Report from the 2019 association of European schools of planning annual conference: 9–13 July 2019, Venice, Italy

ABSTRACT

The 2019 AESOP conference took place in Venice, on 9–13 of July. This year’s conference consisted of five intensive days that included more than 100 different panels, which consisted of thematic and special sessions, roundtables, discussions and poster presentations. Overall, more than 1000 scholars attended the 2019 AESOP, representing almost 100 different institutions word wide. The 2019 conference was overall a stimulating and intriguing event, which was further enhanced by the city of Venice, the chosen venues and the evident organization. One could only hope that future conferences will continue to embrace the same level, depth and diversity of topics, while encouraging a wider and more critical approach to the question of planning history.

KEYWORDS:

• AESOP
• conference
• planning history
• Venice

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Notes on contributor

Gabriel Schwake is an architect, urban planner and PhD researcher. He graduated from the Tel Aviv University's school of architecture in 2013, and from his post-professional masters' degree in 2016. In 2017 Gabriel started his PhD research at the TU Delft, where he focuses on the influence of nationalism and market economy on housing developments since the 1970s. His research interests include urban renewal, housing, conflict areas, postcolonialism and neoliberalism.

Notes

1 Simons and Chabris, “Gorillas in Our Midst”.

2 Nietzsche, The Use and Abuse of History.

3 Popper, The Poverty of Historicism.