Short-list for Critical Discourses contest

The module analyzes the architectural and urban phenomenon of the region through an essay competition addressed to professionals in architecture and those in related cultural fields: philosophy, art, sociology, anthropology.

Following a complex and exciting deliberative process, the jury is pleased to announce the shortlist for Critical Discourses contest. Considering the diversity of subjects and approaches, as well as the overall consistency of the registered papers, the jury decided to extend the number of nominated works to 11. Therefore, the 11 nominated papers will be presented in two public sessions, after which 2 prizes will be awarded for the best theoretical contributions. We invite you to take part at the second stage of Critical Discourses essay contest, which comprises the public presentations of the authors of the nominated works, public discussions with the members of the jury, and several lectures of Keynote speakers: Alberto Pérez-Gómez – President of the jury, Ana Maria Zahariade, Wolf D. Prix, Boris Podrecca, Vladimír Šlapeta. The second stage of the competition will take place between 30th of September and 2nd of October 2016, in Bucharest.

Nominated authors and papers

Silvia Cazacu – The Danube Delta between Tradition and the Society of the Spectacle (Romania)
Ştefana Grădinariu – Critical Realism of the Fourth Nature (U.K. / Romania)
Ruxandra Grigoraș – Imagining Bucharest | Instruments for the Nothingness (Romania)
Tincuţa Heinzel – Designatures. Economies of Design, Politics of Participation (Germany)
Dana Julean – An Essay on the Concept of Monument: Drifting Between Place and Fetishism (Romania)
Andreea Movilă & Monika Pietrosian – Oedipian Momentum MANIFESTOES (Romania & Poland)
Tomislav Pavelić – In Search of a Lost Paradigm (Croatia)
Petra Maria Pfaff – The City as Monument (Romania / Switzerland)
Ştefan Cristian Popa – Notes on the «Mioritic Space» (U.K. / Romania)
Simina Anamaria Purcaru – Restoring Poiēsis and Praxis in Architecture. The School of Bunești (Romania)
Gabriela Tabacu – Architect Florea Stănculescu (Romania)