VERA BAUR / Biographical information 1/4

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1 VERA BAUR / Biographical information 1/4 Areas of work Design theory, Sociology of Design, Cultural and Visual Studies, Urban Design, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology / Ethnology, Transdisciplinarity. Theoretical and applied research on the interface between culture, science and society. (since 2014) Stake holder of Int egral Ruedi Baur and partner Lead of the department for social design and politics of visual representation at IRB Paris and Zurich, responsible for scientific consultation and transdisciplinary expertise Background Born in 10/11/1968, Gütersloh, Germany (1988) High School Diploma at Ev. Stiftisches Gymnasium, Gütersloh (2000) Master of Arts in Cultural Sciences, University of Lueneburg Focus: Language and Communication / Philosophy, Cultural and Visual Studies, Media and Public Relations, Cultural Management, Law and Economics Thesis in Sociology of Culture Transformation of the cultural sphere in the age of postmodernism. Analyses on the Heteronomisation of the art field. Dissertation project: Social Dimension of Design Inauguration of Design Sociology. Prof. Dr. Franz Schultheis, Institute of Sociology, University of St. Gallen and Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zurich Previous activities in the academic field / research: Founding and direction of research institutes Founding member in 2011 and since 2014 president of the Institute for Critical Research and Sciences in design Zurich / Geneva / Paris (founded together with Ruedi Baur and Imke Plinta). Institute Civic City. (since 2009) Founder and board member of Transdisciplinary Society for Image Science, Tübingen / Chemnitz ( ) Co - Director of the Institute for Design Research_Design2context at the Zurich University of the Arts. Together with Ruedi Baur (design) and Clemens Bellut (philosophy) the development of the overall concept of the institution primarily responsible for international research, teaching and postgraduate master programs such as: ( ) MAS Design Culture, (2007 / 2008) CAS disorientation, (2009 / 2010) CAS City Civic, (2011 / 12) CAS Civic City II, (2012 / 13) CAS Civic City III HAED Genève (2003) Co-Founder of the Institute of Greek-German relations at the University of Athens / Department of Political Science with a focus on international cultural policy, Cultural Studies, Migration and Human Rights

2 2/4 ( ) Chairman of the Trans-Media - Akademie Hellerau_Institute for Integral perception and media research. Dresden ( ) Co - Director of the Institute of Art, Design and Media Technology_01plus. Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nürmberg Development of the overall concept of the Institute together with Prof. Dr. Holger Ebert (ergonomist, psychologist) & Prof. Dr. Heinz Bruning (physicists, computer scientists). Special Responsibility: Public Forum, research project design and implementation, teaching (including sup-port for research & Theses), international exchange and cooperation, management. (since 1998) Founder and director of the independent research institute INTERDIS - Institute for Interdisciplinarity, Berlin / Lille / Athens ( ) Second Deputy Speaker of the art section Sociology of the Austrian Sociological Association, Vienna (1995) Board Member of the Institute of Art and Research, Bonn (1993) Founding member of the Art and Science Laboratory, Luneburg / Hamburg (1993) Board Member of the Association of Art and Culture Studies - AKKU, Vienna 1993 Founding member of German Society for Cultural Studies, Berlin / Bremen Teaching and Research (program director, lecturer and summer schools) Conception and co-direction of postgraduate programs of the Institute Design2context ( ) ( ) MAS Design Culture - Master of Advanced Studies in Design and Research (2007 / 2008) Disorientation CAS - Certificate of Advanced Studies in Transdisciplinary Research on Orientation (2009 /10) Civic City CAS - The Role of Visual Communication in Urban Design civic-city.zhdk.ch/ (FS 09) Directing the track of Visual Studies in the Master of Arts degree in design at Zurich University of Arts ZHdK. Are Images able to kill? Critical School of the gaze for a reflexive use of images: Visual Studies and research - based practice (2009 / 10) CAS Multiplicity & Visual Identities - Design, Identity and Trust in hybrid Societies, (since 2012) Conception and co-direction of postgraduate programs at the University of Arts and Design in Geneva HAED (Haute Ecole d Art et de Design Genève) (2011 / 12) CAS Civic City II Designing in Crisis (2012/13) CAS Civic City III Hyperproximity. Space and design in local democracy

3 3/4 (2013/14) CAS Civic City VI Visible and invisible: The Design of world organisations Series of seminars in cooperation with the University Zurich and ETH Zurich (AS 06 /07) Relationship between image and word in multilingualism I with Prof. Marco Baschera (Department of Comparative Literature, Uni) and Ruedi Baur (SS07 ) The Great Whole. Systems and structures in Design, Art and Architecture together with Prof. Philip Ursprung (Department of Art History, Uni) and Ruedi Baur (SS07) Relationship between image and word in multilingualism II with Prof. Marco Baschera (Department of Comparative Literature, Uni) and Ruedi Baur (SS 2008) Total Equilibrium: Has design absorbed art and architecture? together with Prof. Philip Ursprung (Department of Art History, Uni) and Ruedi Baur (AS 2011/12) Attitude. Manifest in art, architecture, urban planning and design together with Prof. Philip Ursprung (Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zurich GTA) and Ruedi Baur Co - direction of international summer schools / workshops: (2006) Territorial identity, Académie d été. Direction: Ruedi Baur, Vera Kockot, Marie - Andrée Doran. L école de Percée de l université Laval au Québec, Canada (2008) Divers - cité Académie d été. Direction: Vera Kockot, Ruedi Baur, Marie - Laure Storm. L Ecole Cantonale d Art du Valais (ECAV) en partenariat avec l Association Divers - cité, School of Design, Valais, Sierre (2008) Cohabitation of signs in visualizations of peace. International workshop led by Ruedi Baur, Vera Kockot. Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Dalian, China (2009) The public space as a factor of peace and conflict, temporary and semi - permanent installations as improvements to a crisis situation. Colloquium led by Ruedi Baur, Vera Kockot. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and ELISAVA Escola Superior de Disseny, Barcelona (2011) Designing public space. Colloquium conducted by Ruedi Baur and Stefanie - Vera Kockot. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and ELISAVA Escola Superior de Disseny, Barcelona (2013) The Face of poverty. Representation of the margenalised. Workshop at the Folkwang University, Essen, Germany (2013) Hyperproximité. Research Project and prototype - realisation at the FAIAR Cité des Arts de la Rue, commissioned by the 2013 Cultural Capital of Marseille Curatorial / cultural and political practice: (Since 1989) Curator of projects at home and abroad (including in Hamburg, Cologne,

4 4/4 New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Venice, Vienna). Design and implementation of over 100 exhibitions, symposiums, lectures, artistic research projects and publications in the interface between culture, media, politics and social analysis. ( ) Artistic and executive Direction of the Kunstverein Gütersloh ( ) Artistic and executive Direction of the Kunstverein Nürnberg ( ) Spokeswoman for the visual arts section of the Bavarian Cultural Council ( ) Board member of the Association of German art associations Member of the Council of the cultural policy spokesman Society / LAG Bay under co-development of the block catalog on cultural policy Free journalism and journalistic activities (writing / production manager / editor for radio, television and various magazines in Cologne / Venice / Vienna/Paris, etc.)

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