Consenting Cities Symposium 2023

Consenting Cities Symposium 2023

An invitation-only three-day symposium in September 2023 at the Monash University Prato Centre in Tuscany provided a unique opportunity for international authors to engage in stimulating discussions and workshops, shaping the forthcoming book from the XYX Lab.

This three-day-long conversation in September is an exceptional opportunity for our select group of international authors to come together and engage in inspiring and thought-provoking discussions at the heart of the Monash University XYX Lab’s forthcoming book. While traditional symposiums focus on paper readings and Q&A sessions, our symposium values the formative engagement found through various discussion groups and workshops facilitated by XYX Lab researchers. Attending this symposium will allow the selected authors to align their final chapters with emerging themes and discourses from the workshops. The Consenting Cities book is expected to be published in 2025.

Contentious Cities: Design and the Gendered Production of Space was borne out of the success of our last symposium held in 2019. You can find the book on the Routledge website. Available in both paperback and hardcover.

Published by Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9780367520199

Participant list

  • A.L. Hu, A.L. Design, New York City, USA
  • Agustina Martire, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland
  • Annika Dalen, City of Umeå, Sweden, Umea
  • Anwyn Hocking, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Ashraful Alum, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Azzurra Muzzonigro, Sex & the City APS, Milan, Italy
  • Blanca Valdivia, Col·lectiu Punt 6, Barcelona, Spain
  • Brigid Magner, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Dirk van den Heuvel
  • TU Delft / Jaap Bakema Centre (The New Institute), Delft, Netherlands
  • Ece Canlı, The Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Elizabeth L Sweet, University of Massachusetts, Boston, America
  • Emily Potter, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Florencia Andreola, Sex & the City APS, Milan, Italy
  • Florent Dubois, University of Reading, Berkshire, England
  • Frankie Logan, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland
  • Gill Matthewson, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Giovanni Razzu, University of Reading, Berkshire, England
  • Isabella Webb, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Linda Gustafsson, City of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
  • Marina Della Giusta, University of Reading, Berkshire, England
  • Merve Bedir, Post-Doc researcher, Critical Media Lab, Basel, Funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University, Faculty of Architecture, Netherlands, Istanbul
  • Natalia Garcia Dopoza, Harvard Weatherhead Center, Argentina
  • Nick McGuigan, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Ritwika Biswas, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Sara Ortiz Escalante, Col·lectiu Punt 6, Barcelona, Spain
  • Serena Olcuire, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy