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Balkan Eyes: Surveying Pristina through queer eyes

No. 40 (2024-09-30)
  • Thomas Stempka
    BAU - College of Art & Design Barcelona
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq40.2024.07

Abstract

This paper explains and discusses the experience and process of a workshop held in Pristina, Kosovo, with the theme of Queer Urbanism. Six participants from different backgrounds were tasked to explain their personal stories relating to their city. Comparing historical antecedents from art and architecture while discussing various lines of queer theory, this workshop constituted a laboratory of methods and practices that weave through the possibilities that Queer Urbanism can generate.

Keywords: Kosovo, queer urbanism, performative architecture, tactical urbanism, storytelling, artistic research

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