most glad to
> arrange either your attendance to specialized functions dealing with "New"
> Urbanism and scheduled to take place in Bucharest or elsewhere in Romania,
> or even stand alone events on "Open Source" Urbanism where you could be the
> main speakers.
>
> If you allow, I have right now one urgent question, if I may: what
> architecture research methods are relevant for "Open Source" Urbanism? I
> discovered recently an academic paper dealing with this issue, but not
> specifically with Open Surce / P2P Urbanism (
> http://api.ning.com/files/dOPtu7qbGChsnM--aFoeTEckKuRQs3JhqURFuQhG4xMTx1kQlsCs710HhVtIkg9wqqR9uxUbWYDXk8ajkTDZ-ObpCyVYh8EE/paper_dutoit_091120.pdf
> ).
>
> At my school there is a preference for philosophy as main research tool,
> with a lot of phenomenology (mostly Heidegger), hermeneutics, aesthetics and
> semiotics (with a clear accent on U. Eco).
>
> Would you kindly accept to provide me some advice and / or feedback?
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Geo Scripcariu
>
>
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> "Ion Mincu" Architecture and Urbanism University of Bucharest
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