WEEK 1
Monday, August 10, 2009
Cathay Building, Jinjiang Hotel (Address: 59 Mao Ming Road)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Registration
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Introductions and Logistics
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Frames
David Theo Goldberg, Ackbar Abbas, Ah Cheng
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Questions of Design: Exploratory Panel
Achille Mbembe, Sarah Nuttall, Chang Yung Ho
Moderated by Michael Keith
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Discussion
7:00 p.m.
Dinner: Lexington Plaza Mingde Shanghai (Address: 558 North Xizang Road)
A bus will take us there, leaving from SASS.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009: Thinking the City
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Auditorium 7 (Address: 622 Huaihai Road)
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Michael Keith
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break out discussion groups
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
SASS Welcoming Reception at Kanekigawa Japanese Restaurant
(4th Floor, No. 688 Huaihai Zhonglu; we will walk over together)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Victoria Marshall (in conjunction with Lopamudra Bannerjee)
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Drawing Exercise and Discussion
Victoria Marshall and associates
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Chang Yung Ho, Ke Da Ke Xiao: Possibly Big Possibly Small.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009: Traversing the City
8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Spencer Dodington and associates will lead Shanghai Walking Tour
(We will leave from SASS.)
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Discussion: Leo Lee (at SASS)
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Light lunch at SASS canteen
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Reflecting (on) the Urban: A Discussion
Chang Yung Ho, Michael Keith
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Discussion
Evening
Open
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Thursday, August 13, 2009: Designing Cities
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Decaying Cities / Surging Cities:
Achille Mbembe, Sarah Nuttall, Leo Lee
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break out discussion groups
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Nin Ying Screening
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Ning Ying in conversation with Gabriele Schwab, Cinema & the City
Evening
Open
Friday, August 14, 2009: Connections/Comparisons
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Issues of Design: Valerie Portefaix & Laurent Gutierrez
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break out discussion groups
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Ben Lee in conversation with Ackbar Abbas on design as risk
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
General Discussion
7:00 p.m.
Dinner: Yuezhenxuan Restaurant (7th Floor, No. 527 Huaihai Zhonglu)
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
TOUR: Suzhou River Recreation Area (Shanghai Art District)
Bus will drive us there.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
FREE
WEEK 2
Monday, August 17, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Ah Cheng: Design, Cities, Water
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break out discussion groups
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Liu Sola & Liu Dan: Stones (Ackbar Abbas / Moderator)
6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
SASS light buffet dinner (Room 101)
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Xu Bing
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Josh Comaroff: Landscapes and micro-spaces
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break out discussion groups
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Light lunch at SASS canteen
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Giuliana Bruno: Fabrics
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Discussion
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Anne Balsamo: Digital Design
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Ai Weiwei
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break out discussion groups
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Chen Danqing in conversation with Gabriele Schwab
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Discussion
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
SASS light buffet dinner (Room 101)
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Performance Theatre Video by Meng Jinghui / Liao Yimei
(The videos will be in Chinese; English translation is included in the reading package online; please read beforehand)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Meng Jinghui / Liao Yimei with William Sun:
The Design of Theatre; The Theatre of Design
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break: Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Break out discussion groups
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Hazel Clark & William Milberg: High and Low Fashion, China Style
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Break out groups led by local fashion designers
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Comments by Tan Ping and Discussion
7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Alison Mears (with Desiree Andrepont): Hutong, Beijing
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Friday, August 21, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Designing Social Science
Victoria Hattam / Brian McGrath / Vyjayanthi Rao / Jane Pirone with Jamer Hunt
10:30a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break and Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The Arc of Design: Open Forum
Tan Ping / Parsons contingent / Giuliana Bruno / Ah Cheng
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Beautiful World
Mieke Gerritsen
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
General Discussion
2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Hung Huang: Photo Shoot
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Break: Refreshments
7:00 p.m.
Bus pick up for Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Celebratory Dinner: Keven Chinese Cuisine (No. 1 Wulumuqi Nanlu)